Francis Foord-Brown won't be able to repeat his final table finish of last year here in London after being sent to the rail before the money. After Christopher Yong doubled through him, Foord Brown got his remaining stack in with 
and Nicolaj Bonnichsen, who had four-bet shoved, turned over the 
.
The board came 
and the Dane got there on the turn to eliminate Foord-Brown.
Yngve Steen raised to 10,000 on the button and Daniel Laming in the big blind three-bet to 42,000. Steen wasted little time before moving all in and Laming counted his remaining stack, then folded with some 90,000 behind.
One hand later, Marius Pertea raised to 11,000 and Laming pushed out of the small blind to pick up an instant call by Pertea.
Daniel Laming: 
Marius Pertea: 
The board of 
brought no upset and Laming was eliminated. Dinarte de Sousa hit the rail right after and the field has been whittled down from 88 to 53 in just 90 minutes of Day 2.
Only 56 players remain as yet another table broke and among the latest casualties was also Benjamin Morrison. The Brit was called for cash game and his seat was soon filled with a new player.
According to Preben Stokkan on his former table, Morrison pushed on the button with pocket sevens and Mads Elle called in the small blind with to spike an ace on the flop.
At the end of the previous level Philip Schoenebaum disappeared and the eSports Star, known under his alias "syrinxx" lost his chips to table neighbor Honglin Jiang. The latter was kind enough to provide the details.
According to Jiang Schoenebaum four-bet small with a suited ace only for Jiang on the button to call with 
and flop the nut straight on 
. The runner runner miracle never happened for the German.
A few minutes into the new level, Espen Uhlen Jorstad raised to 40,000 with 6,000 behind and Gunnar Wedde called from the big blind. The last chips went in after a 
flop and Jorstad showed 
, Wedde had 
. The turn left Jorstad drawing dead and a blank river was a formality.
It was indeed Oliver White that had knocked out Mike Hill after he cracked the kings of the Brit with ace-king. Below are further assorted chip counts with 62 players remaining.
Niveau: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Picking up the action on the 
turn, Laurent Polito bet 47,000 out of middle position and was called by Jari Mahonen from one seat over. Polito then instantly shoved the 
on the river to put Mahonen to the test.
The Finn eventually called with another 80,000 behind and Polito rolled over for top set, Mahonen had 
for top pair only.
The first level of Day 2 has not come to an end yet and among the next players to bust were Joe beevers, Mike Hill and Catherine Ivgi. Hill sent his chips over to Oliver White and Honglin Jiang benefited from a big setup to eliminate Ivgi.
Ivgi four-bet all in for around 80,000 and Jiang snap-called out of the small blind for the following showdown.
Catherine Ivgi:
Honglin Jiang:
The board came 
and Ivgi failed to improve.
Mateusz Moolhuizen was also among the early casualties of the day and Monica Vaka confirmed that she had busted the two time Unibet Open Champion in a limped battle of the blinds.
According to Vaka, Moolhuizen limped in and check-called a bet of 3,000 on a 
flop and 7,000 on the 
turn. The on the river saw Moolhuizen check-shove for 45,000 into a bet of 11,000 and Vaka called with 
for top pair. Moolhuizen showed for bottom pair only.
While Vaka provided the details, another hand was going on and Jari Suuronen check-shoved a flop for some 40,000 with the 
. Nicolas Cardyn quickly called with the in the big blind and the 
turn and 
river brought no upset.
The early eliminations come at an electric pace and several players ran out of chips. Among them was Gerald Ringe, who three-bet all in for around 57,000. Initial raiser Benjamin Morrison snap-called with a stack of 60,000 and the cards were tabled.
Gerald Ringe: 
Benjamin Morrison: 
The board came 
and Ringe was drawing dead on the turn already.
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