"All-in call table 21" came the call. As we came over we saw Iani Tulica all-in with 
against the 
of Daniel Smith. The board ran out 
and Tulica was eliminated as Smith grew his stack early on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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80,000 | 14,700 |
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Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
High Roller Daniel Dvoress shoved his last 8,700 in from and Isaac Haxton made the call. Haxton had 
and needed to improve to bust his foe as Dvoress tabled 
. The board ran out 
and Dvoress doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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29,700 | -3,500 |
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18,600 | 2,600 |
Yevgeniy Timoshenko got his last 12,500 in preflop with 
, and we found him racing and at risk against the 
of Sunny Jung. The board came clean for Timoshenko as neither player improved, and the star tournament player survived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000 | -17,900 |
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27,100 | 1,400 |
"He's playing like a maniac," was the remark from Charlie Carrel about his table-mate Luigi Mario Grisa. "His opponent bet three times and he called down with top pair!"
The Brit was in a hand against him after Josy Laurent Benhayoun opened for 2,100 under the gun. Both Carrel and Grisa called, along with the big blind and all four of them saw a flop of . Benhayoun continued for 4,100, and Carrel and Grisa again called, with the big blind getting out of the way.
The turn brought the 
,and Benhayoun continued the aggression, this time betting 6,100. Again the two other players called and the 
hit the river. This time, Benhayoun checked and Carrel pounced on the lapse in aggression from the Frenchman, betting 16,300 into a pot of nearly 40,000 chips. Grisa made the call, whilst Benhayoun finally folded.
Carrel tabled 
and it was met by a tap of the table from Grisa. Both players have healthy stacks early on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000 | 26,600 |
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75,000 | -24,400 |
A flop of 
prompted a bunch of action from three players, starting with German Alexander Stadler, who bet 5,000 from the hijack. Patrick Sacrispeyre called from the button, and PokerStars Team Pro Johnny Lodden, who had checked from early position, came out with a raise to 21,500. Stadler thought a couple of minutes and moved all in for 67,300. Sacrispeyre considered things for a bit and called off his stack of about 25,000, and Lodden immediately flipped in a call.
Lodden:
Sacrispeyre: 
Stadler: 
Stadler had to be happy to see a couple of flush draws blocking each others' outs, and the turn and 
river bricked out. Lodden sent him the majority of his stack, while Sacrispeyre shipped all of his.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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175,000 | 98,200 |
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19,600 | -45,800 |
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Daniel Negreanu opened the action with a raise to 1,800 from middle position and the player in the hijack made the call. Belarusian high roller Anton Astapau on the button made the call as well, and the small blind came along to see a flop also.
With 
on the flop, the small blind checked and Negreanu bet 3,700. Just Astapau called, both other players folded.
Negreanu bet another 7,200 on the turn and again Astapau called.
The completed the board and Negreanu checked with about 26,500 behind. Astapau announced all in verbally, and slid a stack of 5,000 chips forward.
"Oh no! Anything but that card!" Negreanu exclaimed. "Or maybe you're bluffing; missed flush draw, missed straight draw." Negreanu wasn't so sure of what to do just yet; "I'm gonna need a minute on this guys." Negreanu leaned over and asked "You bluff right? Russians bluff right? Good spot to. Or you might have ace eight of diamonds" Negreanu said, "You wouldn't go all in with that right? Or maybe you would!"
Astapau didn't reply at all, and just sat there motionless while Negreanu tried to make up his mind. Then, earlier than we expected, Negreanu all of the sudden tossed in some chips to indicate the call.
Astapau quickly showed his 
for a turned set.
"Oh! Nice, you win" Negreanu said with a smile, "I had kings."
Negreanu showed his and made his way to the exit, "And that's that" Negreanu said with a smile while walking past Isaac Haxton. Astapau has about 140,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000 | 41,700 |
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Busted |
"Great call man" Vanessa Selbst told Hossein Ensan while the German player got up from the table to leave the tournament area. "Seriously, great call" Selbst added.
The board on the table read 
and Ensan had 
in front of him. Selbst had 
laying open and presumably the two didn't get the chips in on the river, but earlier than that. Selbst did hit the river and sent Ensan packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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95,000 | 28,800 |
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The following players have all been eliminated early today.
PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody found 
the first hand and ran into pocket tens, and wouldn't improve.
Ronnie Bardah had 
on the button and shoved for 13,900 with the big blind not there yet. The small blind made the call with 
and won the hand. "Gg Monaco" Bardah said.
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