| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
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Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
The remaining 204 players are heading into the first 15-minute break of the day.
Robert Kokoska opened to 4,500 and Maria Lampropoulos defended her big blind to see a flop of 
. The Argentinian check-called a bet of 4,200 and both players checked the 
turn. On the 
river, Lampropoulos checked and then reluctantly called the 11,700 bet by Kokoska to get shown 
for a rivered set.
Jan Bloch took all but a few chips from Marko Dominikovic after flopping quads on the board 
with 
and his opponent busted the hand after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
90,000
3,200
|
3,200 |
|
27,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
|
Busted |
Michael Huber put his hopes and tournament life on ace-queen while Georgios Vrakas from one seat over got it in for 51,000 with the 
as well. Another player right after over-pushed with 
and saw the board running out 
. Huber was gone and Vrakas more than doubled.
Also out: Tamas Janicsak and Petr Satek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
97,800
|
97,800 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Harald Casagrande just walked over to the media desk and told tournament director Thomas Lamatsch about his exit hand. The Austrian had raised with 
and picked up two callers to see a flop of 
. Casagrande continued for 7,500 and only Robert Kokoska called to see the 
turn.
Casagrande got his stack in with top pair and the straight and flush draw while Kokoska made the call with . Another spade on the river busted the Austrian and Kokoska is up to massive 315,000 chips. He apparently picked up pocket aces twice and pocket kings once prior to that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Another four players have been sent to the rail and the two known names in that batch included Ladislav Mika and Vlad Darie.
And then the media card of Marius Pospiech also found the way to the media desk. Pospiech had bagged up slightly less than starting stack last night and was up to 40,000 before getting it in with pocket aces. His opponent had pocket queens and another queen appeared on the flop.
Two other Germans are doing much better, Peter Siemund and Martin Mulsow increased their stacks significantly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
82,200
|
82,200 |
|
125,000
68,800
|
68,800 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Bahador Azad has taken a big hit to the stack after Daniel Emir Onat doubled up through him with 
versus . The chips went in preflop and Onat was at risk for 37,600, but had little to worry on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
|
25,000
-7,900
|
-7,900 |
While Amir Mozaffarian has dropped some chips, Hannes Speiser next to him only knows one way and that is up. Patrick Wolff raised to 5,000 and Speiser three-bet to 12,500 out of the small blind, which Wolff called. Speiser saw the flop fall 
and asked his opponent for a rough count before continuing for 14,800.
Wolff gave it some thought, tried small talk to no avail and then mucked in frustration while exposing the 
. "Come on, I have just showed the nuts so far," Speiser grinned and raked in another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
115,000
-42,300
|
-42,300 |
|
95,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Within 60 minutes on Day 2, as many players have been sent to the rail to reduce the field to only 227 hopefuls. Among the recent bustouts were Alexander Rettenbacher and Natalia Nikitina.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
