The action was folded to Sergio Fernandez on the button who opened to 45,000. Robert Schulz was in the small blind and piled his remaining 300,000 into the pot. Fernandez called and the cards were tabled.
Sergio Fernandez:
Robert Schulz:
The board ran out and Fernandez's pair of eights held on to eliminate Schulz in 16th place.
Viliyan Petleshkov raised to 45,000 from the hijack and folded to the three-bet of Carlo Savinelli from one seat over for 115,000.
Pawel Czichowski made it 55,000 in the cutoff and Savinelli's second three-bet was worth 160,000, forcing another fold.
Soon after, Sergio Fernandez bet the river for 105,000 from the big blind and Savinelli called. "You are good," the Spaniard added and tossed his cards way over to the other side of the table to reveal for ace-queen high. Savinelli had that beat with and bumped his stack up to 1.1 million.
In the meanwhile, Georgios Zisimopoulos dropped to a mere 10 big blinds.
In a limped battle of the blinds, Ali Sameeian checked the flop and Valentin Vornicu bet 30,000, which Sameeian called. The turn brought a quick check by Sameeian again and Vornicu bet 82,000, Sameeian called. The river was c hecked through and Sameeian announced king-high, Vornicu showed and won the pot.
Rene Crha raised to 40,000 one hand later and Sameeian's three-bet to 140,000 got the job done, as Crha folded. Sameeian then headed to the rail to get some fresh air, still somewhat annoyed how the hand against Vornicu had played out.
Carlo Savinelli opened to 45,000 from early position and Pierre Neuville called from the button. The flop came and Savinelli continued for 55,000. Neuville raised to 150,000 and Savinelli mucked his cards.
Neuville flashed the to the table with a grin on his face and Sergio Fernandez piped in, "Take 'em to school, Pierre!"
In a battle of the blinds, Sergio Fernandez bet the size of the pot on the turn for 110,000 out of the small blind and Robert Schulz had a decision to make out of the big blind. Schulz folded and was left with fewer than 20 big blinds.
One hand later, Schulz limped in from the small blind and Pierre Neuville moved all in from the big blind to force a fold from Schulz.
Ricardo Chauriye shipped all-in for 215,000 from the hijack and was instantly called by Oleksandr Shcherbak in the big blind. Chauriye turned over and said, "It's my time now."
Shcherbak held two overcards with and when the flop came , he took the lead with his pair of aces. The turn was the and the river landed the . Chauriye was sent to collect his money late on Day 2.
Joining the action on the turn, Pawel Czichowski bet 25,000 out of the blinds and Pierre Neuville called from the cutoff. The river brought another bet of 25,000 by the German and Neuville called to see his rake in the pot versus .