Anton Wigg is up to 86,000 chips, thanks in part to eliminating Margaux Duplantier.
Duplantier was short stacked and her chips went into the middle whilst holding 
and Wigg called with 
. Wigg spiked an ace on the 
flop, Duplantier picked up a straight draw on the 
turn, but the 
river was not one of her outs and she was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000 | 65,000 |
Ignat Liviu is a prolific online high-stakes poker player under the moniker "0Human0", and now he's looking to make a name for himself in the live realm.
In a recent hand, there was approximately 45,000 in the pot on a board of 
when Vadim Kholomeev checked from the big blind and opened the door for Liviu to fire out a big bet of 37,000. Kholomeev thought long and hard, but he ultimately decided to lay it down to the online legend. Kholomeev dropped to 54,000 on the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,000 | 16,200 |
Jason Wheeler has been eliminated from the tournament. We didn't catch the elimination hand, but Wheeler did explain what happened on Facebook:
"busto from EPT Prague Main Event...was dealt 3 hands in the first level. 
which i flatted a raise then folded to reship from short stack who had 
...then 
which i ran into 
of short stack...then < against same guy who had ....gonna laxx for a couple hours then jump in the 2k."
Likewise, Mike "Timex" McDonald explained his demise on social media:
Damn, my day 2 was shortlived, AK into JJ on the 3rd hand. Anyone doing anything fun today?December 11 2012Follow
Fabian Quoss must be wishing this was a bounty tournament as he just busted his second player of the day.
Our photographer on the ground, Neil Stoddart, caught up with a hand between him and Andoni Larrabe on the turn when the board read 
. Quoss check-raised all in and Larrabe made the call all in.
Larrabe opened 
but was drawing dead to Quoss who had flopped the nuts with 
. The inconsequential river came as .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | 33,000 |
There was a bit of a crowd around Table 29, which led us to examine what was going on. When we arrived, the board had already been dealt 
, and two jacks were sitting in front of Andreas Wiese.
Vitor Moreira, who was apparently all in and at risk, mucked face up. We believe that Ondrej Vinklarek was also eliminated as well, but we didn't catch his cards.
Wiese now has over 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 |
David Peters opened to 1,700 from UTG+1 and to his direct left was the United Kingdom's Simon Higgins and he three-bet to 3,600. The action then passed around to Bernd Gleissner on the button and he cold called the three-bet. Peters folded.
The first three cards out of the deck were 
; an extremely draw heavy flop we are sure you'll agree. Higgins checked to Gleissner, who then continued with a 3,600 bet. Higgins sat motionless for a few moments, then rubbed the bridge of his nose before sending his cards towards the muck.
A great start for Ari Engel after he slow played two black aces against Stefan Macak.
We caught up the action on the flop but the evidence indicates that Macak raised from mid position and Engel called from the hijack.
Engel called a 1,600 c-bet to head to the turn where the board read 
. Macak checked to Engel who bet 2,700. Call. The river came 
and Engel's 4,700 bet was check-called by Macak who mucked upon seeing 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 16,900 |
Rasmus Agerskov opened for 1,600 from the hijack only to have a short-stacked Matt Waxman move all in for 14,700 from the button. Agerskov didn't seem pleased, but he made the call nonetheless.
Showdown
Agerskov: 
Waxman:
Agerskov immediately looked full of regret, and rightfully so as he was a big underdog. The 
flop gave both a pair of aces, but Waxman's kicked had him out in front. The 
turn actually paired that kicker to leave Agerskov drawing dead, and after the was put out on the river, Waxman received a much-needed double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 15,000 |
On the first hand of play, Petar Kochev was faced with an all-in bet from Fabian Quoss. Kochev, who started the day with 30,300, had 4,000 sitting in front of him, which we presume was a three-bet.
Quoss, who was in the big blind, started today with 59,400, had Kochev covered.
Kochev eventually called, turning over 
, and Quoss had him crushed with . The board ran out 
, and Kochev was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,000 | 32,600 |
The tournament director has instructed her dealers to shuffle up and deal, and that is exactly what they have done. Day 2 of the EPT Prague main event is under way.
We will play six 75-minute levels, meaning we will be all bagged and tagged for around 21:30 CET.
