We join the action on table 32 in a hand between EA, Christian Frittum, and Friedrich Dollenz, looking at a flop, with around 240,000 in the middle.
Frittum checked the action over to EA who led out for 120,000 - roughly half-pot. Dollenz made the call, before Frittum asked for the all-in triangle, moving his last 780,000 over the line. After taking a minute or so to consider his options, EA moved all-in over the top, prompting Dollenz to flail his arms in frustration before deciding to get out of the way.
EA tabled for top pair top kicker and a backdoor nut flush draw, while Frittum was out in front with . The dealer burned and turned the sweaty , giving EA half of the required backdoor flush draw, before the river slapped the felt sending a frustrated Frittum to the rail.
We join the action on the table 38 with the dealer requesting, "showdown, please," after Richard Bodis and Harald Heigl agreed to get all the chips in the middle pre-flop.
Heigl tabled the nuts, , while Bodis' needed some help, or he would be out of the tournament. It looked as though the deal was sealed as Heigl flopped a set in the window, but it was far from over as Bodis doubled his outs on an flop. It really was all over on the turn, though, as the paired the board, and lucky for Heigl that it did, as the river completed Bodis' straight. It was too little too late, though and, after double-checking the chip counts, it was confirmed that Bodis was covered by exactly 10,000 chips as he bust out in 94th for €450.
Peter Zipperer opened up the action on table 34 from middle position with a raise to 110,000. Rene Wolech called next to act, with Markus Cerny coming along from the button, before Yang Wang sorted the men from the boys with a 3-bet to 550,000 from the big blind.
Zipperer and Wolech quickly folded, while Cerny thought for a while before making the call. Both players checked the flop, with Wang making a very small continuation bet of 250,000 on the turn. Cerny studied the board, counted his remaining chips, glanced back at the board and sighed as he threw his hand into the muck.
Yang still has his foot firmly on the gas, playing some very aggressive poker and brandishing a stack worth more than three million, with just 76 players left in Day 2a.