Eugenio Peralta had missed the first few hands and arrived late. Right after that he was involved in an all-in with former EPT champion Ognyan Dimov and had the best of it with versus .
However, the board came to give Dimov an unlikely straight.
There was an under-the-gun open to 3,400 that Xavier Mouysset had called from the cutoff before Nikieta Lebedev three-bet all in from the small blind for 34,200. Tom-Aksel Bedell was in the big blind with only a few big blinds-worth of chips and called them off as well. The original opener folded to put action back onto Mouysset, and he confirmed the amount before quickly calling.
Tom-Aksel Bedell:
Nikita Lebedev:
Xaier Mouysset:
Bedell was the last of the three to show his cards: "I can't beat that!" he exclaimed when Mouysset tabled his nines after calling.
Lebedev then tabled his tens: "I can't beat that either!" Bedell said. The board ran out to give Lebedev a set on the flop, earning his double and a little bit more without any resistance, and is off to a good start on Day 2 having chipped up to around 80,000 after starting the day with just 18,300.
After a raise to 3,200 and a call, Alexander Ivanov shoved all in for 12,200. From the big blind, Andreas Vlachos reraised to 23,600 to get the others out of the way.
Alexander Ivanov:
Andreas Vlachos:
The flop brought something for both players but after the dealer flipped over the and as the remaining community cards, it'd be Ivanov to double with an easy four-of-a-kind.
Chin Wei Lim raised to 3,200 under the gun and he was called by big blind Vitaliy Li when it folded to him. The flop was dealt and both players checked.
Li checked to Lim on the turn and Lim put a bet of 4,000 in the middle. It didn't take too long for Li to call the bet.
The river was the and both checked again. Li had flopped top pair with but that wasn't good after the king on the turn as Lim hit top pair with .
Martin Finger raised to 3,500 and was called by Graeme Siow from one seat over and Silma Macalou in the big blind. The flop brought and all three players checked. After the turn, the action checked to Siow and he bet 6,000. Macalou called and Finger then raised to 28,000.
No call followed and the pot was shipped to former EPT prague champion Finger, the table broke soon after.
All of the chips got in the middle preflop between Chien Liao in early position and Dominik Panka, who was in the cutoff, with effective stacks totaling around 90,000.
Chien Liao:
Dominik Panka:
The flop came to keep Liao out in front and poised for a double. The turn brought a pair onboard, giving Panka six outs to a chop, but he ended up winning the entire pot as the river hit the felt to earn him the knockout and surpass 200,000 along the way.
A player raised from middle position and Rifat Palevic called from the cutoff. Gab Yong Kim three-bet from the small blind to 16,600 and the initial raiser got out of the way. Palevic stuck around with a call and they went heads-up to the flop.
The flop was dealt and Kim didn't waste time betting 21,300. Palevic took more time but eventually called.
The turn was the and Palevic had about 52,000 behind. Kim put him all in for his tournament life but Palevic didn't bite and he got rid of his hand.
Jack O'Neill raised to 3,500 on the button and Jans Arends in the small blind three-bet to 12,500, which O'Neill called. After the flop, Arends continued for 8,000 and picked up a call.
Both then checked the turn and Arends checked the on the river. O'Neill moved all in for 56,000 and Arends asked for a count but didn't make the call.