Four levels and 12 minutes have been played on Day 2 and the field of 214 survivors has been cut down to the last 63 hopefuls. They have just headed into their next 20-minute break and the next break will provide enough time to grab some dinner.
Niveau: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Marc Isman jammed his short stack from the button with the 
and Danut Chisu in the big blind had an easy call with the 
.
The board came 
and Isman headed to the payout desk.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
|
Eliminé |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,530,000
1,326,000
|
1,326,000 |
|
700,000 | |
|
635,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
|
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|
630,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
565,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
325,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
205,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
South Africa's Patmaseelan Naicker had around 110,000 left and, having first-in vigorish, shoved all of those on the button. Emrah Cakmak immediately came over the top from the small blind holding 
, while Naicker was out-kicked with . There was no help for Naikcer on 
and he hit the rail.
Dutchman Zhong Chen followed him closely after. While Chen had a sizable stack earlier in the day, he was down to his final 130,000 and shoved those in. Once again, it was a left-hand neighbor going for the knockout.
Zhong Chen: 
Vladyslav Pohribnyi: 
The board ran out 
to quicky decide things and Chen went off to collect €3,200 in prize money.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
308,000
|
308,000 |
|
320,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
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Eliminé |
Thierry Giron ended up all in for the last 87,000 and he was called by initial raiser Sergey Baburin.
Giron tabled 
and Baburin had the dominating 
. On a board of 
, the kicker played to send Giron to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
The recent eliminations all received €3,200, and among them were PSPC champ Ramon Colillas, former EPT Monte Carlo Main Event winner Jan Bendik, Gianluca Speranza, and Swaziland's very own Kisohkumar Ramachandran.
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It was a flip for the tournament life of Stanislau Shylkou and he was all in with the 
. Artur Martirosian called with 
and that pair prevailed on a board of 
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
850,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
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|
Eliminé | |
Luca Fontanel jammed into the big blind of Mario Melis, who snap-called and tabled the . Fontanel was caught with the fingers in the cookie jar, holding the 
, and had to fork over 177,000 to his table neighbor on a board of 
.
Soon after, Fontanel got those chips and more back when he sent Denis Timofeev to the rail.
Denis Timofeev: 
Luca Fontanel:
The board came 
and that spelled the end for Timofeev.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
920,000
739,000
|
739,000 |
|
375,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Dennis Schienagel raised to 42,000 and Jean Desmottes jammed in the cutoff for 253,000. Luigi Shehadeh also moved all in, for 245,000 on the button, and Schienagel asked for counts before making the call.
Luigi Shehadeh:
Jean Desmottes: 
Dennis Schienagel: 
Desmottes was poised for a triple up, but instead that was granted to Shehadeh who spiked a jack on the 
river. Desmotte was stuck with 8,000, which he doubled through Schienagel.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,480,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
790,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
|
16,000
-324,000
|
-324,000 |
