After several preflop raises, Vladislav Dubanov's stack of 62,000 had been pushed in from the cutoff and he was at risk against Andras Nemeth in the small blind.
Vladislav Dubanov: 9♠9♥ 
Andras Nemeth: A♠5♠
Dubanov needed to fade an ace, and he did just that on the 10♣4♠7♦K♥J♦ runout to double up early on Day 2.
There were already around 40,000 chips in the middle on a flop of 8♠10♦5♣ when George-Mircea Tomescu fired 17,000 out of the big blind. Andras Nemeth was in the cutoff and shoved around 90,000, and Tomescu snap-folded.
There were around 25,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 9♣4♠5♣ when Berthold Winz checked, and Ivan Stankov bet 11,000. Winz then shoved, and Stankov snap-called his stack of just under 50,000.
Ivan Stankov: Q♠Q♣
Berthold Winz: A♥7♥
Winz had been caught bluffing, but did have outs as any ace would see him propel into the lead. However, no ace appeared as the runout of J♥9♥ kept Stankov's pocket queens in the lead, and he doubled up.
Karolis Sereika raised to 3,000 from middle position with Tarmo Tammel calling from the cutoff and Niklas Astedt calling out of the small blind.
The J♠4♥2♥ flop was checked to Tammel and he fired out a bet of 16,000. Astedt check-raised to 16,000 which prompted a quick fold from Sereika. Tammel thought it over for a little longer before eventually electing to release his cards.
Arriving on a flop of 7♣5♦10♠, Xiaosheng Zheng made a bet of 5,500 from early position. Mehdi Chaoui then raised to 18,000 in the cutoff before Umberto Ruggeri bumped it up to 30,500 on the button.
Zheng quickly got out of the way but Chaoui called after spending a time bank. The 5♠ fell on the turn and saw Ruggeri size down to 12,000. Chaoui tossed in a quick call, after which the A♦ river went check-check.
Chaoui was first to show and tabled 5♥5♣ for quad fives. Ruggeri could not beat the nuts and swiftly added his cards to the muck as he saw the pot being shipped to Chaoui.
Shashank Jain opened to 3,500 from middle position, and action folded to Dimitar Danchev in the big blind, who produced a three-bet to 13,500. Jain thought for a moment before four-bet jamming for around 71,000 with the slightly covering stack, and Danchev quickly got his chips in the middle.
Dimitar Danchev: A♦K♦
Shashank Jain: Q♣Q♠
It was the classic race, and Danchev missed the 10♥9♦4♠10♠2♠ runout, making it a quick Day 2 for the Bulgarian.
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Daniel Rezaei had seen a flop of J♣2♣6♣ with around 20,000 in the pot and checked it over to big-stacked Ray Qartomy, who fired 5,000. Rezaei called.
When the A♠ dropped on the turn, Rezaei check-folded to Qartomy's bet of 11,500.
The action was caught on a completed board of 6♦Q♣2♠2♣4♣. Alexander Zubov checked from the hijack to Sam Grafton on the button.
Grafton made a pot-sized bet of 30,000, to which Zubov folded after spending one time bank.
David Kaufmann opened to 3,000 from the cutoff, and was faced with a three-bet jam to 20,000 by Farid Jattin on the button. Action folded back to Kaufmann, who called.
Farid Jattin: A♦9♠
David Kaufmann: A♠10♥
Jattin's ace was dominated, and although a chop seemed possible, Kaufmann sent him to the rail after the K♠Q♦4♣7♥10♣ runout gave Kaufmann a rivered pair of tens.
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