🇨🇭 Andrei Chiriliuc dominates IPS Day2!

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The IPS - Italian Poker Sport - €500,000 GTD Main Event wrapped up its Day 2 with 19 players advancing from a total field of 1,047 entries, all part of a spectacular weekend of poker at the end of May and start of June.

The chip leader at the end of the day is Andrei Chiriliuc, who bagged 5,590,000 chips after a dominant performance, built by consistently applying pressure at the table — as he shared in a quick post-day interview you can read below.

"Day 2 was more complicated than expected. I pulled off a really good bluff with a blocker — it worked, and that gave me a solid stack. From there, I just kept applying pressure at the table.

I hovered around 1.5 to 2 million for a few levels, then suddenly jumped up to around 5.6 million. It all came together pretty smoothly.

It’s my second time here in Italy, but I usually play your series in Liechtenstein because I live in Basel. The atmosphere here is great though — really friendly, lots of sunshine, and a fun summer vibe.

I try not to focus only on poker. I’m also here to enjoy some holidays. I used to play professionally a few years ago, but now I work full-time in Switzerland. Poker is more of a hobby these days — still fun, but not my main job anymore."

Top 5

Hot on his heels are two Italian players who had standout runs throughout the day: Riccardo Saraniero, second with 4,835,000, and Dario Quattrucci, third with 4,750,000. Both remained near the top of the chip counts from start to finish.

Rasmus Lundström of Finland takes fourth with 3,715,000, followed by Mario Perati, fifth with 3,515,000 — another solid showing.

You can find the full list of the 19 finalists below, along with their seat assignments for the Final Day, which kicks off at 1 PM.

Unofficial Chipcount

IPS High Roller

Day 1 of the €800 High Roller has come to an end with Jakub Slomski leading the pack at 600,000 chips, equivalent to 60 big blinds. He’s followed closely by Hatem Ouergui with 575,000, and Claudio Di Giacomo at 340,000.

Below is the official chip recap heading into tomorrow’s Final Day.

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