With approximately 6,500 chips in the middle, the board read 
on the turn between Brent Roberts and John Juanda. Roberts fired 4,000 and after a few minutes in the tank, the 2008 WSOP Europe Main Event champion folded. Juanda was left with 13,500 in chips while Roberts increased to 34,000.
Erik Seidel opened to 500 from under the gun. He was called by a player in middle position, the cutoff seat and then Ted Lawson from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Seidel fired 1 bet of 1,025 after Lawson checked. All three of his opponents folded and Seidel moved back to 23,200 in chips.
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Undaunted by the possibility of being put to the test for his whole stack (while his opponent Pierre Canali risks less than half of his), Scott Fischman just took hold of the post-flop aggression leash and didn't let go. The flop was out: 
and Fischman check-raised to 2,000 (Canali bet 625). Back to Canali who raised: 5,200 total now. The ball was back in Fischman's court and he upped it yet again to 11,000. This protracted game of chicken looked like it could turn deadly at this point, but Canali passed after a brief think and Fischman wins a tidy pot right there.
With the board reading 
, Filippo Candio (UTG+1) led for 2,300 with 
. His opponent (button) made the call with 
.
The 
river was gin for Candio who duly moved all in for 10,505. "Call," came the immediate reply.
Candio now back to his starting stack after a ropey opening level.
Vanessa Selbst managed a near-quadruple-up just after the break when she got her 400 lonely chips into the pot with ace-seven. She spiked an ace to win that pot and put her back to 1,500, and she's just found double up number two.
From the button, Selbst shipped 1,950 chips in with , and Anthony Ramsden re-shoved with 
, isolating himself against the lady with a chance at the knockout.
The board was a sweat, but ultimately in Selbst's favor as it ran 
. That's another double, and she's fought her way back to 4,100.
On the next hand, Mickey Petersen opened to 600 from early position before Selbst moved her new, twice-as-big stack into the middle again. Petersen gave her a look but eventually passed, and that puts Selbst right back at 5,000 even. It's not a heap, but it's enough to keep her in the game and start the chatter of a comeback from just 400 chips.
Justin Smith fired out 600 on a 
board and Chris Bjorin raised to 2,000 while two other players including Almira Skripchenko folded. Smith quickly made the call to see a 
turn but then folded just as quick to a 5,000 bet from the London-based Swede.
Shannon Shorr check-called an 800 bet on the 
flop before check-raising the 1,800 bet to 4,900 on the turn to elicit an instant fold from his opponent.
Shorr is sharing a table with both Scott Montgomery and Jeff Lisandro, it doesn't look like there are many easy spots here.
Pierre Canali tangles with Scott Fischman yet again, getting it heads up from a fourway bunch preflop who'd paid 450 to see 
with a bet of 1,100. With just Fischman along for the ride, Canali checked the turn, but bet 1,500 on the river. Into Expressionless Dwell Mode for Fischman, who finally tossed in the call, to be rewarded by an instant muck from Canali before he could be asked to show down by the dealer. Fischman attempted to do the same, but at gentle prompting flipped up his 
.
Roberto Romanello is about as happy as a penguin in a microwave at the moment after becoming an early casualty in this year's World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. But when he looks back at the hand histories, he will feel he did little wrong.
Still reeling from his earlier set-over-set encounter that ate up over half his stack, Romanello opened up to 550 from the button only to be three-bet by Faraz Jaka to 1,500 in the small blind.
Romanello spent little time in making a raise and increasing the price of poker to 4,525. Jaka asked for a count (Romanello had around 15,000 back), mulled over his options for a minute, before dipping into his 23,000 stack and putting his opponent all in. Romanello took one last peak at his cards, nodded his head and announced, "I call."
Cards on their backs and Romanello was in commanding shape with 
versus the of Jaka, the latter either believing Romanello's four-bet range in this situation to be light or having picked up some sort of incorrect read as Romanello was awaiting a decision.
Either way, Jaka's misstep went unpunished, the flop coming to place him into the lead. As the ace hit the felt, a gutted Romanello yelped as if receiving a punch to the stomach and quickly rose from his chair with a "I run so bad" look of disgust plastered across his face.
The turn and 
river sealed the deal, and Romanello was gone. "Good luck," he politely offered through gritted teeth, but it was obvious that he'll feel the pain of this wound for a few days yet.
Jaka, meanwhile, jumped right up to 45,000, and with his talent and results, could be a genuine threat as he we head towards the close of this second level.
Isabelle Mercier has re-plumped her stack over 30k after taking down probably the maximum bet possible on the river from John Cernuto. I caught this hand only during the river dwell-time with the board standing 
. Mercier had bet out 5,125 which looked pretty much like a pot-sized bet. Cernuto counted it out, measured it against his remaining 20k, and thought for a while before finally tossing in the chips. He mucked, though, on seeing her .
