Vlad-Stefan "HaiFanFan" Lache defended his big blind after Ramon Miquel min-raised from under the gun.
Lache check-raised from 16,890 to 39,780 on the flop and Miquel called. The action got hot after the appeared on the turn. Lache jammed and Miquel called off for 78,694.
Ramon Miquel:
Vlad-Stefan "HaiFanFan" Lache:
Miquel was still alive but didn't get there as Lache, who was already ahead, improved to a full house after the river completed the board.
All of the opening flights have concluded and the numbers are in.
The Battle of Malta Online Main Event attracted 6,591 entries for a �3,443,798 prize pool to smash the �3,000,000 guarantee.
A total of 989 players advanced to Day 2 with the top 700 players set to receive at least a min-cash of �1,368. The prizes go up in a big way from there with tonight's eventual winner slated to receive a whopping �378,286 top prize and the coveted Battle of Malta Online Main Event trophy.
You can check out the full payouts in the "Payouts" tab within our coverage.
The �25 million guaranteed 2021 Battle of Malta Online saved the best for last at GGPoker with the final day featuring the Battle of Malta �550 Main Event.
The lofty �3 million guarantee slapped on this event has already been smashed after dozens of opening flights with the tournament attracting more than 6,000 entries with a handful of opening flights still running a couple of hours before the event. The total number of entries and the final prize pool will be known approximately 30 minutes before the kickoff of Day 2 today at 9:30 p.m. BST (4:30 p.m. EDT).
Thus far there were more than 750 players that virtually bagged into Day 2 led by Monaco's "Leflipd1vie26" with a huge 139 big blind stack of 836,364.
Notable players near the top of the leaderboard entering Day 2 include Aleksandr "leeel" Shepel (657,473), Caio "disturbed" Botacin (633,009), Victor "Q6d6" Pertile (602,891), and Aneris "TaiwanNumba1" Adomkevicius (563,229).
Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Leflipd1vie26
Monaco
836,364
139
2
GG CLOWN XDDD
Malta
666,333
111
3
Aleksandr "leeel" Shepel
Russia
657,473
110
4
Caio "disturbed" Botacin
Brazil
633,009
106
5
Pandano
Indonesia
625,000
104
6
sickhandthat
United Kingdom
611,525
102
7
Victor "Q6d6" Pertile
Brazil
602,891
100
8
Renhuiyu "661bsj" Ren
China
600,000
100
9
yubuyu
China
581,650
97
10
Aneris "TaiwanNumba1" Adomkevicius
Lithuania
563,229
94
Day 2 Action
Day 2 will kick off at 9:30 p.m. BST (4:30 p.m. BST) and will end when one player has all the chips and is crowned the 2021 Battle of Malta Online Main Event champion. Blinds will increase slowly every 15 minutes throughout the day until the final table. The final table will feature blind levels increasing based on a certain number of hands.
flop and Miquel called. The action got hot after the 
appeared on the turn. Lache jammed and Miquel called off for 78,694.
river completed the board.
