Anton Bertilsson's sitting on a very big stack but just now we saw him take a little hit. Bertilsson called Atanas Kavrakov's shove for 28,700 and the showdown went as following.
Kavrakov: 
Bertilsson: 
The board ran out 
and Kavrakov doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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248,000 | 143,000 |
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62,000 | 20,000 |
When you're running good, pots like 
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all in before the flop will end up with you raking in all the chips and another unfortunate soul making his departure.
Samuel Chartier is the one running good, Jakub Michalak from Poland just found that out first handed. The two of them got their chips in pre flop and the board ran out 
. Chartier's ace king held up and Michalak hit the rail.
Chartier's table broke right after that, and the French Canadian needed more than one chip rack to move all of his chips to his new location.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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390,000 | 45,000 |
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After a raising war between Ivan Gabrieli and Matthieu Rodriguez, the Italian was all in and at risk from the cutoff for 137,100 in chips and Matthieu Rodriguez in the hijack had him covered. Gabrieli's 
held up in the showdown against the 
of the Frenchman on a board of 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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270,000 | 192,000 |
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50,000 | -89,700 |
With around 80,000 already pulled into the pot and a board reading 
, Poland's Grzegorz Grochulski moved all in for 75,500 from the small blind and Gilbert Diaz thought long and hard before calling from the big.
Diaz: 
Grochulski: 
Grochulski was ahead with trips, but Diaz could still win with either a seven or non-ten club. The dealer burned one last time and put out the river. It was a safe card for Grochulski and he was shipped the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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235,000 | 235,000 |
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106,000 | -104,000 |
We just witnessed quite the hand that involved two players hitting the rail after Ignat Liviu had them both crushed with the nut flush.
It all started on Dutchman Luuk Gieles who raised to 4,500 and Ioannis Kontonatsios made the call in position. Liviu called from the big blind and the flop brought out 
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Liviu lead out for 7,500 and Gieles called after which Kontonatsios put in the chips as well needed to see the turn card. The turn brought the 
and Liviu bet another 18,500 after which Gieles moved all in for 47,400.
Kontonatsios went into the tank for a long time but eventually he moved all in for around 72,000.
Liviu quickly double checked his cards and called, and interestingly enough there was only one card he needed to dodge.
Liviu: 
Gieles:
Kontonatsios:
The only card he needed to dodge was the 
, which would've given Kontonatios a straight flush, and the river was the . Liviu raked in a massive pot and both Gieles and Kontonatios were knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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235,000 | 65,000 |
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"Seat open!" shouted the dealer. Marcin Horecki got up from the table and told us "Tens against nines, I had tens"
"Pre flop all in?" we asked him, "Pre flop all in" Horecki confirmed.
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In a preflop all in situation, Ryan Spittles was all in and at risk with 
and Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz had him covered and the better hand in . However, the board ran out 
and Spittles let out a quiet "unlucky" to his table neighbor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000 | 12,000 |
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55,000 | -2,900 |
Every now and again the poker world throws up a surprise. A player comes from nowhere to claim a major tournament and wins and life-changing money. The most obvious example of this phenomenon was Chris Moneymaker’s 2003 WSOP Main Event win. That extreme example changed the landscape of poker forever.
Many players have their moment in the limelight before disappearing back into obscurity; few go on and back up their achievement by winning another prestigious event not long after.
At the beginning of 2014, one man did just that. Poland’s Dominik Panka is a name all media and players on the EPT see as part of the furniture now but prior to winning the 2014 PCA, and then the EPT Deauville High Roller, he was just a face in the crowd. PokerNews caught up Panka in the break to have a chat about his day and his new life.
PokerNews. Day 2 seems to be going well for you today, tell us a little bit about it:
Dominik Panka: I haven’t really lost any small pots. At the beginning of the day I won three pots then I had ace-king versus tens. The other player 30 big blinds and I turned a king. After that I just steadily increased my chips and all the three-bets I did – which weren’t too many – were working so, yes, it’s been a pretty good day.
Just before you went on break you doubled up Team PokerStars Online Marc-Andre Ladouceur and he has position on you. Will you have to adjust to him now seeing as though he has a dangerous and aggressive reputation?
Definitely but the blinds are going up now and I’m not sure if he’ll even have 30 big blinds now. That doesn’t offer him too much room to play and I’m not in a bad mood – which can sometimes cause me to fear certain players more – so I don’t fear him right now. If Marc had more than 100k then I’d adjust accordingly, but right now, he can’t do much against me.
Tomorrow night sees the GPI European Poker Awards take place and you’ve been nominated in the Breakout Player of the Year Category. Are you looking forward to the awards and how does it make you feel to be included in this category?
It makes me feel amazing. I know it’s not really a competition where we’re fight against each other but all of my competitors (George Danzer, Oliver Price & Jack Salter) are extremely accomplished players so I would be delighted if it was awarded to me.
You’re nominated mainly for your incredible achievements at the beginning of last year. How much has your life changed in the last 14 months?
Not that much although I would say I’m surer of myself. Before, I was just playing online and was a winning player but I couldn’t be that financially stable. I was playing a decent amount online and was a winning player although I would suffer losing streaks, but now I have financial stability I feel more mature.
I would feel good most of the time but after PCA, with all the traveling to the EPTs and being sponsored by PokerStars for a year, it’s just a great experience.
Tell us a bit more about your sponsorship with PokerStars.
I like the part where I have to do interviews and feel proud to represent the brand. When you are an unknown online player just dreaming about winning something big, you look at all those guys on TV and see how famous they are and you hope one day to be able to play against them. Right now, the fact that I (maybe) am considered one of those players is pretty amazing. I also like the fact that I feel more comfortable approaching some of those big guys, for example. I’m still living the dream!
Congratulations on getting engaged a few months ago, have you planned the wedding yet?
Of course! I’m not one of those guys who just propose to their girlfriend and waits three years. We have the date scheduled and will get married next year in July.
