The last blind level has been good for the two Finnish players on top of the chip leaderboard. Jan-Mikael Kesanen bumped his stack up to 430,000 while Kyosti Allan Isberg became the first player to surpass half a mil in chips with a stack of 520,000.
Mansour Djoudat is at a table with two players that appeared on a final table in a major tournament together earlier in the month in Jussi Mattila and Johannes Park.
A player opened up in early position to 7,500 and got four callers including Mattila in the cutoff and Djoudat in the big blind.
All five players checked it around after the flop came 
. The quintet all checked again after the 
came on the turn.
The action picked up after the 
completed the board on the river with Djoudat seemingly thinking he was all-in but instead it was a bet of 60,000. He still had a pile of around 15 yellow 1,000-denominated chips behind.
Three players folded and Mattila asked the dealer "how much?"
Mattila counted his chips and it appeared he had about 35,000 remaining on top of the bet. After going into the tank for two minutes, Matilla folded and Djoudat collected a nice family pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
-57,300
|
-57,300 |
|
95,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
It has been a great festival thus far for Khaled Hammoud. He earlier won the €110 PLO Bounty event for €1,060.
Last night he snagged another victory after outlasting a field of 70 players to win the €60 Win the Button Hyper Turbo FreezeOut for €1,120.
Here is a look at all of the players that cashed in the event:
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khaled Hammoud | €1,120 |
| 2 | Pia Jeppesen | €770 |
| 3 | Thomas Skalevik | €500 |
| 4 | Marethe Krohn | €315 |
| 5 | Dmitri Kudrjavtsev | €235 |
| 6 | Kristjan Laas | €185 |
| 7 | Jostein Lillejord | €150 |
| 8 | Indrek Rebane | €120 |
Players are now on a one-hour dinner break. When the action resumes, the tournament will be introducing new 25,000-denominated chips.
The field has been trimmed down to 78 players and Day 2 is expected to continue until players reach the money.
Four players have stacks over 400,000 with Jan-Mikael Kesanen back in the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
448,000
289,600
|
289,600 |
|
|
437,800
17,800
|
17,800 |
|
436,500
395,700
|
395,700 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
Kim Andre Espeseth entered the dinner break as one of the shorter stacks with around 53,000. Espeseth just three-bet jammed 
for 45,000 and got called by a player that turned over 
.
Espeseth was able to win a flip after the board ran out 
to double up to a six-digit stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
76,100
|
76,100 |
We caught up with a hand after the flop came 
with about 20,000 in chips in the middle. Aleksei Smirnov check-called a bet from Johannes Park.
Smirnov then led out for 30,000 after the 
appeared on the turn and Park tanked for a minute before he called.
The 
put four diamonds on the board plus the chance for a straight flush. Smirnov thought before he bet 70,000 with about 65,000 behind.
Park then went into the tank for a few minutes before he called. Park looked relieved when Smirnov turned over 
for the king-high flush and then quickly turned over 
for a slightly better ace-high flush.
A player asked what he was thinking about saying that he had the nuts and not seeing the straight-flush possibility.
"Not great on the five," said Park.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
65,000
-41,100
|
-41,100 |
Jaagup Luhakooder open jammed 56,500 from the button.
Alen Coralic, on the button, asked, "How much?"
After he learned the amount he quickly eyeballed how many chips he had and made the call.
Coralic was far ahead with 
against his opponent's 
. However, he was drawing very thin after the 
flop gave his opponent a set.
The on the turn and the 
on the river were unable to swing the pendulum back to Coralic and he was down to around 160,000 in chips after the hand. Meanwhile, instead of being on the rail, Luhakooder gets a much needed double and now has a six-figure stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
113,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
