button in Safari134 Players Advance to Day 2 of WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event
The four starting flights of the €1,500 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Casino Malta are behind us, and it is now time for Day 2! From a field of 879 players, which generated a €1,115,451 prize pool, 134 players remain in contention. They have all reached the money and are now looking to make their way to the final table.
Of those remaining players, Christoffer Jensen bagged the biggest stack of all with a massive 1,300,000 after Day 1b, followed by Fabrizio Pilitteri who came close to matching him with 1,226,000 after leading Day 1c, making them the only two players above the million-chip mark for now.
Day 1s Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christoffer Jensen | Denmark | 1,300,000 | 217 |
| 2 | Fabrizio Pilitteri | Italy | 1,226,000 | 204 |
| 3 | Jonas Lapinskas | Lithuania | 992,000 | 165 |
| 4 | Mikel Calo | Italy | 940,000 | 157 |
| 5 | Luca Topazio | Italy | 845,000 | 141 |
| 6 | Mike Laskar | France | 841,000 | 140 |
| 7 | Andreas Stocker | Switzerland | 816,000 | 136 |
| 8 | Alberto Cigliano | Italy | 761,000 | 127 |
| 9 | Fausto Tantillo | Italy | 721,000 | 120 |
| 10 | Ioannis Droushiotis | Cyprus | 698,000 | 116 |
After Jonas Lapinskas (992,000), Day 1a chip leader Mikel Calo (940,000) and Day 1d chip leader Luca Topazio (845,000) round out the Top 5.
Fausto Tantillo (721,000), Antoine Talvard (557,000), who had a lucky run on Day 1c, Malta's Matthew Micallef (480,000), Robert Binek (390,000), Gabriele Re (358,000) and Joris Ruijs (320,000) are among the qualified players, as are Julien Stropoli (311,000), Marc Foggin (297,000), Mitja Rudolf (230,000) and Herve Gouzil (213,000).
WSOP bracelet winners Matteo Intiso (197,000), Alessandro Pichierri (135,000) and Fabio Peluso (127,000) are also in the mix, alongside Candido Cappiello (189,000), Maxime Chilaud (189,000), Victoria Ailloud (148,000) and Grzegorz Kozieja (98,000).
Day 2 kicks off at 1 p.m. local time with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante. The first level will last just ten minutes, after which levels will be 40 then 60 minutes long from Lebel 18 until the final table is formed.
The detailed payouts will be revealed at the restart, but all 134 remaining players have already secured €3,000.
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