Fabrice Maltez had chips committed to the pot in middle position, as did Lucas Scafini one seat over. Nicola D'anselmo jammed hhis 32,000 chips in from the big blind, Maltez rejammed, and Scafini briefly thought about it but folded.
Nicola D'anselmo: 
Fabrice Maltez: 
D'anselmo was pipped but the 
flop vaulted him ahead. The 
turn improved him to a boat as the 
completed the board to confirm the result.
The Day 2 field is already whittled down to fewer than 210 players and among the latest casualties was Italian PLO cash game specialist Alessio Isaia.
Isaia's cards were in the muck as the floorman collected his media ticket and the chips were pushed to Kevin Bismuth. The latter had the winning hand in , which made top pair and top kicker on a board of 
. Also on the same table are Danut Chisu and Linda van de Ree with the latter in the danger zone below ten big blinds.
On a completed board of 
, Thi Xoa Nguyen leveled herself into calling all-in when facing the push by Jaime Cervantes and flashed her for the top pair. However, she ran smack dab into the 
for the flopped nuts and was sent to the payout desk.
Only one hand later, Riccardo Ciccone pushed for 86,000 from under the gun and Cervantes called from two seats over while all other players folded.
Riccardo Ciccone: 
Jaime Cervantes: 
The board ran out and the suited overcards missed for Cervantes to score the next knockout.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Giuliano Bendinelli opened to 12,000 from middle position and Maxime Colom jammed for 80,000 on the button. Action folded back to Bendinelli who thought about it and ultimately called.
Maxime Colom:
Giuliano Bendinelli: 
The dealer spread the 
flop, and the turn secured the pot for Colom, while the 
river paired Bendinelli too late and Colom took the pot.
Jeremy Palvini was spotted on his short way to the payout desk as his former table was right next to the waiting line. His cards were mucked already as the table talked about what happened.
"He really jammed more than 30 blinds with ace-nine off?" one of the players inquired and Jason Wheeler nodded. "Yeah, six thousand, 19,000 and all-in, snap-call," the American poker pro said with a big smile on the face.
It was Wheeler after all who had scored the knockout when his prevailed on a board of 
. That pot pushed the American well above the average while Palvini can now take advantage of the sunny weather at the French Riviera.
The stack of around 120,000 already went into the middle by Joezer Tadger and he was snapped off by Laurent Cessy, who joked after all was over that his opponent was daring them to get the chips in.
Joezer Tadger: 
Laurent Cessy: 
There was no help for the dominated pair on the 
board as Tadger became one of the early casualties on Day 2.
With 
on the board and around 75,000 in the pot, Hung Nguyen checked and Giulio Astarita bet 23,000. Nguyen responded with a raise to 50,000 and Astarita called. The river was .
Both players checked the river and turned over their cards. Nguyen showed for the missed flush and Astarita turned over to take the pot with a pair of sixes.
Justin Saliba opened to 12,000 from middle position and Dominique Franchi shoved for approximately 110,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Saliba who instantly put in the calling chips.
Dominique Franchi: 
Justin Saliba: 
The board ran out and Saliba's cowboys held to eliminate Franchi.
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