We arrived at the table in time to see Radoslaw Daszkiewicz get his last roughly 60,000 in before the flop. Marcelo Manfredini was seated at the other end of the table and rolled over . A dejected Daszkiewicz flipped up and was in dire need to help to stay in.
The flop came and was of no help to Daszkiewicz. After a turn and river, Daszkiewicz's fate was sealed as Manfredini absorbed his chips and eliminated him from play. Manfredini is now sitting on a stack of about 220,000.
Just before the break, Michael Mizrachi, who finished as the Day 1b as the chip leader and came into today as fourth overall in chips, was eliminated from play.
We were not on hand for the elimination, but the following details were given to us.
Three players including Mizrachi and Khiem Nguyen saw a flop of . After action on the flop, Mizrachi and Nguyen were heads up to see the board pair on the turn with the . The river was the and Nguyen announced that he was all in.
Mizrachi called all in and tabled the ace-high flush. Unfortunately for the Grinder, Nguyen showed for eights full of jacks. Nguyen scooped up the massive pot and Mizrachi was forced to the rail right before the break.
Nguyen is now sitting pretty as the biggest stack in the room with 600,000.
The remaining 261 players are now on a 15-minute break. This will be the last break of the day as the last two levels will be played through before bagging and tagging for the evening.
Olivier Busquet opened to 3,200 in late position, Denis Nojkin defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Nojkin checked, Busquet continued for 4,000, and Nojkin check-raised to 8,500. Busquet called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Nojkin led out for 8,500, and Busquet moved all in for effectively 38,500. Nojkin tanked for quite some time, then eventually folded face up.
Without thinking, Busquet flicked his cards into the muck without showing.
Well not literally, but it must've felt like that for the former EPT London champion. On the turn the board read and Benny Spindler bet 13,200. Davidi Kitai, the defending Berlin champion, called in position and the player on the button folded.
The river brought the and Spindler bet 44,400. Kitai went into the tank and after about eight seconds he decided to move all in. Spindler sighed, leaned back and called about three seconds later.
Kitai turned over for quads and Spindler was gutted as he showed his . Kitai was all in for 103,200 and Spindler was left behind with just 8,000 chips.
. A dejected Daszkiewicz flipped up 
and was in dire need to help to stay in.
and was of no help to Daszkiewicz. After a 
turn and 
river, Daszkiewicz's fate was sealed as Manfredini absorbed his chips and eliminated him from play. Manfredini is now sitting on a stack of about 220,000.
. After action on the flop, Mizrachi and Nguyen were heads up to see the board pair on the turn with the 
and Nguyen announced that he was all in.
. Nojkin checked, Busquet continued for 4,000, and Nojkin check-raised to 8,500. Busquet called.
, both players checked, and the 
face up.
for quads and Spindler was gutted as he showed his 
. Kitai was all in for 103,200 and Spindler was left behind with just 8,000 chips.