€1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2024 ESPT/UKIPT Malaga

€1,100 Main Event

Day 2 Completed

06-15-2024 00:35 UTC+1

The Ultimate Summer Party Continues with Mario Menicanin Leading the Way at ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Main Event

Chris Bean

Level 18 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A fast and frantic six hours of play has come to an end at the Pokerstars €1,100 ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Main Event.

From the 356 players who returned today, only 134 made it to Day 3 at the fabulous Gran Madrid Casino Torrequebrada, Malaga.

Mario Menicanin from Bosnia and Herzegovina will bring the chip lead into Day 3 with a massive 852,000 chips which equates to 142 big blinds.

Frenchman Mohamed Mamouni, who sensationally knocked out Felix Schneiders on the bubble, is in second place with 700,000 and Spain's Rafael Anera Ruiz is in third with 660,000.

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Mario Menicanin	Bosnia and Herzegovina	852,000	142
2	Mohamed Mamouni	France	700,000	117
3	Rafael Anera Ruiz	Spain	660,000	110
4	Jordan Sauny	France	653,000	109
5	Paul Logan	Ireland	609,000	102
6	Mark Johnston	United Kingdom	609,000	102
7	Laurent Cessy	France	603,000	101
8	Raul Gordo	Spain	560,000	93
9	Antonio Alfaia	Portugal	531,000	89
10	Jordy Vleugels	Belgium	524,000	87

Day 2 Action

Benjamin Spragg is the only Pokerstars Ambassador left in the hunt for the Main Event trophy. The prolific streamer bagged 144,000 chips and will be eying up a second UKIPT title. Daniel Luna will require the biggest spin-up of his life after only bagging 5,000 chips which is less than a big blind.

Pokerstars Ambassador Felix Schneiders was the unfortunate bubble boy at the ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Main Event after running his pocket kings into Mamouni's queen-six off.

Schneiders was happy to see Mamouni's hand, but delight soon turned to horror when the Frenchman hit two queens on the flop to send the German to the rail.

Play will resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time with the blinds at 3,000/6,000 and a big blind ante of 6,000.

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Tags: Antonio Alfaia Benjamin Spragg Daniel Luna Felix Schneiders Jordan Sauny Jordy Vleugels Laurent Cessy Mario Menicanin Mark Johnston Mohamed Mamouni Paul Logan Rafael Anera Ruiz Raul Gordo

06-15-2024 00:33 UTC+1

Day 3 Seat Draw

Chris Bean

Level 18 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Nanan Assanvo	473,000	79
1	2	Guido Pieraccini	270,000	45
1	3	Marcin Cristian	330,000	55
1	4	Adrien Cimilji	70,000	12
1	5	Daniel Romero	278,000	46
1	6	Ihor Kotyk	294,000	49
1	7	Thomas Cazaletz	62,000	10
1	8	Daniel Balmasa	210,000	35

2	1	Abdel El Moussaoui	195,000	33
2	2	Antonio Villalba	308,000	51
2	3	Uros Kanic-Mitrovic	135,000	23
2	4	Maxim Fana	338,000	56
2	5	Luca Zapatero Martin	189,000	32
2	6	Mohamed Mamouni	700,000	117
2	7	Manuel Garcia Gonzalez	224,000	37
2	8	Eugenii Bukharkov	75,000	13

3	1	Viesturs Baumanis	129,000	22
3	2	Simon Stenvik	71,000	12
3	3	Mario Menicanin	852,000	142
3	4	Jennifer Steele	90,000	15
3	5	Fredrik Aaslaard	148,000	25
3	6	Raul Millan	200,000	33
3	7	Jokin Cendoya	69,000	12
3	8	Rafael Anera Ruiz	660,000	110

4	1	Josep Valls	447,000	75
4	2	Unai Zamarron	347,000	58
4	3	Ramon Fernandez	208,000	35
4	4	Michal Havavka	324,000	54
4	5	Andrei Miagkov	260,000	43
4	6	Gaspar Perasovic	429,000	72
4	7	Agim Kasimi	249,000	42
4	8	Dmitri Dudakov	106,000	18

5	1	Ricard Gonzalez	492,000	82
5	2	Paul Trotter	436,000	73
5	3	Enrico Iacopetta	430,000	72
5	4	Enzo Enzo	435,000	73
5	5	Vetle Holum	92,000	15
5	6	Velupillai Kalamohan	147,000	25
5	7	Carlos Sanchez Cruces	82,000	14
5	8	Jack Benson	104,000	17

6	1	Martin Paep	247,000	41
6	2	Helge Bjoerloew	151,000	25
6	3	Tomas Jalonen	400,000	67
6	4	Mohamed Dris	190,000	32
6	5	Franco Pontarrelli	109,000	18
6	6	Ivan Karatayen	430,000	72
6	7	Toke Mortensen	413,000	69
6	8	Arnault Oliver	337,000	56

7	1	Jairo Mariscal Diaz	217,000	36
7	2	Flavien Delestre	120,000	20
7	3	Jordan Sauny	653,000	109
7	4	Francisco Manuel Salvador Flores	145,000	24
7	5	Jesper Karlsson	265,000	44
7	6	Jordy Vleugels	524,000	87
7	7	Sylvain Cisterna	282,000	47
7	8	Henry Dupont	181,000	30

8	1	Juanjo Garcia	511,000	85
8	2	Antonio Alfaia	531,000	89
8	3	Juan Jesus Lopez Martin	223,000	37
8	4	Antonio Angel Vegeta	146,000	24
8	5	Lorenzo Baynes	238,000	40
8	6	Venelin Pashev	273,000	46
8	7	Carmine Kevin Belvedere	380,000	63
8	8	Patrick Wagemaker	180,000	30

9	1	Ermano Dinicola	21,000	4
9	2	Martin Guerrero	119,000	20
9	3	Alex Montgomery	165,000	28
9	4	Michael Eugeniusz Kil	48,000	8
9	5	Julian Galan	310,000	52
9	6	Stefano Terziani	95,000	16
9	7	Konstantin Novoselov	331,000	55
9	8	Ibirane Kamal	152,000	25

10	1	Manuel Scolaro	66,000	11
10	2	Alex Romero	369,000	62
10	3	Mark Johnston	609,000	102
10	4	Paul Logan	609,000	102
10	5	Ionut Alexandru Decher	277,000	46
10	6	Daniel Luna	5,000	1
10	7	Daniel Fan	298,000	50
10	8	Valentina Galeandro	404,000	67

11	1	Damian Charuf	220,000	37
11	2	Nicolas Boton	288,000	48
11	3	Pascal Vos	93,000	16
11	4	Doroslan Raslukevic	444,000	74
11	5	James Hand	82,000	14
11	6	Felix Vu	346,000	58
11	7	Jan Cvach	386,000	64
11	8	Michael O'Dwyer	271,000	45

12	1	Tomasz Wrobel	142,000	24
12	2	Antonio Cordoba	30,000	5
12	3	Alvaro Benete De La Loba	130,000	22
12	4	Giulio Astarita	138,000	23
12	5	Yuhan Wang	412,000	69
12	6	Vardan Zakaryan	384,000	64
12	7	Fabrizio Pegoraro	143,000	24
12	8	Emilio Navarro	180,000	30

13	1	Diego De Sanctis	46,000	8
13	2	Artus Gimenez	385,000	64
13	3	Andres Arturo Gutierrez	191,000	32
13	4	Aaron Valldeperez	275,000	46
13	5	Thibaut Yoccoz	80,000	13
13	6	Aiman El Hafiz	296,000	49
13	7	Josep Pastor	86,000	14
13	8	Martin Ilavsky	172,000	29

14	1	Ricardo Alvarez	308,000	51
14	2	Bakir Saranovic	125,000	21
14	3	Jozef Cibicek	309,000	52
14	4	Alexander Ovechkin	193,000	32
14	5	Jun Beum Chun	168,000	28
14	6	Stephen Jarvie	93,000	16
14	7	Giovanni Bellini	243,000	41
14	8	Christian Stantchev	429,000	72

15	1	Damien Gallagher	234,000	39
15	2	Ben Spragg	144,000	24
15	3	Juan Antonio Marin	93,000	16
15	4	Emiliano Bianchini	155,000	26
15	5	Antonio Manilia	56,000	9
15	6	Dominque Kaeser	369,000	62
15	7	Laurent Cessy	603,000	101
15	8	Jon Ander Vallinas	280,000	47

16	1	Daniel Vargas	161,000	27
16	2	Albert Ostrovskij	128,000	21
16	3	Alvaro Paz	185,000	31
16	4	Silvio Lazzaro	334,000	56
16	5	Yoel Selles	190,000	32
16	6	Cesar Omar Del Pino Hanouadi	393,000	66
16	7	Pia Fransson	448,000	75

17	1	Eugenio Macias	30,000	5
17	2	Raul Gordo	560,000	93
17	3	Rafelle Sorrentino	140,000	23
17	4	Mislav Rogulj	130,000	22
17	5	Mischa Wieten	174,000	29
17	6	Luca Maccatrozzo	269,000	45
17	7	Vicenzo Petruzziello	180,000	30

06-15-2024 00:32 UTC+1

End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Chris Bean

Level 18 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Menicanin	852,000 678,000	678,000

Mohamed Mamouni	700,000 61,000	61,000
Rafael Anera Ruiz	660,000 70,000	70,000
Jordan Sauny	653,000 392,000	392,000
Paul Lagan	609,000 609,000	609,000
Mark Johnston	609,000 502,000	502,000
Laurent Cessy	603,000 43,000	43,000
Raul Gordo	560,000 164,000	164,000
Antonio Alfaia	531,000 272,000	272,000
Jordy Vleugels	524,000 524,000	524,000
Juanjo Garcia	511,000 421,500	421,500
Ricard Gonzalez	492,000 307,000	307,000
Nanan Assanvo	473,000 46,000	46,000
Pia Fransson	448,000 -20,000	-20,000
Josep Valls	447,000 160,500	160,500
Doroslav Rasiukevic	444,000 444,000	444,000
Paul Trotter	436,000 364,000	364,000
Enzo Enzo	435,000 -60,000	-60,000
Enrico Iacopetta	430,000 128,500	128,500
Ivan Karatayen	430,000 349,000	349,000
Christian Stantchev	429,000 429,000	429,000
Perasovic Gaspar	429,000 429,000	429,000
Toke Mortensen	413,000 197,000	197,000
Yuhan Wang	412,000 412,000	412,000
Valentina Galeandro	404,000 297,000	297,000

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06-15-2024 00:18 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

Chris Bean

Level 18 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergi Navarro	Busted
Jakub Szumski	Busted
Ionut Colciar	Busted
Lars Broholm	Busted
Juan Sanchez Jaimez	Busted
Mazalahedwa Bako	Busted

06-15-2024 00:06 UTC+1

Final Five Hands

Chris Bean

Level 18 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The Tournament floor has instructed that five more hands will be played before chips can be bagged.

06-14-2024 23:57 UTC+1

Final Level of the Day

Chris Bean

Level 18 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

It has been announced that the current level will be the last to be played today.

Once the level is over, players will bag their chips and return tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time and will play down to eight players.

06-14-2024 23:41 UTC+1

Felix Schneiders Bubbles ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Main Event

Chris Bean

Level 18 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Felix Schneiders was all in for 38,000 from the small blind and was called by Mohamed Mamouni in the hijack.

Felix Schneiders: K♥K♦ All in
Mohamed Mamouni: Q♠6♦

Schneiders was happy to see Mamouni's hand but the Q♦ in the window closely followed by the Q♥ left everyone in disbelief. The A♠ completed the flop and was followed by the A♥ on the turn to give Schneiders two additional outs.

But it was the 3♣ on the river to send Schneiders out of the tournament and is the bubble boy for ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Mamouni	639,000 544,000	544,000
Felix Schneiders	Busted

Tags: Felix Schneiders Mohamed Mamouni

06-14-2024 23:18 UTC+1

Clock Paused - Hand for Hand

Chris Bean

Level 18 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Only 168 players remain and hand-for-hand has been enforced.

One more elimination will bust the bubble and everyone will be guaranteed €1,700.

06-14-2024 23:16 UTC+1

Barrado Suffers Epic Cooler on Verge of Bubble

Chris Bean

Level 18 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

All the chips went into the middle preflop, with Carlos Barrado at risk for 76,000. Jan Cvach covered the Spaniard.

Carlos Barrado: A♣A♠ All in
Jan Cvach: K♦K♣

Barrado was ahead, but Cvach gained gutshot outs after the flop of Q♣J♠9♠. Then disaster struck for Barrado as the K♥ landed on the turn to give Cvach a set. The 3♣ completed the board and a stunned Barrado headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Cvach	430,000 383,500	383,500
Carlos Barrado	Busted

Tags: Carlos Barrado Jan Cvach