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The prize pool information for this event has just been released and with 210 total entries, including 42 re-entries, a €2,037,000 prize pool was created that will pay 31 spots.
A min-cash is worth €17,930 while all the glory of an EPT High Roller title and €430,800 awaits the winner.
There aren't as many all in situations anymore, only Yingui Li has been eliminated recently.
Jason Mercier raised to 4,800 and then folded to the shove of Byron Kaverman for another 25,000 on top while Mikita Badziakouski won a small pot with 
on the board 
. Table neighbor Sylvain Loosli had paid off the thin valuebet of the Belorussian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
32,100
|
32,100 |
|
115,000
-13,600
|
-13,600 |
|
35,000
-4,200
|
-4,200 |
|
Busted |
Vladimir Troyanovskiy has started well into Day 2 and already increased his stack significantly. Another Vladimir, fellow Russian too, with the last name of Dobrovolskiy also more than doubled up and has been responsible for the seat open of Armen Khachatryan.
Just now, Dobrovolskiy raised to 5,500 from under the gun and was called by Paul Newey in the big blind. The Brit checked the flop 
and then quickly let go when facing a continuation bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000
108,200
|
108,200 |
|
225,000
151,300
|
151,300 |
|
95,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
In a battle of Scandinavia, Emil Ekvardt had Jussi Nevanlinna all in and at risk for what looked like 64,000 preflop and showed the 
. Nevanlinna out his tournament life at risk with the 
and was ready to leave after the flop came 
. However, the 
appeared on the turn and the 
river was already meaningless.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
47,400
|
47,400 |
|
130,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Yann Dion, Lee Markolt and Jeff Rossiter have already been eliminated a few minutes ago. The next to follow was Connor Drinan, who was crippled after a three-bet jam against Sebastian Pauli with pocket sixes. The EPT11 London champion had pocket kings and doubled up for 58,000 before Drinan lost the rest with 
against the 
of Ivan Luca in the big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
34,600
|
34,600 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Jonathan Roy jammed from the hijack for 37,000 with and both players in the blinds wake up with pocket jacks. The board ran out king-high and that was it for the Canadian. Christopher Frank and Jonathan Little have also been eliminated as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
In a battle of the blinds, the two short stacks Byron Kaverman and Anthony Zinno got their stacks in and Kaverman was at risk with the 
. Zinno was behind preflop with but improved on the flop [10c,8d,6s|. The turn didn't change much before the appeared on the river to restore the preflop order.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
2,500
-19,900
|
-19,900 |
Finnish high-stakes online legend Ilari Sahamies, who only registered for the event his morning, has just doubled up.
He got it in dominated with the 
versus 
, but four spades on a king-high board made him a flush to avoid elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Farid Jattin started with a decent stack but that vanished rather quickly. Just now he was all in for his last 49,000 chips with the 
and table neighbor Pascal Hartmann looked him up with the 
. The flop 
changed nothing whatsoever while the turn indeed opened the opportunity for a flush. The dealer then burned and turned the on the river and that completed the unlikely flush to keep Jattin in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
-34,800
|
-34,800 |
|
100,000
-92,000
|
-92,000 |
Team PokerStars Team Online member Isaac Haxton took his time about it, but eventually called a Stephen Chidwick 5,500-chip under the gun open from sitting in the small blind. The big blind also called and they went three-way to a 
flop.
Haxton and the big checked, allowing Chidwick to continue for 5,000. Only Haxton called, and when the turn came the 
, he took the lead, sliding in a stack of blue amounting to some 45,000.
Left with just 26,200 behind and a decision for his tournament life, Chidwick folded. He left the table immediately after the hand, having been moved to a new one.
