Following the conclusion of Level 19, play was momentarily suspended for tournament staff to address the players. According to the staff, they had crunched the numbers and because of the size of this tournament, it will likely play well into the early hours of the morning on Day 3. According to the math done by the tournament staff, the event should finish around 6 a.m. The tournament staff then informed the players that they would need to end around 2 a.m.
In order to combat this, the staff announced that they needed to take action.
Tournament staff gave the players the options of either extending Day 2 play by one level or two, or decreasing the length of the levels on Day 3. Each player had their own opinion on the matter, so this obviously turned into a somewhat lengthy process.
In the end, it was decided that one extra level would be played tonight and the levels on Day 3 would decrease from the standard 60 minutes to 55 minutes.
and was up against the 
for Finger. The 
board gave Finger the win and sent Dato out the door in 45th place.
. Kanit had a dominated 
.
. Mandavia had the 
.
, and Jansson busted Mandavia in 43rd place.
, pairing Jeppsson's ace and giving him the victory. He scored the double to stay alive and now has about 475,000 in chips.
with Christopher Lockhart and Mustapha Kanit engaged in heads up action. With well over 300,000 in chips already in the middle, Lockhart checked to Kanit who shipped all in. This was a bet for Lockhart's tournament life and he went into the tank for several minutes while he pondered this important decision. 
for ace-high. Lockhart tabled 
for a pair of jacks and scored the double.
, and Jansson had the 
for Gerald Karlic. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
