for Thomas Reinkemeier in his final hand, and they let him down in the end, albeit in rather spectacular fashion. He only had around 20k but most of it went in vs. Yuriy Nesterenko's 
on a 
flop. Outs galore for Nesterenko, and the 
came on the turn to complete his flush but leave the door open for Reinkemeier's flush and house draws. Nope - the river was the 
and the rail beckoned.
Almost simultaneously, a big pot was brewing on Table 24, with another 
getting full value rather than kicking their owner out. These stacks were big; [Removed:40] bet out on the 
flop, Oscar Pelayo raised to 10k, and received a quick call. On the 
turn Vitagliano checked, Pelayo bet 16,500 and was immediately set in for around 50k. He made the call, his hand holding against Vitagliano's 
on the river for a pretty big double through (over 120k).
Team Pokerstars Pro Martin Hruby has increased his stack size to ~257,000 and as far as we can tell has taken the chip lead on Day 2.
We joined the action with a huge pile of chips scattered all over the Pokerstars logo in the centre of the table and a tower of yellow chips in front of Hruby. The decision - and one for his tournament life - was over to Mikahil Smirnov. The board was 
and Smirnov eventually folded.
No sooner had Hruby welcomed his new little cherubs into his chip household when Andrew Teng opened from middle position with a 2,800 raise. Hruby made the three-bet from the Big Blind 11,200 for Teng to keep playing. Teng fiddled around with his chips for a while before dumping most of his stack over the line as a four-bet and Hruby shoved all in. Teng called but he didn't look confident.
Hruby: 
Teng:
The flop gave Teng a glimmer of hope but he already had his jacket on and was leaving the table as the board ran out 
. Teng marched out into the sunshine of Vienna and Hruby marched to the top of our Leaderboard.
Players are off on their first 15 minute break of the day. First of many.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
A selection of the day's leaders when it was fresh and new, with their current stacks (and Martin Hruby who appears to be our current chip leader). It seems like all of them have dropped a little, with Houghton having half his original stack - but still a better-than-average 90k.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
268,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
|
178,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
165,000
18,200
|
18,200 |
|
|
152,000
24,700
|
24,700 |
|
140,000
32,400
|
32,400 |
|
90,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Thanks, PokerStars!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
250,000 | |
|
|
230,000 | |
|
226,000 | |
|
|
200,000 | |
|
|
199,000 | |
|
|
195,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
193,000 | |
|
|
190,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
190,000 | |
|
182,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
180,000 | |
|
180,000 | |
|
|
178,000 | |
|
178,000 | |
|
175,000 | |
|
171,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
170,000 | |
|
|
167,000 | |
|
165,000
18,300
|
18,300 |
|
|
155,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
145,000 | |
|
145,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
|
140,000 | |
|
|
140,000 | |
Michael Keiner was one of two players who met their tournament end at the hands of Erik Friberg just now.
We didn't get there in time to see the action, but we know that the chips all went in preflop.
Keiner:
Friberg: 
Dylan Linde: 
Board: 
Keiner and Linde both hit the rail, and Friberg looked most pleased with himself as he collected their chips.
French-on-French action as Bernard Boutboul checked the river of a 
board to table neighbour and fellow Frenchman Jacques Zaicik, who bet 10,500. Boutboul called with a shrug and turned over 
for top pair, top kicker, but Zaicik flipped 
for a flopped set and bumped his stack up to over 70,000. Boutboul was left with 45,000 and a look of sadness.
