Vicente "vicenfish" Delgado Bags Eight-Figure Stack on Day 2 of the $1,050 Spring Championship of Online Poker Medium Main Event
Day 2 of the $1,050 Spring Championship of Online Poker Medium Main Event has come to a close, and what a thrilling day it was. Day 2 saw the 1,278 surviving players from Day 1 be joined by 361 fresh entries. Together, they created a prize pool of $4,206,000, of which 591 players would receive a share of at least $2,279.23, and only 80 of them would be bagging at the end of the day, resulting in a guaranteed cash of $5,103.13.
Of those 80, "2ndOnly2God" accumulated the most chips throughout the day. They will take 19,267,210 of them into Day 3, good for 138 big blinds. The most recognizable name in the top ten chip counts is probably that of Vicente "vicenfish" Delgado. The Spaniard playing from Andorra will be playing a stack of 11,135,501 chips at the start of Day 3. Meanwhile, Morocco's "soulmekki" sits in second place with 16,629,839 chips, and Romania's "blebelea" rounds out the top three with a stack of 15,972,872.
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 2
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2ndOnly2God | United Kingdom | 19,267,210 | 138 |
| 2 | soulmekki | Morocco | 16,629,839 | 119 |
| 3 | blebelea | Romania | 15,972,872 | 114 |
| 4 | bombon73 | Ukraine | 13,006,776 | 93 |
| 5 | rmiguel2007 | Peru | 11,520,412 | 82 |
| 6 | Vicente "vicenfish" Delgado | Andorra | 11,135,501 | 80 |
| 7 | MakuFz | Estonia | 10,550,237 | 75 |
| 8 | moffo13 | Croatia | 10,302,908 | 74 |
| 9 | pAYtAXiSnICE | Sweden | 10,027,994 | 72 |
| 10 | Alex Shepel | Mexico | 9,630,579 | 69 |
PokerStars Ambassador Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas (7,390,053) and online poker legends Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov (4,489,462) and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt (2,394,980) also found their way to Day 3.
However, it would take many eliminations before the 80 remaining players could bag. Predictably, they came in quickly and in great numbers, and the money would eventually be reached after about three hours of play. Among those unfortunate enough to not cash this version of the main event were PokerStars Ambassadors Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot, Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand, and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton, the latter of which busting very close to the money in 596th place.
Many more household names would join them, such as Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood, and Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer. The likes of Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang, Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg, and Alex "FutureofMe" Kulev did find a cash, but could not make a deep run unto the tail end of Day 2.
Just before a double elimination would conclude Day 2 with 79 remaining players, powerhouses Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, and Jans "Graftekkel" Arends would also be forced to join the rail.
Those 79 remaining players will return on May 30th, when Day 3 will commence at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The players will then play down to a final table of nine players, which will be played out on Day 4 on May 31st. Blinds on Day 3 will start at 70,000/140,000 with an ante of 17,500, and all levels will have a duration of 25 minutes.
As always, PokerNews will be present with a live report of the entire day, so be sure to tune in to this page tomorrow to find out who the final nine players battling for the $600,639.75 top prize will be and how they will get there.