€1,100 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2023 PokerStars Summer Festival Malta
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 PokerStars Summer Festival Malta
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€879,360
Entries
916
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
916
Players Left
1
Florian Ahlmer Bursts Bubble To Gain Chip Lead in PokerStars Summer Festival Malta Main Event
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 2 of the PokerStars Summer Festival Malta Main Event, running at the InterContinental Hotel, has concluded. There are now just 77 players who remain in contention. The winner is set to take home €153,610.
At the end of Day 2, Florian Ahlmer of Germany emerged as the chip leader after eliminating Tom Arvaara to burst the bubble of the tournament. Ahlmer has 1,035,000 chips.
Close behind, and the only other player to have reached the one million mark, is Pedro Faustino of Portugal.
Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz, Sergio Grosso and Grzegorz Skawinski round out the top five.
End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florian Ahlmer | Germany | 1035000 | 129 |
| 2 | Pedro Faustino | Portugal | 1000000 | 125 |
| 3 | Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz | Spain | 828000 | 103 |
| 4 | Sergio Grosso | Italy | 772000 | 96 |
| 5 | Grzegorz Skawinski | Poland | 675000 | 84 |
| 6 | Ercan Atmaca | Germany | 659000 | 82 |
| 7 | Gal Bar | Israel | 633000 | 79 |
| 8 | Alessandro Sarro | Italy | 632000 | 79 |
| 9 | Maher Achour | Tunisia | 611000 | 76 |
| 10 | Marcin Lesniewski | Poland | 609000 | 76 |
Felix Schneiders is among the other notable players who is still in contention. He took a relatively short stack and turned it into a playable one when he doubled up and then made a set of aces late in the day. Irish Open 2023 winner David Docherty is also still in the mix, as are WSOP bracelet winners Simone Andrian and Tommy Nguyen.
The Main Event attracted 916 entries, which made for a total prize pool of €879,360. This represents a 12 percent increase on the field size from last year. Players hailed from 57 countries, with Italy, France, Germany, Greece and the UK all well represented.
There are now just 77 players remaining. They are all guaranteed to take away at least €2,230.
Day 3 kicks off tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time. Blind will start at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. Levels will run for 60-minutes with a break every two levels.
Join PokerNews for live coverage of Day 3 straight from the floor as the tournament plays down deeper into the money and closer to the final table.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,035,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
828,000
718,000
|
718,000 |
|
772,000
672,000
|
672,000 |
|
675,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
659,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
|
633,000
481,500
|
481,500 |
|
632,000
543,500
|
543,500 |
|
611,000
275,500
|
275,500 |
|
609,000
609,000
|
609,000 |
|
608,000
608,000
|
608,000 |
|
|
569,000
391,500
|
391,500 |
|
|
564,000
564,000
|
564,000 |
|
555,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
545,000
507,500
|
507,500 |
|
511,000
429,000
|
429,000 |
|
503,000
358,000
|
358,000 |
|
484,000 | |
|
468,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
462,000
306,500
|
306,500 |
|
450,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
|
449,000
212,000
|
212,000 |
|
441,000
266,000
|
266,000 |
|
||
|
438,000
438,000
|
438,000 |
|
|
413,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
Seat Draw For Day 3
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ronald Carranza | Spain | 149,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Luca Moschitta | Italy | 221,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Marco Regonaschi | Italy | 241,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Bruno Compagna | Italy | 225,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Lyu Congliang | China | 274,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Kristaps Deksnis | Latvia | 608,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Lois Dufouleur | France | 390,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Wooram Cho | South Korea | 249,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Leonardo Romeo | Italy | 72,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Niculae Eremia | Romania | 267,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Sebastian Schulze | Germany | 202,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Hassan Saken | Germany | 106,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Ludovic Roperto | France | 450,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Philip Schumacher | Germany | 157,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Gal Bar | Israel | 633,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Mengshi Tian | China | 264,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Matte Karjalainen | Iceland | 103,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Alvin | Germany | 295,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Vasileios Panagiotou | Greece | 306,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Marius Gicovanu | Romania | 158,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Fergal Coyle | Ireland | 101,500 |
| 4 | 7 | Eros Nastasi | Italy | 124,500 |
| 4 | 8 | Alex Ortolani | Italy | 67,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Richard Larsen | Norway | 291,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Fabrizio Zucca | Italy | 413,000 |
| 5 | 3 | David Docherty | United Kingdom | 484,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Alexandru Stoian | Romania | 468,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Vincenzo Calenda | Italy | 88,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Fehim Hajdari | Denmark | 104,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz | Spain | 828,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Richard Sambron | France | 119,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Alf Onnestam | Switzerland | 347,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Dan Petrea | Romania | 122,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Felix Schneiders | Germany | 275,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Antoine Talvard | France | 449,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Alessandro Sarro | Italy | 632,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Georgios Tsouloftas | Greece | 251,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Gaetano Moreci | Italy | 212,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Emmanouil Asgoudakis | Greece | 462,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Thomas Mjeldheim | Norway | 555,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Andreas Anastasiades | Cyprus | 399,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Marcin Puczylowski | Poland | 200,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Daniel Fantoli | Hungary | 293,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Sergio Grosso | Italy | 772,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Fotios Ntamaris | Greece | 511,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Maher Achour | Tunisia | 611,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Salvatore Camarda | Italy | 175,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Mehdi Malakoti | Iran | 545,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Christos Leantzis | Cyprus | 150,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Salvatore Donato | Italy | 136,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Aristeidis Theodoridis | Greece | 564,000 |
| 9 | 1 | Mark Vella | Malta | 303,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Kevin Berman | USA | 256,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Biger Larsen | Norway | 223,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Simone Andrian | Italy | 441,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Emmett Mullin | Ireland | 362,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Mateusz Szymanski | Poland | 438,000 |
| 9 | 7 | Vito Burgio | Italy | 84,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Oscar Combos Romero | Spain | 212,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Izzat Bananyarli | Azerbaijan | 146,000 |
| 10 | 3 | Romain Bailleul | France | 53,000 |
| 10 | 6 | Johannes Cleven | Norway | 206,000 |
| 10 | 7 | Volodymyr Kotlyk | Ukraine | 231,000 |
| 10 | 8 | Florian Ahlmer | Germany | 1,035,000 |
| 11 | 1 | Tommy Nguyen | Norway | 140,000 |
| 11 | 2 | Ercan Atmaca | Germany | 659,000 |
| 11 | 3 | Adam Salamov | Netherlands | 158,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Marcin Zawadzki | Poland | 170,000 |
| 11 | 5 | Ludek Safranek | Czech Republic | 209,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Steven McKeown | United Kingdom | 321,000 |
| 11 | 8 | Fabian Bartuschk | Germany | 403,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Yvonne Stiedl | Austria | 503,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Giovanni Nava | Italy | 569,000 |
| 12 | 5 | Pedro Faustino | Portugal | 1,000,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Grzegorz Skawinski | Poland | 675,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Matthieu Fong | Mauritania | 167,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Marcin Lesniewski | Poland | 609,000 |
Players Bag and Tag
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Players have now bagged and tagged their chips for the end of Day 2. A total of 79 players made it through to Day 3. Standby for full chip counts and the end of day recap on PokerNews.
Compagna Doubles Up In Final Moments of Day 2
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
In one of the final hands of the day, Bruno Compagna was all in preflop and got called by Wooram Cho, with Compagna at risk. Players turned over their cards.
Bruno Compagna: 10♣10♠
Wooram Cho: A♣2♠
The board ran out 3♠J♦6♠9♣9♠. Compagna held up with his pocket tens to double up. He is one of 79 players who will return for Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | |
|
|
230,000
142,500
|
142,500 |
Five More Hands
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The tournament director has just announced that five more hands will be dealt in the Main Event before Day 2 comes to a close.
Kiviloo Eliminated as Day 2 Draws to Close
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Action folded around to Rauno Kiviloo, who pushed all in from the button with a short stack. He was called by Alexandru Stoian in the big blind. Players flipped their cards, with Kiviloo at risk.
Rauno Kiviloo: K♣J♥
Alexandru Stoian: Q♠Q♦
The board ran out Q♥9♦3♠7♦6♦. Stoian was already well ahead with his pocket queens. He further improved to make a set on the flop. Kiviloo was eliminated from the tournament with just moments to go on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
Busted |
FIGHT4TEXAS Doubles With Tens
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Nima Saken Shaft raised to 12,000 from the button and FIGHT4TEXAS shoved all in from the big blind for 65,000. Shaft made the call. Players flipped their cards, with FIGHT4TEXAS at risk.
FIGHT4TEXAS: 10♣10♥
Nima Saken Shaft: 4♣4♠
The flop ran out 7♦5♣3♣3♥K♠. Shaft had pocket fours and FIGHT4TEXAS had pocket tens. Neither player improved and so FIGHT4TEXAS held with his tens to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
|
58,000 |
Schneiders' Run Continues as He Finds a Set
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Joshua Stewart was all in preflop against Felix Schneiders, who just a few hands ago found a double up. Stewart was at risk as players flipped their cards.
Joshua Stewart: A♦Q♣
Felix Schneiders: A♠A♥
The board ran out 6♦A♣K♣J♦K♦. Stewart was already getting up to leave once the flop had fallen. He did pick up a backdoor straight draw on the turn but didn't manage to complete it on the river.
Schneiders hit a set of aces and piled more chips onto his stack, which now stands at a respectable 360,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |