Ivan Bryksin is in second place in the MPP Main Event in Cyprus

Day 2 of the $5,400 MPP Main Event wrapped up with the final two tables set. Of the 146 entrants, only 15 players remain. All of them have locked up at least $31,000, but the top prize is $1,000,000.

Ivan Bryksin sits in second place with a stack of 75 big blinds, trailing only Iran's Danesh Zargaran, who has 83 BB. Three more Russians made the top 10: Daniil Kiselev is fifth (55 BB), Kirill Solovyev sixth (46 BB), and Nikolay Baryshnikov ninth (36 BB).

Also reaching the final day are Manig Loeser, with $12 million in live tournament earnings, and the reigning champion of this series, Austria's Daniel Taller, who will try to defend his title with a short stack of 24 BB.

The deciding stage kicks off today at 13:00 (MSK).

Selected chip counts:

2. Ivan Bryksin 🇷🇺 — 75 BB
5. Daniil Kiselev 🇷🇺 — 55 BB
6. Kirill Solovyev 🇷🇺 — 46 BB
7. Manig Loeser 🇩🇪 — 40 BB
13. Daniel Taller 🇦🇹 — 24 BB
15. Vadim Godzdanker 🇧🇾— 12 BB

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