€1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 PokerStars Open Malaga

Fresh off a record-breaking stop in Namur to kick off June, the PokerStars Open heads to slightly sunnier climes for its next edition as the Gran Madrid, Casino Torrequebrada in Malaga hosts the €1,100 buy-in, €1 million guaranteed PokerStars Open Main Event Malaga.

With another sure to be huge first-place prize and valuable leaderboard points up for grabs, PokerNews joins the action at the start of Day 2, with 535 players having already navigated ten levels over the course of four starting flights to qualify.

Spanish players Tony Gamez (533,000) and Carlos Arias (510,500) top the standings into Day 2, with an all-Scandanavian trio of Per Johansen (420,000), Karri Jaaskivi (392,000) and Linda Nguyen (306,000) just behind.

Gamez appears to be a new name, while Arias has recorded results of just under $60,000. Norwegian Johansen has over $150,000 in cashes, while fellow countrywoman Nguyen has $55,000. All will be hoping to secure career-best results with a deep run here.

Late registration is still open until the start of play today at noon local time, with players receiving a 30,000 stack at Level 11, 1,000/1,500, with a 1,500 big blind ante. The clock is set to 60-minute levels, and it is expected a minimum of ten levels will be played today.

The prize pool and payout information will be confirmed after late registration has closed, with the figures currently at 1,556 entrants and a €1,493,760 prize pool, already exceeding the Namur total of €1,490,256.

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Tony Gámez	Spain	533,000
2	Carlos Arias	Spain	510,500
3	Per Johansen	Norway	420,000
4	Karri Jaaskivi	Finland	392,000
5	Linda Nguyen	Norway	306,000
6	Daniel Heredy	Hungary	287,500
7	Tudor Zapsa	Moldova, Republic of	277,000
8	Franklin Hincapie	Sweden	275,500
9	Artyom Smbatyan	United States	265,500
10	Carlos Ferreiros	Spain	250,500

PokerStars ambassador Alejandro Lococo (37,500) found a bag but will be looking to get moving early, while Irish pair David Lappin (200,000) and Conor O'Driscoll (208,000) both amassed top-25 stacks.

Other notable names in the mix include former Irish Open champ Tero Laurila (208,000), Simone Demasi (120,000) and Hassan Sey (139,000), fresh off a final table in Namur.

Players who manage to swerve an exit today can look forward to Day 3 at noon local time on 21 June, with the final day scheduled for 12.30 p.m. on 22 June, where play will continue until a champion is crowned. On reaching the final table, the tournament will transition to a hands-per-level structure, the number of hands per level to be confirmed at the final two tables.

Jean-Vincent Lehut of France sealed victory in the largest-ever live event in Belgium at Circus Casino Resort Namur at the last stop, his last-minute dash from his home in Luxembourg proving to be a wise decision, as he walked away €238,000 richer after making short work of Slovakian Jozef Cibicek heads-up.

PokerStars Open Namur Main Event 2025 Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Country	Prize (EUR)
1	Jean-Vincent Lehut	France	€238,000
2	Jozef Cibicek	Slovakia	€153,500
3	Jason Barton	United Kingdom	€109,620
4	Ferdinando D'Alessio	Belgium	€84,320
5	Ramdhane Ben Maamar	France	€64,830
6	Evert Rosseel	Belgium	€49,950
7	Julien Breuil	France	€38,410
8	Jort Hagedoorn	Netherlands	€29,580
9	Alexandru Danes	France	€22,800

Final table Main Event 2025 PS Open Namur — PS Open Namur Final Table

Neither player appears to be among the entrants in Malaga thus far, but Jason Barton has been attempting to follow up his career-best score in Namur with another deep run here. He has work to do on 49,500, but is still in the running.

There have also been plenty of off the felt activities for the players to enjoy, with a welcome drinks last night, a nightly Happy Hour with competitions and live music, and a paella day and Flamenco show still to come.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your Day 2 coverage, as we see how big the PokerStars Open Main Event Malaga can get, with the bubble sure to be broken today.

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Alexandru Danes Artyom Smbatyan Carlos Arias Carlos Ferreiros Conor O'Driscoll Daniel Heredy David Lappin Evert Rosseel Ferdinando D'Alessio Franklin Hincapie Happy Hour Hassan Sey Jason Barton Jean-Vincent Lehut Jort Hagedoorn Jozef Cibicek Julien Breuil Linda Nguyen Per Johansen Ramdhane Ben Maamar Simone Demasi Tero Laurila Tony Gamez Tudor Zapsa

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Puissant	164,500 164,500	164,500
Narcis Olaru	151,500 151,500	151,500
Danilo Colomba	145,000 145,000	145,000
Rhys Keen	133,000 133,000	133,000
Angel Canto	111,500 111,500	111,500
Abraham Truzman	110,500 110,500	110,500
Marius Irimia	100,000 100,000	100,000
Steven Tool	99,500 99,500	99,500
Filippo Lazzaretto	94,000 94,000	94,000
Serge Attyasse	88,500 88,500	88,500
Darren Harbinson	88,000 88,000	88,000
Patrick Koch	87,500 87,500	87,500
Esteban Cora	83,500 83,500	83,500
Ladislao Dalfo Batlle	76,000 76,000	76,000
Jonathan O'Flaherty	76,000 76,000	76,000
Jose Menchon	74,500 74,500	74,500
Oleksii Koiev	74,500 74,500	74,500
Carlos Estivill	73,500 73,500	73,500
Berthold Winz	73,500 73,500	73,500
Mo Xu	71,500 71,500	71,500
Fabio Peluso	70,000 70,000	70,000

Mario Quercetti	69,500 69,500	69,500
Markus Michel	67,500 67,500	67,500
Juan De Lara	66,500 66,500	66,500
Abel Gongora	65,500 65,500	65,500

Player

Chips

Progress

164,500

151,500

145,000

133,000

111,500

110,500

100,000

99,500

94,000

Serge Attyasse

88,500

Darren Harbinson

88,000

Patrick Koch

87,500

Esteban Cora

83,500

Ladislao Dalfo Batlle

76,000

Jonathan O'Flaherty

76,000

Jose Menchon

74,500

74,500

73,500

73,500

71,500

70,000

Mario Quercetti

69,500

Markus Michel

67,500

Juan De Lara

66,500

Abel Gongora

65,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Gámez	533,000 533,000	533,000
Carlos Arias	510,500 510,500	510,500
Per Johansen	420,000 420,000	420,000
Karri Jaaskivi	392,000 392,000	392,000
Linda Nguyen	306,000 306,000	306,000
Daniel Heredy	287,500 287,500	287,500
Tudor Zapsa	277,000 277,000	277,000
Franklin Hincapie	275,500 275,500	275,500
Artyom Smbatyan	265,500 265,500	265,500
Nelson Boucherat	243,500 243,500	243,500
Richard Balogh	230,500 230,500	230,500
Michael Harland	227,500 227,500	227,500
Saam Pishavie	227,000 227,000	227,000
Karl Sandoff	215,500 215,500	215,500
Ivan Muela	210,000 210,000	210,000
Conor O'Driscoll	208,000 208,000	208,000
Pere Diaz	202,500 202,500	202,500
David Lappin	200,000 200,000	200,000
Joel Haapio	197,500 197,500	197,500
Evgenii Fidchuk	196,500 196,500	196,500
Farbod Nazari	196,000 196,000	196,000
Manuel Jakobsson	188,000 188,000	188,000
Giorgio Marletta	187,500 187,500	187,500
Pablo Moreno	187,000 187,000	187,000
Davis Harari	185,000 185,000	185,000

Player

Chips

Progress

533,000

510,500

420,000

392,000

306,000

Daniel Heredy

287,500

277,000

275,500

265,500

243,500

230,500

227,500

227,000

215,500

210,000

Conor O'Driscoll

208,000

202,500

200,000

197,500

196,500

196,000

188,000

187,500

187,000

185,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Ferreiros	250,500 250,500	250,500
Andrei-Vlad Simion	226,000 226,000	226,000
Jose Valls	223,500 223,500	223,500
Mateusz Jablonski	220,500 220,500	220,500
Valery Maximenko	217,000 217,000	217,000
Nicolas Boton	211,000 211,000	211,000
Tero Laurila	208,000 208,000	208,000
Gaspare Sposato	193,000 193,000	193,000
Jose Roman	192,500 192,500	192,500
Gordon Huntly	192,500 192,500	192,500
Kornelius Lien	188,000 188,000	188,000
Alain Ferrari	182,000 182,000	182,000
Terence Jordon	182,000 182,000	182,000
Peter Jorgne	182,000 182,000	182,000
Francesco Cabbua	178,500 178,500	178,500
Claudio Di Giacomo	178,000 178,000	178,000
Marco Perra	176,500 176,500	176,500
Marius Conan	170,500 170,500	170,500
Valerii Bieriushchev	169,500 169,500	169,500
Eugenio Sanchioni	169,500 169,500	169,500
Roberto Martinez	169,000 169,000	169,000
Gerard Cortes Rubiralta	169,000 169,000	169,000
Marvin Schmidt-Tychsen	163,000 163,000	163,000
Nicola Pezzullo	159,500 159,500	159,500
Willem De Jong	155,500 155,500	155,500

Player

Chips

Progress

Carlos Ferreiros

250,500

Andrei-Vlad Simion

226,000