Mark Radoja Leads At End of Day 2 in Event #2: Super MILLION$ Main Event, $10,300
Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Mark Radoja is looking for his first WSOP ring in the Event #2: Super MILLION$ Main Event, $10,300 [Day 2, WSOP Ring] on GGPoker after ending Day 2 as chip leader. The tournament attracted 748 runners and smashed the $5 million guarantee with a prize pool of $7.5 million.
Radoja, of Canada, took down the Event #16: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em in 2013 for $336,190, as well as the Event #24: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout in 2011 for $436,568. He will be joined at the final table on Day 3 by eight other players who survived Day 2, including Austria's Christian Rudolph and Marius Gierse, Russia's Anatoly Filatov and Brazil's Pedro Garagnani.
End of Day 2 Results
Position | Name | Chips | |
1 | Mark Radoja | 14298562 | |
2 | Christian Rudolph | 14176005 | |
3 | Anatoly Filatov | 14040675 | |
4 | Marius Gierse | 12970927 | |
5 | Isaac Baron | 6872483 | |
6 | Pedro Garagnani | 5403673 | |
7 | Graf Tekkel | 2401474 | |
8 | Ole Schemion | 2318440 | |
9 | Markus Leikkonen | 2317761 |
Action on Day 2 lasted about five hours and began with 99 players. Francisco Benitez of Uruguay was eliminated on the money bubble in 76th place in a cooler where his pocket queens were pipped by the pocket kings of an opponent. Canada's Amichai Barer was the first player out in the money for $26,848 shortly after that.
Radoja ran hot as the field dwindled down, knocking out Rodrigo Selouan in 15th place when Radoja's ace-jack held against Selouan's ace-ten and later cracking the queens of Song "xuesong" Xue with ten-seven and sending Xue home in 12th place.
Next out in 11th place was Artur Martirosian when his king-jack couldn't get there against the pocket fours of Isaac Baron, and shortly after Sebastian Trisch was eliminated on the final table bubble.
Day 3 of Event #2: Super MILLION$ Main Event, $10,300 will commence on Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. GMT. The winner will earn a seven-figure score of $1.2 million while second and third places will respectively earn $920,185 and $709,560.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be here bringing you updates of the final table action.