The money bubble can be an arduous process for any tournament where there’s significant money on the line.
That wasn’t the case on Day 2 of the 2015 PokerListings Battle of Malta.
A rapid fire series of eliminations blazed right past the 180-player bubble mark without so much as a single hand of hand-for-hand play.
French poker pro Nicolas Proust shredded the competition to snag the overnight chip lead with 1.6 million. He’s followed closely by Henrik Jacobsen with 1.3 million.
Here’s the top chip leaders out of the remaining 88 players at the end of play:
1. Nicolas Proust - 1,690,000 2. Henrik Jacobsen - 1,634,000 3. Gianluca Escobar - 1,219,000 4. Fabio Assennato - 1,135,000 5. Valentin Messina - 1,050,300 6. Uri Gilboa - 975,000 7. Mitrev Yovko - 970,000 8. Tomer Charya - 958,000 9. Mateusz Mollhuizen - 957,000 10. Jere Sorsa - 943,000Prize Pool Hits Record €874,940
Tournament officials announced the prize pool on Day 2 with
The official prize pool numbers were finally released on Day 2 with a record €874,940 up for grabs with a €165,000 first-place prize thanks to the 1,804 entries.
You'll find complete payout information on this page.
Former Dutch tennis pro Raemon Sluiter was the first player to be eliminated but he was happy to add a €1,150 cash to his rapidly expanding poker profile.
Meanwhile local Jacki “Poker Mama” Cachia made it a bit further. The prolific Maltese casher Cachia finished 143rd for €1,250.
Louis Cartarius, Antoan Katsarov, Felix Stephensen, Sabina Hiatullah, and Noah Vaillancourt were also among the nearly 500 players who busted on Day 2.
It was a roller-coaster of a day for Dutch Team PokerStars Pro Fatima de Melo who peaked around 800,000 chips but fell down to under 200k before ending the night strong with 610,000.
de Melo is already guaranteed at least €1,550 for making it into the final 88.
Messina, Nilsen, Escobar Make it to Day 2
Some of the other notable players to make it to Day 2 include Gianluca Escobar (1.2 million), Valentin Messina (1.05 million) and Silje Nilsen (122,000)
Play actually ended early tonight and there’s a good chance play will be extended past Day 3, which was scheduled to be the last day of the tournament.
Play may end tomorrow once the final table is reached.
Regardless, the PokerListings live update team will be on hand for news, photos, videos and more.
Action resumes at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
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