Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 7,000 from under the gun and was called by four players including Vebjorn Monstad from early position. On the flop 
, the action was checked to Monstad and he bet 18,000. All other players folded and Urbanovich then check-raised all in for 61,500.
Monstad called with the 
and Urbanovich had 
. The Pole faded the flush draw and made a full house instead thanks to the 
turn and 
river.
Linus Loeliger faced the all in of Orpen Kisacikoglu while sitting on the button with a loaded pot and the board 
. The Swiss called with 
for two pair but his opponent held 
for the higher two pair.
Niko Koop also departed when three-betting all in for 30,100 with 
. Former November Niner Zvi Stern made the call with and got there on a board of 
.
Further early bustouts include Filipe Oliveira and Jonathan Concepcion.
Carlos Chadha raised from under the gun with his short stack and only Pierre Neuville called out of the big blind. The flop came 
and Neuville checked, Chadha bet 4,200 and then faced the shove of the November Niner. Chadha went through some possible hand combinations that he may have beat and then called only to laugh immediately upon showdown. "Oh, you have me beat anyways."
Chadha: 
Neuville:
It was all over after the turn and the blank river was just a formality. "I guess that was not a good call," the Canadian said and Mike McDonald as well as the other players at his table cracked up.
Pratyush Buddiga excitedly tells PokerNews about the Denver Bronco Super Bowl win. He also analyzes the second to last hand of Day 2 of the EPT Dublin main.
The action was on the river between the players situated in the blinds; Nick Petrangelo and Artem Litvinov. Petrangelo had checked the river of 
and Litvinov had bet 36,800 into a pot of around 50,000. Petrangelo eventually made the call and was shown the bad news, with Litvinov rivering a rivering a straight holding 
. With that Litvinov moves up the chip counts, and Petrangelo's stack dips under the 200,000 mark
Julien Martini got his under 50,000-chip stack in the middle preflop against the similarly stacked Anton Wigg.
Martini was on the 
and Wigg the dominating 
. The board rolled out 
and Wigg essentially doubled up, sending Martini to the showers in the process.
Thiago Nishijima opened to 6,000 from the hijack and was three-bet by the player on the button to 13,500. Fabrice Halleux in the small blind then moved all-in for his remaining 73,200 chips. Nishijima made the call from the hijack and the remaining player folded.
Halleux:
Nishijima:
It was a classic aces vs kings hand, and Halleux didn't even have a suit to help him with any backdoor flushes. "King one time!" said the Belgian, but the board bricked 
and Nishijima earned an early double up
Carlos Chadha was the initial raiser from early position and found one customer in Rodrigo Perez from two seats over. With plenty of chips in the pot, Chadha pushed the 
river and Perez called for his last 65,200 with the for top two pair. Chadha was caught bluffing with for a busted gutshot and dropped a lot of chips.
In middle position, Kees van Brugge raised, and then called Thiago Crema De Macedo's small blind shove. Van Brugge had the while Macedo turned over . The board ran out 
and with the river king, Van Brugge knocked out his opponent.
With chips still lying in multicoloured heaps from where the tournament officials had left them, Nikolaus Teichert opened to 8,000 and was shoved on by Ivica Pezelj from the small blind for 27,400. The big blind fold and Teichert called.
Teichert:
Pezelj:
Pezelj looked set for an early double up, but the board blew them out of the water: 
and the turn: and river didn't help him and Teichert added some chips to his stack in the very first hand of day 3. Thiago Crema De Macedo followed next to the rail shortly after.
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