Day 2 of the $10,400 Mediterranean Poker Party High Roller Starts at 1 P.M.

Maxime Taldir

The $10,400 Mediterranean Poker Party High Roller continues, here at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel in Northern Cyprus. After a first day of competition where 33 players out of a field of 159 entrants managed to find a bag, one of them will be crowned as the champion today and win $365,000.

With 4,135,000 chips, Michel Molenaar was Day 1's chip leader, closely followed by David Miscikowski who filled his bag with 4,050,00 jetons. Third in chips is Jovan Kenjic for now (3,870,000), while Robert Heidorn takes fourth place with 3,560,000, almost 60 big blinds.

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Michel Molenaar	Netherlands	4,135,000	69
2	David Miscikowski	United States	4,050,000	68
3	Jovan Kenjic	Serbia	3,870,000	65
4	Robert Heidorn	Germany	3,560,000	59
5	Stoyan Madanzhiev	Bulgaria	3,300,000	55
6	Ermanno Di Nicola	Italy	3,285,000	55
7	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	3,115,000	52
8	Nikita Kalinin	Russia	3,035,000	51
9	Marcin Dziubdziela	Poland	2,485,000	41
10	Damir Zhugralin	Kazakhstan	2,425,000	40

Big stacks like?Stoyan Madanzhiev (3,300,000), Ermanno Di Nicola (3,285,000), Damir Zhugralin (2,425,000) or Ehsan Amiri (2,350,000) will try to make their way to the final table, while Samuel Ju (1,870,000), Roman Gadzhiev (1,825,000), Igor Pihela Jr (1,635,000), Timo Kamphues (1,445,000), Andrey Pateychuk (1,180,000), Mehdi Chaoui (1,120,000), and Ami Barer (1,070,000) will try to reach one of the 23 spots in the money first.

Day 2 begins at 1 p.m. local time and will pick up on Level 15, with blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a 60,000 big blind ante. The first goal of the day will be to burst the bubble, as 23 players will be paid with a minimum cash-prize of $17,000. Then, the tournament will continue until we have a winner.