Maria Konnikova check-called a bet of 400 on the 
turn and her opponent checked the 
river, as did the PokerStars ambassador. Konnikova was shown 
and had that beat with 
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
There were five players in on the 
flop and there was 5,500 in the middle. Three players checked to Eric Lai, who made it 3,500 and only Duff Charette made the call.
On the turn, Lai checked and Charette did the same, taking them to the river. It was the 
and Lai bet 5,000, which Charette didn't seem to like at all. After taking his time to think, the Canadian made a grudging fold but is still on almost 40,000 in spite of that loss.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | |
|
38,000 |
Erwin Wiechers had won his entry to the Main Event in a live satellite and quickly lost a big portion of his stack with aces versus queens according to Theodore McQuilkin. Things got even worse for the Dutchman, as he has become the second casualty of the day.
A raise and three callers saw Wiechers squeeze the small blind and Thiago Signorelli Viana in the cutoff reraised. Wiechers jammed for the last 12,000 and was snap-called.
Erwin Wiechers: 
Thiago Signorelli Viana: 
The board came 
and Wiechers was eliminated. Paul Klann also hit the rail soon after to make it three bustouts in the first two levels so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Ludovic Geilich has been spotted taking a seat on Table 19. The Scot has almost $2.3 million in live tournament winnings, which puts him in 4th place on the all-time Scotland money list.
He will face still competition from Mark Teltscher, a former EPT Champion who took down EPT 2 London back in 2005. Also on Table 19 is Denys Shafikov who is no stranger to the felt either. Shafikov has had numerous deep runs in previous EPT Main Events, with his best result currently his 4th place finish in EPT Barcelona 2015.
Sam Grafton is also in the house. With $1.5 million in tournament winnings to his name, he is also one to watch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Among others, former Monte-Carlo champion Mohsin Charania has taken a seat along with Timur Margolin, John Mooney, Ben Dobson, Norbert Szecsi, Marton Czuczor, and Alexandru Papazian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
On the tail end of a bigger pot between Fady Kamar and Yake Wu, the latter paid off a hefty bet of what appeared to be 14,000 with the board showing 
. Kamar rolled over for the straight flush and even the dealer gasped out a "woah."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
13,500 | -16,500 |
Two more PokerStars Ambassadors are in the running with Fatima Moreira De Melo and Maria Konnikova taking their seats in the last few minutes.
Konnikova took down the PCA National in 2018 for $84,600 and Moreira De Melo has amassed $540,000 in cashes to date.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
Romain Piraux had lost a big portion of his stack early on to Theodore McQuilkin and both just met again in an interesting hand. Piraux made it 300 to go and the button called, as did McQuilkin in the big blind. On the 
flop, McQuilkin check-raised from 500 to 1,700 and Piraux called, the button had cold-called the continuation bet and folded.
McQuilkin checked and called a bet of 2,500 on the turn and check-folded the river to a bet of 5,000. Piraux flipped over one of his cards and it was the .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
|
21,000 | 21,000 |
There was an early position open to 300 and two calls behind before Andrey Andreev upped it to 1,700 in the small blind. Raffaello Locatelli called in the big blind and everyone else decided to pass.
The flop fell 
and Andreev check-called Locatelli's 1,000 bet. The 
turn saw a check apiece and the dealer laid the 
on the river. Andreev lead for 3,000 and when Locatelli called, he showed 
for a rivered set. It was good to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
22,100 | -6,400 |
