PokerNews arrived just as the hand was wrapping up, while Ran Shahar was scooping in a huge 2,000,000 pot propelling him into the chip lead of the tournament.
Shahar recounted that Massimo Chierchia had moved all in on the river for roughly 790,000 with 8x4x on 3x3x4x8xQx but ran into the 4x4x of Sahar for a flopped full house.
Chierchia was left with fumes.
Sebastian Szychulski was heads-up against Mengshi Tian on a 8♥A♠J♥ flop. Szychulski was in the big blind and check-called a 20,000 bet from Tian.
The J♣ came on the turn and Szychulski led out for 25,000. Tian called.
Szychulski sized up for a 155,000 bet after the 5♥ completed the board and Tian verified the count before sliding in a raise to 425,000.
Szychulski quickly folded and Tian, who entered Day 2 as the chip leader, collected the nice pot.
Anton Siden was all in preflop for 300,000 chips and up against PokerStars Ambassador Alejandro Lococo, who had the covering stack.
Aton Siden: 7♠7♣
Alejandro Lococo: A♣K♦
No ace or king appeared on the 9♦3♣Q♠5♣J♥ runout and Siden doubled up through the Argentinian, who won this event back during the postponed 2021 edition of EPT Prague
Thomas Schaeven opened to 30,000 on the button. Both Piotr Wiecek in the small blind and the big blind called and they went three ways to a flop.
It came A♦4♥4♣, and the action was checked to Schaeven who made it 30,000. The big blind folded before Wiecek called.
The Pole checked called on the 8♦ turn as Schaeven bet out for 55,000.
However, it was a different story on the river. A 7♠ landed and Wiecek chose to lead for 90,000. The German pondered a fold, but ultimately called and mucked his hand as Wiecek tabled A♣J♦.
Igor Narajczyk opened to 30,000 from the button, but saw Thomas Steedman to his left going all in for 110,000. The big blind folded, and Narajczyk went into the tank. He hesitated for long time, and eventually called.
Thomas Steedman: A♠3♦
Igor Narajczyk: J♣3♣
Narajczyk found a flush draw on the 6♠A♣8♣ flop. But the 6♦10♦ runout didn't complete it, so Steedman doubled up.
Gonzalo Huerta opened to 30,000 in early position before Nikolai Ogoltsov three-bet to 100,000 in the next seat.
Huerta took some time before moving all in for 430,000 more, covering Ogoltsov. Ogoltsov looked pained, but with half his stack already in the pot, had little choice but to call it off.
Nikolai Ogoltsov: K♣Q♥
Gonzalo Huerta: A♦Q♠
Ogoltsov was in trouble, and the 7♠J♦2♥9♦9♠ runout provided no help, allowing Huerta to scoop the pot with ace-high.
Fintan Hand jammed in his stack of 93,000 from early position and found one caller, Magnus Persson in the small blind.
Fintan Hand: A♠J♥
Magnus Persson: A♣10♣
The K♠9♠5♥ flop did nothing for either player, but the J♣ turn gave Hand a pair. He faded Persson's Broadway draw on the 5♠ river and received a much-needed double-up.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
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