Mantas Urbonas is the chipleader with more than 7 million chips. Full counts are a bit below.
The field played 9 levels today and went from 570 to just 60. The players who soared to the top in the later levels were most of all Andrew Hills and Mantas himself.
Hills had a great evening with simply getting hit by the deck, while Mantas won a huge pot with aces against kings against ace-queen, and the best hand held. You can find the key situations for both of them further down on this page.
With Sofia Lövgren and Ina Pavlova, two women made day 3 today. It’s the second deep run for Ina, as she already finished 73rd in 2016. Sofia Lövgren doesn’t need any further introduction, she’s representing 888poker, and both parties are going to have a very pleasant evening today.
The day ends with a bang
The last hand of the day dragged on particularly long on one table, and the showdown triggered gasps of shock from the bystanders.
Juan Maniel Crespillo played this hand against Sebastian Benta. The two were in the blinds and Crespillo had position. Unfortunately we only approached the table on the river and the board read 9♣ 6♦ J♥ T♦ 9♦ with 1.6m (40 big blinds) in the middle already.
Benta checked and it took Crespillo not long to move all-in for 700k more. In turn it took Benta considerably longer to come to grips with this bet. After some minutes Benta took his decision and announced “call”. Showdown:
Juan Crespillo: 8♠ 5♠ for a stone cold bluff
Sebastian Benta: T♠ 7♣ for just a pair
Benta’s middle pair was enough and he scooped this 3m pot while Crespillo was the last elimination of the day.
The players are now bagging their chips and will then head out of the Great Hall to get some rest or whatever else helps them to relax.
Play will resume at 1 PM tomorrow, when we will start looking for the finalists to compete for the big prize of €300,000.
There will be a live stream with hole cards and commentary on the Battle of Malta Facebook page running on a 30 min delay, so tune in in the afternoon.
Chipcounts after day 2
Urbonas Mantas
–
7,090,000
Hills Andrew Christopher
5,260,000
Guimond Florin Nico
5,195,000
Yosifov Borislav
3,980,000
Hoyesveen Daniel Andre
3,760,000
Di Mauro Giuseppe
3,165,000
Biton Nave
2,945,000
Wozniak Mr Michal
2,400,000
Cammisuli Flaviano
2,360,000
Maimon Amir
–
2,255,000
Sallaberry Pierre
2,220,000
Mirabile Antonio
2,200,000
Neukirch Jonas
2,195,000
Carmi Eran Dov
2,165,000
Mangum Jerome Steven
–
1,950,000
Hedley Andrew John
1,845,000
Di Romualdo Tziano
1,800,000
D’alterio Luigi
1,745,000
Iacopetta Enrico
1,640,000
Denino Gill
1,635,000
Sagians Daniel
1,600,000
Corral Juan Pablo Navarro
1,565,000
Stropoli Julien
1,555,000
Benshoham Avihai Hai
1,460,000
Sereicikas Justas
1,330,000
Vasileva Pavlova Tsvetelina
–
1,295,000
Lovgren Sofia Linnea Matilda
1,275,000
Benta Sebastian
–
1,195,000
Pinho Henrique Oliveira De Sousa
1,145,000
Abdalah 2 Fakhreddine
1,140,000
Formica Salvatore
1,130,000
Sanchez Alejandro
1,130,000
Canevet Maxime Thien-Duc
–
1,040,000
Musumarra Andrea
–
1,010,000
Moolhuizen Mateusz
990,000
Hazan Mordechai Marko
985,000
Vadenbring Nils Gustav
975,000
Glushcenko Nikolaso
960,000
Mjagkov Andrei
950,000
Jakubcik1 Ondrej
945,000
Ascone Agostino
885,000
Ostergaard Jens Erik Thorsten
835,000
Bonifico Liberato
815,000
Martinez Pedro Jose Arribas
790,000
Gruszczynski Sebastian Adam
785,000
Lindholm Samuel
–
750,000
Kyriazi Grigoris
720,000
Fernandez Crespillo Juan Maniel
–
710,000
Bergamo Alessio
705,000
Katz Darron Charle
665,000
Nezirevic Mirza
–
645,000
Bonnardot Benjamin Raymond
640,000
Gravagna 1 Fausto
640,000
Inerud Jan Christopher
585,000
Della Ventura Sergio Domenico
505,000
Pagliaro Gianluca
–
485,000
Kettunen Miikka Juhani
480,000
Banks Gary Hillson
395,000
Teva Elad
390,000
Spitale Guiseppe
330,000