Gaetano Luppina had doubled his short stack several times, always showing a premium pocket pair. He once again had one of them in 
, but Helmut Hauser had him dominated with the 
.
The board came 
and Luppina became the latest casualty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Feature Table
In a three-way limped pot, Ramon Miquel Munoz with 
and [Removed:208] with 
invested 30,000 each on the 
flop and Kelly Saxby folded. Dacic jammed the 
turn and Miquel Munoz snap-called with his straight, but Dacic spiked the 3c] river to leave the Spaniard very short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
728,000
372,000
|
372,000 |
|
54,000
298,000
|
298,000 |
Shay Ahluwalia had to dodge a lot of outs with [JdfJh] against the of Arvydas Merfeldas as the board came 
.
Soon after both clashed again and Ahluwalia jammed with the slightly superior stack, Merfeldas called for around 230,000.
Arvydas Merfeldas: 
Shay Ahluwalia: 
The board of 
favored Ahluwalia once more and Merfeldas was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
Busted |
Feature Table
Ramon Miquel Munoz doubled his short stack with versus fellow Spaniard Fernando Pons with 
, the board came 
.
A few minutes later, Martyn Duell was all in with 
against the of Mark Yi. The 
flop improved Yi, the turn was a blank. However, the miracle 
on the river gave the 888poker online qualifier a massive double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
|
690,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
|
482,000
198,000
|
198,000 |
|
|
352,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
In a battle of the blinds, Alejandro Perez Torres ended up at risk with the and Philippe Souki snap-called in the big blind with . The flop of 
was bad news for Perez Torres and the Spaniard was drawing dead on the turn already. A meaningless 
came on the river and Souki claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,330,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
Busted |
Tomas Karlo shoved with the 
and was called by Philippe Souki with . The board came 
and Karlo headed to the rail.
Moments later, Domenico D'Amore shoved blind on blind against Antoine Labat for more than 180,000 and the Frenchman called.
Domenico D'Amore: 
Antoine Labat:
On a board of 
, Labat made a flush and that sent D'Amore to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,200,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Iaron Lightbourne raised the cutoff and John Cynn got his short stack in from the big blind with the 
. Lightbourne held and the board came 
to eliminate Cynn in 36th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Feature Table
James Parker was eliminated on the feature table after his three-bet shove for fewer than 10 big blinds was called by initial raiser Fernando Pons.
James Parker:
Fernando Pons:
The 
flop gave Pons a full house, and the turn and river were both blanks to send Parker out in 38th place. Before the break, he was followed by Parviz Siabi and that reduced the field to the last four tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Eight levels are played on Day 2 and the field has been whittled down all the way to 36 players. They have been sent into a 15-minute break and will play two more 60-minute levels.
