Following a 
flop, Valentin Messina committed the last of his chips with 
and was in dire straits, way behind Andrei One's 
.
Then came the turn -- the 
! Suddenly Messina was ahead, only needing to dodge an ace or non-pairing spade. Then the dealer burned a card and delivered the river -- the 
. One had made his flush, and Messina was out.
That pot moves One up over 250,000.
Just before the break, Dominik Nitsche and Pierre Daw engaged in another battle of the short stacks, with Daw all in with 
against Nitsche's 
. The board came 
, and Daw hit the rail.
Meanwhile, Nitsche has bounced back to 43,000.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Players are taking their first break of the day -- just 10 minutes. There will be 63 of them coming back on the other side.
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Marvin Rettenmaier raised his button, and big stack Erik Tamm defended his big blind.
Flop: 
- Tamm checked to Rettenmaier, who checked behind.
Turn: - Tamm checked again, and Rettenmaier bet 4,200. Then Tamm made it 16,000 to see a river. Rettenmaier paid his price.
River: 
- This time, Tamm bet first. And not any small, friendly bet either. He threw out 40,000, which would commit most of Rettenmaier's chips. Annoyed, Rettenmaier folded, sending even more chips in Tamm's direction. Rettenmaier was left with 53,000.
Ronan Monfort was just all in for his tournament life with 
and up against Suat Uyanik's 
. He'd gotten to that point after Uyanik had raised from the hijack seat, then Monfort reraised all in for his last 24,300 fro the small blind and Uyanik had called.
The flop came 
, putting Uyanik in front with a pair of kings. The 
on the turn then improved his hand to a straight, leaving Monfort hoping to see a queen to survive. But the river was the 
, and Monfort is out.
Uyanik has 96,000 as we near the end of the level and the first break of Day 2.
We're not sure how it happened, but we arrived to find Kevim Miannay all in with against Manuel Bevand's . The board fell [
, and Bevand was left to curse his luck and cut out 40,000 to send Miannay's way. The transaction left Bevand with 26,000.
Dominik Nitsche and Erik Tamm were just at it again, this time engaging in a series of raises and reraises following a 
flop that resulted in Tamm being all in, and Nitsche being all in for nearly his entire stack.
Nitsche held for the nut flush draw and a gutshot to a wheel, while Tamm had 
for top pair. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Tamm's hand held. Tamm catapults back to 234,000, while that one left Nitsche with less than 5,000.
Nitsche would subsequently double-up on the next hand. Then he'd get his super-short stack all in again with versus Pierre Daw's and spike a five on the flop to survive once more. Nitsche now has 25,200, while Daw is also in the danger zone with 20,000.
Alana Pariente was just eliminated, leaving Alexia Portal as the last woman among the 68 remaining players.
Portal presently has a stack of just under 70,000 -- about two-thirds the average stack at the moment.
Erik Tamm opened to 4,300, and Marc Chamirian stood up and shouted, "It is time! The time has come!" He moved all in for 12,700. Tamm called, and it was time to flip them up. Chamirian has been animated enough to make ESPN proud during the tournament, and his big all in called for a special performance.
Chamirian:
Tamm:
"King! King!" Chamirian commanded. "See, a king!," he cheered as the 
flop delivered. "And a queen!" Chamirian added when the fell on the turn. But he started to make sputtering noises as he realized that queen had given Tamm a straight. The blubbering got louder as the river failed to rescue Chamirian. He said his goodbyes to the table, came back to give the dealer a playful razzing, and then the table was quiet for the first time all day.
