Day 2 – MPF Spring 2024

Big Double for Ablott Through Harrison

Level 26: 40,000/80,000 (80,000)
Entries: 33/1,460

Matthew Vicarage min-raised from early position before James Ablott jammed for more than 2 million from the small blind. Ashley Harrison got in the mix with his big stack from the big blind and Vicarage folded.

James Ablott: A♠10♠
Ashley Harrison: J♣J♠

It could have easily been showers for Ablott but instead he doubled his stack with a better two pair than Harrison to double his stack on the 8♦6♥2♠7♥A♣ runout.

Ashley Harrison – 6 million
James Ablott – 4.5 million

Stanaityte Doubles Short Stack Through Mortensen

Level 26: 40,000/80,000 (80,000)
Entries: 34/1,460

Shortly after Jonathan Schuman lost his short stack to bring the field down to 34 players, Indre Stanaityte risked her short stack.

Sebastian Mortensen opened for a min-raised from the button. Stanaityte three-bet shoved for 575,000. Mortensen asked for a count before finding a call.

Indre Stanaityte: K♠10♠
Sebastian Mortensen: J♦8♠

Stanaityte doubled her stack with king-high after Mortensen bricked the A♦4♥3♦4♣5♥ runout.

Sebastian Mortensen – 3.3 million
Indre Stanaityte – 1.3 million

Full Chip Counts at Break

Place	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Ashley Harrison	8,040,000	101
2	Petteri Miettinen	5,605,000	70
3	Richard Koppel	4,230,000	53
4	John Forsman	3,980,000	50
5	Sebastian Mortensen	3,700,000	46
6	Ludovic Uzan	3,175,000	40
7	Matthew Vicarage	3,125,000	39
8	Philipp Drayer	2,500,000	31
9	Elvijs Kuceruks	2,500,000	31
10	Kevin Rothlisberger	2,300,000	29
11	Jake Allen	2,275,000	28
12	James Ablott	2,265,000	28
13	Roar Flotre	2,260,000	28
14	Jordan Dumas	2,240,000	28
15	Sven Meschede	2,225,000	28
16	Rosario Saddemi	2,140,000	27
17	Maxime Delhommeau	2,000,000	25
18	Marcos Padron	1,625,000	20
19	Jorgen Jessen	1,490,000	19
20	Francesco Canzonieri	1,430,000	18
21	Terence Newton	1,400,000	18
22	Stefan Trevelyan	1,255,000	16
23	Matte Karjalainen	1,170,000	15
24	Gianpiero Barrile	1,165,000	15
25	Antonio Merone	1,100,000	14
26	Colin Bidwell	1,050,000	13
27	Vilde Ekren	1,030,000	13
28	Thomas Cazaletz	975,000	12
29	Andrea Kapp	970,000	12
30	Krystian Nalepka	865,000	11
31	Damjan Pulejkov	820,000	10
32	Grant Campbell	790,000	10
33	Indre Stanaityte	545,000	7
34	Dario Filippelli	345,000	4
35	Jonathan Schuman	300,000	4

Final Day 2 Break

Players are on their final short break of Day 2. Blinds will increase to 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante before moving onto the final blind level of the day with blinds at 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante.

Best of luck to the remaining field during the final stretch. We will post a full chip count update during the break.

Filippelli Celebrates a Triple

Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 35/1,460

Rosario Saddemi min-raised from the cutoff before Dario Filippelli called off his stack of 95,000 from the small blind after tanking for a minute. Terence Newton defended his big blind and both Newton and Saddemi checked the entire Q♥4♥3♠10♥8♣ board.

“Yes!” screamed Filippelli before slamming on the table the Q♦8♦ for what he perceived to be the winning hand with two pair.

Filippelli was correct with Newton tabling the 10♦9♠ and Saddemi tabling the K♠9♥ to triple his stack just before the final break of Day 2.

Rosario Saddemi – 2,200,000
Terence Newton – 1,600,000
Dario Filippelli – 405,000

Schuman Saved on the Turn

Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 38/1,460

Jonathan Schuman jammed his short stack from early position and was called by Terence Newton in the big blind.

Jonathan Schuman: K♥7♥
Terence Newton: A♦6♠

Newton was ahead on the 10♠6♥5♠ flop but Schuman pushed out in front after connecting with his seven on the 7♠ turn.

Schuman was rewarded a double-up after the 8♠ river completed the board with a better pair than Newton.

Terence Newton – 1,700,000
Jonathan Schuman – 600,000