Upon checking out table 20 again there was a bet of 1,050 in front of Farid Azarkan and Karim Benamrouche had moved all in for 10,925. Azarkan verified the amount with the dealer once again and then made the call, flipping over . Benamrouche had two over cards in but was drawing dead on the turn of a board.
Simon Hemsworth was at one of the two tables downstairs, but his seat is now vacant. According to his last tweet, he made the nut flush on a paired board but ran into a full house. Sometimes it only takes two hands to bust an event despite having 200 big blinds on average for level two.
After yesterday's 144 players, the screens now show 218 entries for the second starting flight to boost the overall attendance to 362. The last WPTN Brussels attracted 389 entries and the staff at the Viage is eager to beat that number.
After the river of a board, Antoine Saout bet 3,800 into a pot of 10,000 and his opponent raised to 7,600. Saout shoved and was snap-called, though it would be a split pot with the of the Frenchman and the of his opponent.
Karim Benamrouche already played on day 1a and busted in spectacular fashion. He is back today on a table with Jean Marie Vandeborne and Michel Pomaret, though only on half stack. Benamrouche tried to bluff through on a board of but was no good with his three barrels.
Picking up the action on a flop of , Isabel Baltazar bet 500 after it was checked to her and Rob Strong as well as the initial preflop aggressor from under the gun called. On the turn it was a bet of 1,500 by Baltazar and Strong check-folded in the big blind while enjoying a strong massage. The player in under the gun however called and bet the river for 2,125 to push Baltazar out of the hand.
Barny Boatman hasn't knocked out a player yet but kept winning nice pots to boost his stack by two third already. Another Brit has made it back into the field today, which is Adam Owen. He sits next to Brian Benhamou and Rob Strong.
In the secondary area to the right, Michel Pomaret and Marcel Luske are seated. We arrived just in time to see the "Flying Dutchman" taking down a pot, so he is slightly above starting stack.