The tournament starts here for most people. You've survived Day 1 and now all your competitors are under one roof and within eyeshot. A total of 531 players took a seat over the course of the two starting flights and 268 players remain for Day 2.
To get through today they will have to survive six more 75-minute levels, before the levels extend to 90 minutes each from Day 3.
Yesterday's chip leader, Victor Sbrissa, is the overall chip leader coming back today with 224,800. He has a talented bunch of players chasing him including Noah Schwartz, Calvin Anderson and Freddy Deeb.
Team PokerStars Pro are still out in force and being represented by Christophe De Meulder, Alex Kravchenko, Leo Fernandez, Barry Greenstein, Ville Wahlbeck, Jake Cody, Toni Judet, Daniel Negreanu, Humberto Brenes, Angel Guillen, Jason Mercier, Marcel Luske, Johnny Lodden, Victor Ramdin, Chad Brown, Vicky Coren, Marcin Horecki along with Randy Lew, Isaac Haxton, Tatiana Barausova and Mickey Petersen from Team Online. Lest us not forget Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo!
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Yacoub Boukhris just ended up getting Michael Tureniec all in for his tournament life. Tureniec started the day with 28,000 chips and was looking to dodge just a few cards.
Yacoub Boukhris:
Michael Tureniec:
The board ran out and the former EPT Copenhagen winner was knocked out.
Team PokerStars Pro Marcel Luske checked the flop before former EPT Grand Final champion Nicolas Chouity fired 2,100. Behind him, Calvin Anderson raised to 5,000. After Luske folded, Chouity called to see the turn.
The paired the board on the turn, and Chouity checked to his opponent. Anderson wasted little time in firing 7,300. Chouity called.
The river was the , and Chouity checked again. While Chouity had about 43,000 in chips in his stack, Anderson plopped out a bet of 23,000. Chouity looked somewhat pained, but made the call anyway.
Anderson instantly slapped over the for a full house, jacks full of queens, and Chouity mucked.
Bruno Lopes raised preflop and Team PokerStars Sports Star Fatima Moreira decided to make the call from his immediate left. PokerStars Team Online Isaac Haxton and Niklas Asplund called as well and four players saw the flop.
The flop brought out and Lopes fired out 3,700 after which Moreira de Melo raised to 7,400. Haxton and Asplund folded quickly after which Lopes moved all in. Moreira de Melo snap-called and the surprising showdown went as following.
Bruno Lopes:
Fatima Moreira de Melo:
The board ran out , and Moreira de Melo was eliminated.
When we arrived at Table 24, a short-stacked Emeric Styevlik was all in with . Brendon Rubie had him at risk with , and the board had just finished . Styevlik was very relived to have made a straight on the turn, but Rubie is still healthy with 62,000 chips.