In a battle of the blinds, Ognjen Sekularac defended his big blind against a raise by Luca Sebastiani and the duo saw a flop of . The duo had similar stacks and they found their way into the middle of the table with Sebastiani as the player at risk.
Luca Sebastiani:
Ognjen Sekularac:
Both the turn and the river were blanks and Sekularac's two pair cracked pocket aces to eliminate Luca.
In a limped battle of the blinds, Ognjen Sekularac and Phil Hellmuth checked the flop and Sekularac min-bet the turn for 2,400, which Hellmuth called. After the river, Sekularac bet 3,000 and Hellmuth folded the face up to drop to around 35,000.
The next hand, Hellmuth limped the small blind and Aleksandar Tomovic moved all in with ace-nine suited. Hellmuth quickly called with and the board ran out safely for the Poker Brat to remain in contention.
Martin Kabrhel raised to 5,000 from the hijack and was called by both the small blind and big blind. The flop came and the action was checked around to the on the turn.
Again, the action was checked to Kabrhel who fired out a bet of 6,500. Theodore McQuilkin called from the small blind and the big blind folded. The river brought the and McQuilkin checked to Kabrhel made another small bet of 6,400. McQuilkin made the call and Kabrhel tabled for two pair. McQuilkin mucked his hand and Kabrhel raked in the pot.
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On the turn, Ognjen Sekular check-raised from 6,200 to 15,000 and Phil Hellmuth called before the fell on the river. Sekularac led for 80,000 right away, which had Hellmuth's stack covered. The Poker Brat was sent into the think tank, and after two minutes of consideration he apologized to the table: "I am almost ready, sorry guys."
Some more time followed and Hellmuth added "You are crazy enough to give me the chips," after which Sekularac called the clock on him. The tournament director made his way to the table but Hellmuth folded before time was enforced, and the table broke soon after.
Walter Treccarichi started the day as one of the big stacks but that all came to a crushing end towards the end of level 13. According to Luis Dono, he opened the button to 5,500 and Krasimir Yankov three-bet from the small blind to 18,000. Treccarichi shoved for 30 big blinds out of the big blind and Dono reshoved with pocket kings to see Yankov call with pocket jacks and Treccarichi turn over the .
There was no upset as the kings held up, vaulting Dono into the top spot.
On the tail end of a hand between Patrik Ciklamíni in the big blind and Anthony Zinno on the button, the former checked and the latter bet 21,000. Ciklamini check-raised all in and forced a fold from Zinno.
The next hand, fellow Slovakian Andrej Desset raised to 6,500 and Ciklaimini three-bet from the small blind to 23,000, forcing a foldn from Desset.
Sergio Fernandez has been unstoppable since the World Series of Poker Europe kicked off one week ago, making back-to-back final tables in the first two events. He also came into Day 2 with a healthy stack of over 150,000 and looked poised to make another deep run.
He raised to 6,500 from the hijack and was called by Ryan Hughes in the big blind. The flop came and Hughes check-called a bet of 12,000 from Fernandez. The landed on the turn and Hughes checked again. Fernandez pushed forward a stack of chips for a bet of 70,000 and Hughes instantly called with just 41,000 remaining.
Hughes turned over for two pair while Fernandez showed . The river landed the and Hughes earned a full double up. Fernandez suffered one of his first setbacks in the opening week here at WSOP Europe and will be interesting to see how he recovers.
. The duo had similar stacks and they found their way into the middle of the table with Sebastiani as the player at risk.
turn and the 
river were blanks and Sekularac's two pair cracked pocket aces to eliminate Luca.
flop and Sekularac min-bet the 
turn for 2,400, which Hellmuth called. After the 
river, Sekularac bet 3,000 and Hellmuth folded the 
and the action was checked around to the 
on the turn.
and McQuilkin checked to Kabrhel made another small bet of 6,400. McQuilkin made the call and Kabrhel tabled 
for two pair. McQuilkin mucked his hand and Kabrhel raked in the pot.
fell on the river. Sekularac led for 80,000 right away, which had Hellmuth's stack covered. The Poker Brat was sent into the think tank, and after two minutes of consideration he apologized to the table: "I am almost ready, sorry guys."
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landed on the turn and Hughes checked again. Fernandez pushed forward a stack of chips for a bet of 70,000 and Hughes instantly called with just 41,000 remaining. 
for two pair while Fernandez showed 
. The river landed the 
and Hughes earned a full double up. Fernandez suffered one of his first setbacks in the opening week here at WSOP Europe and will be interesting to see how he recovers.
