Yonatan Koko opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Thiago Pirani moved all in for 275,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way to send action back to Koko, who went into the tank. After a few minutes another player at the table called the clock on Koko. A floorman came over to give Koko a 30 second countdown. With just five seconds remaining Koko released his hand to ensure Pirani would not be put at risk this hand.
Action panned to the feature table with the board showing the 
board. Bruno Desimoni bet 600,000 with 
in the hijack. William Nunley then check-raised to 1,870,000 from early position with 
, which put Desimoni all-in.
With the pot at 3,245,000, the GGPoker Qualifier went deep into the tank with his full house and ended up folding the best hand.
Ali Imsirovic raised to 60,000 from the hijack and got three callers.
The board 
was checked around and Shijia Liu checked the 
turn. Imsirovic put out a delayed continuation bet of 75,000 and was called by Austin Apicella and Liu.
The river was the 
. Liu checked again and Imsirovic bet 325,000. Apicella folded and Liu tank-called as the players went on break.
Imsirovic instantly threw his hand into the muck, rendering it irretrievable, and Liu took down the pot.
The full board of 
was out between Aaron Thivyanathan and Timothy McDermott.
Thivyanathan had bet enough to put McDermott all in, who tank-called for his tournament life and last 890,000.
Thivyanathan showed 
for a rivered pair of queens, while McDermott was elated to table 
for top pair and double up.
Picking up the action on the river, Thiago Pirani from late position was involved in a hand with Oliver Weis in the cutoff. With the board reading 
Pirani checked and Weis moved all in. Pirani went deep into the tank, to the point where another player called the clock on him. The floorman had barely begun a countdown when Pirani called off for his tournament life.
Weis turned over while Pirani revealed he held 
for two pair, good enough for the double up. Upon finding out he had won the pot, Pirani set off running to the rail while emitting loud cries of jubilation.
The second level of the day has passed and the players are now on a 20-minute break. The tournament clock shows 243 players remaining.
Here are a few highlights from the past level:
Niveau: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Ari Engel opened to 90,000 on the button and was called by a player in the big blind.
The big blind checked on a flop of 
and then called when Engel continued for 80,000.
Engel did not slow down on the 
turn, firing off 180,000 after the big blind checked for a second time. His opponent thought briefly before releasing his hand to keep Engel chipping up.
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