On the heads-up flop of , Ari Engel bet 500 from the cutoff and his opponent from one seat over on the button called. The turn was checked by Engel and he then called a bet of 2,000 before check-folding the river for the very same amount. The player on the button proudly showed the .
With Jasper Meijer van Putten, Matthias de Meulder, Steven van Zadelhoff and Pieter de Korver all sitting in a row, one would expect some action or table talk. That has been very limited so far, though, and the four of them are very much focused on their smart phones when not being involved in a hand.
Farid Chati is back in today after busting on Day 1a and same applies for Hossein Ensan, who showed up a bit earlier as expected. The German shares a table with Paul Berende and Eugene Katchalov over on table 28.
Matas Cimbolas sits next to Anton Wigg and Michiel Brummelhuis stares at them from the opposite end of the table.
Tobias Peters, Floris van der Ven and Paul Newey are joined by Faraz Jaka and Fatima Moreira de Melo on one of the most interesting tables in the event thus far.
Pieter de Korver won a middle-sized pot with two pair over two pair and the screens currently show a total of 115 entries for the second starting day. Latest additions to the field include Kees van Brugge as well as Ole Schemion. The German wonderkid cashed in the High Roller yesterday and won the very same tournament back in 2012 by defeating ... de Korver.
The stack of Jasper Wetemans has already been cut into half. The Dutchman fired three streets of a board with 2,200 on the river as final bet into a pot of around 7,000. Olvedo Heinze raised to 5,000 and Wetemans was stunned almost immediately, then gave up the pot.
"He has been playing very aggressive the whole time, I can't get out there anymore," Nikolaus Teichert said on the rail while chatting with Artur Koren. They were both watching Ole Schemion and Teichert had in fact been the first casualty. He got it in with against the jacks of Samy Kamal and the board bricked.
Only moments later, Steven van Zadelhoff raised and Pieter de Korver three-bet to 1,000. Kamal called and van Zadelhoff then reraised to fold to a shove of de Korver. It must have been a lot of action, as de Korver lost a considerable amount of chips in a short time.
Nikolaus Teichert was the first casualty, but another player followed soon after, making for two seat open early into level two out of a field of 127 entrants.
On the four-way flop of , Ari Engel and Ole Schemion as well as two other players all invested 1,600 in chips to see the appear on the turn. The action was folded to Engel and he picked up the pot with a bet of 5,000, confirming a decent stack without showdowns.