No Filter Poker Series Day 2: Avela Chipleader for €1,100 Main Event Final Day

From left: Mounir Tajiou, Michel Karim, Patrik Mattsson. Photo: Elin Holmgren

Day 2 of the No Filter Poker Series didn’t disappoint. After Jan Risberg captured the €200 NLH title during the first day of the festival (Thursday, June 12), players returned on Friday and were greeted with the golden nugget of tournaments on the schedule. Day 1 of the €1,100 Main Event was set to commence at 17:00, and all poker enthusiasts had exciting action to look forward to.

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Avela Leads the Field

Being the highlight of the No Filter Poker Series, the €1,100 Main Event attracted 106 entries, which created a €100,700 prize pool. When Friday’s Day 1 concluded, 36 players bagged their chips. Today, they will battle it out for the title and the biggest slice of the prize pool (at this moment, payouts are yet to be announced).

There are some familiar faces amongst the remaining warriors. Leading the field is Max Avela. The Finn has attended multiple OlyBet events in the past, and considering he’s been recording some decent results over the past years, it’s no surprise he was able to secure the biggest stack after the first day.

Also at the top is Johan Karlsson. Karlsson won the 2020 Kings of Tallinn Main Event, and evidently, he feels at home at the Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel. Estonian legend Ranno Sootla is also still in the mix, as well as one of the founders of No Filter Poker Series, Michel Karim.

The players will resume the tournament on Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 Ante. Late registration will be open for the earlier levels during Day 2; expect some new stacks in the field.

No Filter Poker Series Main Event – Day 1 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Max Avela	Finland	187,000	125
2	Jawad Habib	Sweden	132,500	88
3	Johan Karlsson	Sweden	121,500	81
4	Christopher Berggren	Sweden	114,000	76
5	Barys Bierezin	Belarus	114,000	76
6	Guillermo Gordo Cifuentes	Spain	113,500	76
7	Sven Holmgren	Sweden	108,500	76
8	Ranno Sootla	Estonia	105,000	70
9	Masoud Mohammadi	Finland	103,000	69
10	Michel Karim	Sweden	101,500	68
11	Maksim Solodilov	Estonia	98,500	66
12	Jesus Ucero	Spain	98,000	65
13	Yassin Alami	Sweden	94,500	63
14	Majid Rostami	Sweden	80,500	54
15	Adria Comas I Roura	Spain	75,000	50
16	Masoud Fatollahy	Sweden	74,000	49
17	Martin Lang	Estonia	69,000	46
18	Aneris Adomkevicius	Lithuania	53,500	36
19	Tarmo Tammel	Estonia	48,500	32
20	Jari-Pekka Anttila	Finland	48,000	32
21	Borja Martinez	Spain	48,000	32
22	Rohan Oberoi	Sweden	46,500	31
23	Mimoun Tajiou	Sweden	46,500	31
24	Ahmet Canatan	Denmark	42,500	28
25	Jussi Mattila	Finland	41,000	27
26	Benny Hagberg	Sweden	40,500	27
27	Igor Pihela	Estonia	35,500	24
28	David Marfil	Spain	35,000	23
29	Lars Kjestrup	Sweden	34,500	23
30	Jan Risberg	Sweden	34,500	23
31	Mahmod Sayehban	Sweden	33,500	22
32	Joonas Parviainen	Finland	31,000	21
33	Albert Ulla	Estonia	30,500	20
34	Rickard Rohani	Sweden	29,000	19
35	Tobias Wallmo	Sweden	17,000	11
36	Ferit Gabriellson	Sweden	13,000	9

Day 2 will not finish until a winner is crowned later today. The Main Event is accompanied by the €555 Progressive Bounty 8-Max, which should be a fun side event for those who don’t make a deep run in the Main.

If you want to follow the action from the No Filter Poker Series live, make sure to tune into OlyBet Poker’s YouTube Channel to watch the live stream.