In one of the side rooms, two players from Norway clashed and got their chips into the middle.
Tage Almark: J♣J♦
Kristina Gudjonsdottir: A♦K♣
The 10♣4♠4♣3♥5♥ board delivered no ace or king and Almark doubled for 33,900.
In one of the side rooms, two players from Norway clashed and got their chips into the middle.
Tage Almark: J♣J♦
Kristina Gudjonsdottir: A♦K♣
The 10♣4♠4♣3♥5♥ board delivered no ace or king and Almark doubled for 33,900.
Verneri Häkkinen got his chips into the middle with the A♦Q♣ and was flipping against big stack Karl-Julius Kalmus with the 2♥2♣.
The board ran out 9♥6♠2♠K♠J♥ and that spelled the end for Häkkinen.
Day 2 has not been smooth sailing so far for big stack Hans Winther and he just lost a preflop contest to double Ludvik Gudmundsson for 29,200.
Ludvik Gudmundsson: J♣J♥
Hans Winther: A♦J♦
There was no upset on the 9♦5♠3♣5♥4♦ runout to keep Gudmundsson in contention. In the meanwhile, fellow big stack Stein Pedersen remains near the top of the leaderboard.
Paul Koppe re-entered only to bust in the very first hand on table six. New on that table is now Jari Hurri, who had busted and re-entered. The field is already up to 499 entries with some 186 players remaining.
In a preflop all-in, Kalle Kulju looked up Jimmy Dewerdt and Quang Thanh Doan to put two players at risk.
Quang Thanh Doan: A♦J♥
Jimmy Dewerdt: A♥K♠
Kalle Kulju: K♦K♣
The board ran out 7♦5♦2♦9♥K♥ and Kulju remained ahead all the way to river a set for good measure.
In a preflop contest, John Hågstrand was all-in and at risk with the Q♥Q♦. He ran smack dab into the K♠K♣ of Johnny Kristiansen and the A♠K♥3♥4♦5♥ board gave the Norwegian a set of kings.
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Jaanus Kippel raised on the button and then looked up the short stack shove by Rafael Saskevits in the big blind.
Rafael Saskevits: A♦A♥
Jaanus Kippel: A♠Q♥
The aces held throughout a board of A♣10♠8♥Q♠7♠ for Saskevits to double for 27,800.
Jani Haarala opened to 3,500 and Laur Sibold called. Gustav Ekhagen then three-bet to 11,000 and Sibold was the only caller to check the 6♥4♦2♠ on the flop. Ekhagen continued for 8,000 and won the pot right there.