Pim van der Aa was the next player to crash out in this super-high-speed Day 2.
He shoved, and to his left Jack Powell reshoved, successfully isolating. Van der Aa's were no good against Powell's , and van der Aa stood up to leave the second he saw the third king drop.
Simon Ravnsbaek is the latest casualty hitting the buffet early, as his turned out to be no good against Kevin Vandersmissen's . The board came down an ultimately uneventful , and Ravnsbaek stopped by the payout desk on his way to dinner.
Bruno Martin has been eliminated after he attempted to check-shove the turn of a board with but Koen De Visscher quickly called with which held on the river.
Kevin Vandermissen is suffering the swings of epic flippage at the moment, first he won with to knock out Jan Wilken, who held on a board.
Soon after though, it was the other way when Vandermissen then doubled up Simon Ravnsbaek, again the Belgian holding but was no good versus on a board. Vandermissen lost all the chips he had previously gained but still remains with a respectable 500,000 stack
Rudolf Koster's PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest is over after he came unstuck in a hand against Iulian Ruxandescu and one that angered Andrey Gulyy.
Gulyy raised to 16,500 from early position, next to act was Koster and he moved all in for 40,000 chips. The action then folded to Ruxandescu who moved all in for 450,000, which forced Gulyy out of the pot.
Gulyy was unhappy at the fact he was having to fold his pocket eights (he flashed them to Ruxandescu) and he would be even more upset when the board ran out in full.
Koster:
Ruxandescu:
The flop brought some "ooh's" from the gathering crowds but any hopes of an upset were soon over as the turn and river were the (would have made Gulyy a set) and respectively to send Koster to the rail.
Daniele Guidetti has been eliminated losing two hands in very quick succession to go from hero to zero.
First, he opened the betting to 21,000 from early position, next to act, Vladimir Geshkenbein made the call but Berhard Perner to his direct left moved all in for what turned out to be 97,000.
The action folded back to Guidetti and he moved all in and when Geshkenbein got out of the way the cards were turned onto their backs.
Guidetti:
Perner:
Board: - The king on the flop helped to seal the deal and dropped Guidetti down to 160,000.
These chips went into the pot the very next hand when he again raised to 21,000 and again was called by Geshkenbein. The flop came down , Guidetti checked, Geshkenbein bet 30,000 and then snap-called when Guidetti moved all in.
Geshkenbein:
Guidetti:{adqc]
The turn and river came the and respectively and just like that Guidetti was eliminated from the tournament.
More good fortune for Pieter Druif, as he raised preflop with and got a call from the gentleman on the button. Druif check-called a bet on the flop and they saw a turn. Druif shoved and his opponent called with for middle set - and the river dropped a making Druif a fortuitous Broadway straight.
Andrey Gulyy opened to 16,500 and Iulian Ruxandescu called behind, but David van der Weele shoved from the small blind for 134,000. Gulyy quickly folded but Ruxandescu decided to give him a spin and made the call.
Van de Weele:
Ruxandescu: dominating with
Board: a completely uneventful
Ruxandescu is now up to around three quarters of a million.
Bastien Casanova was all-in preflop with against Pieter Druif's but the Dutch PokerStars qualifier managed to spike the river of a board to eliminated his short-stacked Swiss opponent.
Players are still dropping with decent regularity and there is a debate now as to whether the tournament will need a dinner break.
August Schlegl has been eliminated by Martins Adeniya when the former pushed all-in with from middle position for around 80,000 and the Brit called with on the button.
The board was - Schlegl paired jacks were too little, too late against Adeniya's flopped pair of aces.