Erich Kollmann is struggling with 6,500 and just raised with aces, although found no action. "I picked the wrong chips," he joked as he revealed the bullets.
On the next table down, Chris Moorman reraised Davidi Kitai's opening raise from the small blind with one caller sandwiched between. Both Kitai and the caller folded in record speed.
I'm sorry, but it's the only pun you can actually do with James Akenhead. He raised the UTG limper to 550 who called while everyone else folded. On the flop the limper led out for 1,600 and Akenhead moved in for his remaining 4,000. He was quickly called by the flopped straight holding of and could only show . Needing a Queen or running cards, he was out after the turn and river.
Former EPT Dortmund champion Andreas Hoivold is out after moving in on a board with but getting called by . He desperately needed a Jack but found no solice on the turn or river.
Adam Stoneham was well above his starting stack at one point, but has been bashed down to 9,600 after a failed tens versus ace-king encounter, most of the chips going in prelfop.
Just before the break, Ben Grundy found himself sandwiched in a three way raising war, that started with a raise of 300 from the hijack, a reraise to 750 from Grundy and finally a re-reraise to 4,500 from the small blind.
As the initial aggressor tanked, even towering his chips into one single column as if threatening to move all in, his opponent simply replied, "I'm gonna call". This threat was clearly warning enough as the initial raiser did indeed fold, as well as Grundy one seat down.
A quick glance down at Grundy's stack revealed that he currently has 5,500.
Karl Mahrenholz has doubled up with limping with before pushing against an aggressive Scandinavian raiser. He was called by and Mahrenholz immediately passed his cards to tablemate Chris Moorman saying, "You never lose flips..."
He was right though, the door card was an Ace and Mahrenholz has now got around 6,500.
As the break approached, Ramzi Jelassi was probably thinking about how many sugars he was going to have in his tea as he was dealt , fully unaware that in just a few moments he'd have enough time to drink all the tea in China.
After a preflop raising war with his neighbour who made the final push, Jelassi shrugged his shoulders, made the call and quietly prayed for something other than the two premium hands. Although neither aces or kings emerged as his opponent tabled , it was ultimately irrelevant as the Swede's pleas of "one time" were brutally whisked aside in favour of a raggy board.
As a result, we lose Jelassi before the end of level two.
On the river of a board, Juha Helppi moves all-in for around 3,500 and gets an eventual, reluctant call from his opponent, who mucks at the sight of the Finn's .
Irishman Peter Roche has been knocked out by Peter Eastgate after all the chips went in on the river of a board. Roche had bet 2,500 on the river and the WSOP Main Event champion set him in for a few thousand more. Roche made the call but his Jack-high flush was no good against Eastgate's King-high flush.