#18: $525 Main Event, $5M GTD [Day 2]
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#18: $525 Main Event, $5M GTD [Day 2]
Day 2 Completed

Niklas Astedt Leads the Final Nine in the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series Main Event

Jaxon • Level 32: 1,500,000-3,000,000, 350,000 ante
Niklas Astedt
Niklas Astedt

Online poker legend Niklas Astedt could have yet another big win waiting for him next Saturday as he will head into the final table of the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series Event #18: $525 Main Event at GGPoker with a chip leading stack of 149,037,043.

Astedt needs no introduction as he has been ranked number one in the world at PocketFives over several long periods with the site crediting the Swedish superstar more than $22 million in online tournament cashes. Even more amazing is that he doesn't have his GGPoker screenname listed on his profile where he has won more than $10 million according to GGPoker's PokerCraft.

Meanwhile, fans of GGPokerSquad member and Twitch streamer Patrick "Egption" Tardif should be please as he advanced to the final table with a sixth-place stack of 60,713,588. Tardif is also the only player at the final table that sold action of himself via the GG staking feature with five investors sharing 20 percent of Tardif's eventual haul.

Other notable players at the final table include Yanfei "aoteman1888" Chi (second - 104,740), Fabian Spielmann (fourth - $93,472,602), Allan "Freedom35" Mello (seventh - 48,840,768), and David Miscikowski (ninth - 28,070,997).

The tournament itself was a huge success with 14,496 entries generating a massive $7,248,000 prize pool to smash the event's lofty $5 million guarantee.

Fabian Spielmann
Fabian Spielmann

2021 WSOP Super Circuit Online Series Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1Niklas AstedtSweden149,037,04375
2Yanfei "aoteman1888" ChiChina104,740,29252
3sssssAKChina97,738,70549
4Fabian SpielmannGermany93,472,60247
5PromokingUnited Kingdom90,001,29945
6Patrick "Egption" TardifCanada60,713,58830
7Allan "Freedom35" MelloBrazil48,840,76824
8NoksukowPoland47,481,41424
9David MiscikowskiUnited States28,070,99714
     
Total  720,096,708360
Average  80,010,74540

Action of the Day

Day 2 began with 2,064 hopefuls battling it out with 1,500 getting paid at least a min-cash of $1,357. The tournament was already in the money before the first break after "TheBigSlice" bubbled in 1,501st place.

While Tardif easily outperformed all of the GGPokerSquad, something similar can be said about Anatoly Filatov, whose 826th place finish for $1,759 was best among the GGPoker Ambassadors.

The day ended just before what would have been the ninth break of the day when "diciccoboss" finished in 10th place for $30,473 when their ace-six didn't get there against Allan "Freedom35" Mello's big slick.

Final Table Schedule & Payouts

The Main Event will go on a six-day break with the final table scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 5 at 6 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. EDT). PokerNews will be reporting the action on at least a 30-minute delay as to not give away any spoilers with GGPoker.tv live broadcasting the event with hole cards shown.

All returning players will be awarded at least the ninth-place prize of $75,843 with Saturday's winner slated to receive $758,443 and a WSOP Circuit gold ring.

In accordance with GGPoker's final table policies, blinds will be rolled back four levels to Level 30 with blinds.at 1,000,000/2,000,000/250,000a to assure at least a 40 big blind average. In addition, the blinds will increase after a certain number of hands as opposed to based on time.

PlacePrize
1$758,443
2$568,746
3$426,499
4$319,829
5$239,838
6$179,853
7$134,871
8$101,139
9$75,843

Final Table Chip Counts

Jaxon • Level 32: 1,500,000-3,000,000, 350,000 ante
RankPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1Niklas AstedtSweden149,037,04375
2Yanfei "aoteman1888" ChiChina104,740,29252
3sssssAKChina97,738,70549
4Fabian SpielmannGermany93,472,60247
5PromokingUnited Kingdom90,001,29945
6Patrick "Egption" TardifCanada60,713,58830
7Allan "Freedom35" MelloBrazil48,840,76824
8NoksukowPoland47,481,41424
9David MiscikowskiUnited States28,070,99714
     
Total  720,096,708360
Average  80,010,74540

Auer Bubbles Final Table

Jaxon • Level 32: 1,500,000-3,000,000, 350,000 ante

Matthias "Mattinho" Auer jammed for 34 million from the small blind and was called by "sssssAK" from the big blind.

Matthias "Mattinho" Auer: {k-Clubs}{3-Hearts}
sssssAK: {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Auer didn't get any help from the {10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} board and bubbled the final table in 10th place for $30,473.

The final nine players are on break until Saturday, June 5 when the final table will play out to a winner.

Stay tuned at PokerNews for recap of Day 2 of the Main Event.

Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
se 149,037,043 -11,382,500
Yanfei "aoteman1888" Chi CN
Yanfei "aoteman1888" Chi
CN 104,740,292 33,250,000
sssssAK CN
sssssAK
CN 97,738,705 9,007,708
Fabian Spielmann de
Fabian Spielmann
de 93,472,602 6,250,000
Promoking gb
Promoking
gb 90,001,299 1,591,793
Patrick "Egption" Tardif ca
Patrick "Egption" Tardif
ca 60,713,588 -12,600,000
Allan "Freedom35" Mello br
Allan "Freedom35" Mello
br 48,840,768 -6,600,000
Noksukow pl
Noksukow
pl 47,481,414 28,990,707
David Miscikowski us
David Miscikowski
us 28,070,997 -31,103,854
Matthias "Mattinho" Auer at
Matthias "Mattinho" Auer
at Busted

Final Table Bubble

Jaxon • Level 32: 1,500,000-3,000,000, 350,000 ante

"diciccoboss" jammed for three big blinds from the hijack and was called by Allan "Freedom35" Mello from the cutoff.

diciccoboss: {a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}
Allan "Freedom35" Mello: {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Mello improved to a flush on the {8-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} board to win the hand and the tournament was hand-for-hand on the final table bubble with 10 players remaining.

Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
se 160,419,543 15,250,000
Promoking gb
Promoking
gb 88,409,506 14,581,000
Patrick "Egption" Tardif ca
Patrick "Egption" Tardif
ca 73,313,588 5,319,000
Allan "Freedom35" Mello br
Allan "Freedom35" Mello
br 55,440,768 48,656,496
Noksukow pl
Noksukow
pl 18,490,707 -29,250,000
diciccoboss TN
diciccoboss
TN Busted
Level:
32
Blinds:
1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante:
350,000

End of the Line for "Charlie_13711"

Jaxon • Level 31: 1,250,000-2,500,000, 300,000 ante

"Charlie_13711" effectively jammed for 31 million from the hijack and was up against "sssssAK" from the cutoff.

Charlie_1371: {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
sssssAK: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

"sssssAK" got some of the chips they lost to Fabian Spielmann a couple of hands ago back after their hand held on the {q-Spades}{3-Spades}{q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{q-Hearts} board to eliminate "Charlie_1371" in 12th place.

sssssAK CN
sssssAK
CN 88,730,997 36,397,678
Fabian Spielmann de
Fabian Spielmann
de 87,222,602 -3,100,000
Yanfei "aoteman1888" Chi CN
Yanfei "aoteman1888" Chi
CN 71,490,292 -3,100,000
David Miscikowski us
David Miscikowski
us 59,174,851 2,450,000
Matthias "Mattinho" Auer at
Matthias "Mattinho" Auer
at 17,403,854 -600,000
charlie_13711 JP
charlie_13711
JP Busted

Spielmann Doubles with Queens

Jaxon • Level 31: 1,250,000-2,500,000, 300,000 ante

David Miscikowski opened for 5 million from under the gun. "sssssAK" jammed for 94 million from the small blind. Fabian Spielmann called off for 40 million and Miscikowski folded.

Fabian Spielmann: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
sssssAK: {j-Clubs}{j-Spades}

Spielmann's queens held all the way on the {4-Spades}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{k-Spades}{2-Spades} board to double his stack.

Fabian Spielmann de
Fabian Spielmann
de 90,322,602 47,661,301
Yanfei "aoteman1888" Chi CN
Yanfei "aoteman1888" Chi
CN 74,590,292 9,650,000
David Miscikowski us
David Miscikowski
us 56,724,851 -10,900,000
sssssAK CN
sssssAK
CN 52,333,319 -45,161,301
charlie_13711 JP
charlie_13711
JP 32,047,678 900,000
Matthias "Mattinho" Auer at
Matthias "Mattinho" Auer
at 18,003,854 -2,160,000

Full Chip Counts

Jaxon • Level 31: 1,250,000-2,500,000, 300,000 ante

Hands are taking place much slower with many players using their time banks with the final table bubble near.

Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
se 145,169,543 -6,632,794
sssssAK CN
sssssAK
CN 97,494,620 -17,100,000
Promoking gb
Promoking
gb 73,828,506 -56,374,384
Patrick "Egption" Tardif ca
Patrick "Egption" Tardif
ca 67,994,588 45,761,794
David Miscikowski us
David Miscikowski
us 67,624,851 -901,927
Yanfei "aoteman1888" Chi CN
Yanfei "aoteman1888" Chi
CN 64,940,292 19,450,000
Noksukow pl
Noksukow
pl 47,740,707 -17,747,500
Fabian Spielmann de
Fabian Spielmann
de 42,661,301 -1,152,500
charlie_13711 JP
charlie_13711
JP 31,147,678 8,550,000
Matthias "Mattinho" Auer at
Matthias "Mattinho" Auer
at 20,163,854 2,461,927
diciccoboss TN
diciccoboss
TN 14,556,496 2,153,248
Allan "Freedom35" Mello br
Allan "Freedom35" Mello
br 6,784,272 -19,457,864
Level:
31
Blinds:
1,250,000/2,500,000
Ante:
300,000