As is often the case on Day 2, players have been busting out in quick fashion. The field has been reduced to 113 from the 190 that started play today with two blind levels in the books.
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The tournament director Michael Pipta, who has been very helpful to us and the players throughout the PokerNews Cup Main Event, just informed us that play will continue during Day 2 the sooner of the tournament reaching the final 16 players or 27 blinds levels are in the books. Since the Day began on Level 15, it is possible that there will be 13 levels of play today.
Australian backpacker has been trying to finance his trip around Europe through playing in poker events. He was dreaming of winning the event for the top prize of €37,229 so he could continue traveling until his heart was content and still have a few bucks left over.
Unfortunately for Murray, he exited the tournament before the money. The Aussie started the bustout hand with seven big blinds and play folding around to him. He jammed 
and was unable for his hand to hold against his opponent's 
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Lewis Murray, who cashed in the Opening Event, displayed solid play throughout the Main Event and the PokerNews Cup side events. We hope to see more of him in other tournaments where he hopes to have better success.
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Table 93 is ready for action with two big stacks on the table. Both Netherland's Hermanus van Beek and Denmark's Thomas Pedersen appear to be continuing where they left off on Day 1 building their stacks to 550,000 each.
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550,000
295,500
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380,500
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380,500 |
Tables keep breaking up, and we are just a couple of dozen players away from the bubble with 103 players left in the tournament. We won't see the bubble break until after the break, but there is a good chance it will occur before the dinner break scheduled to take place before level 21.
Poland's Poitr Sadowski and Germany's Milad Izadmousa were both hoping for a big day, however, were both among the latest casualties in the PokerNews Cup Main Event.
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Reinhard Schneiber is one of four family members to enter the PokerNews Cup Main Event. Our live reporting crew has witnessed him several times pushing all-in and getting no calls. He did so once again to push his stack up to 91,000 chips or a little more than nine big blinds.
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32,500 |
Russian film director and avid poker player Nikolay Karman is among the latest players to bust out of the tournament. He is married to Russian film producer Anna Yamshchikova, who will featured in an article earlier this week on PokerNews.
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We mentioned earlier that four Schneiber family members made the trip to King's Casino to play in the PokerNews Cup Main Event. There is now one less member still in the tournament, as Benedikt Schneiber is among the latest to leave the tournament area.
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Players are up and stretching as the first 15 minute break of the day has been announced. There are 99 players left showing on the big board, but we might be closer to 90. The bubble will likely break within the next blind level or two once play resumes.
