It folded to Leon Tsoukernik in the small blind who raised to 250,000 with . Yunus Tuguz was in the big blind with and moved all in for 445,000. Tsoukernik called.
The board ran out and Tuguz doubled up.
A few hands later Diego Zeiter moved all in from the small blind with for his last 1,020,000 and David Laka called in the next position for his last 745,000 with
The board came with the King on the turn handing Laka a double up.
Ramin Hajiyev just walked past the media table with a ticket in the hand and confirmed that he busted in the very last hand of the previous day against Matt Eardley. Hajiyev's pocket kings ended up second best after Eardley flopped a set of jacks before the remaining chips went in.
"I was so happy to go into Day 2 with 90 big blinds and not do all this over again," Hajiyev added and will be in action shortly on Day 1b.
Petr Bartagov moved all in from the cutoff for his last 490,000 with . Leon Tsoukernik was on the button with and called. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over.
The flop gave Tsoukernik a strangle-hold on proceedings coming . The turn was the and the river the meaning Bartagov was eliminated in 6th place.
After a raise to 30,000, Arunas Sapitavicius three-bet to 75,000 and Jonathan Hayward four-bet to 200,000 from the small blind. The initial raiser folded and Sapitavicius moved all in for 310,000, Hayward called off the remaining chips.
Pierre Neuville has some tricks up his sleeves and is not afraid to make moves. One such hand saw him head to the turn on which the big blind bet 80,000 with some 550,000 behind. Neuville raised it up to 300,000 and forced a fold, flashing with a big grin on the face.
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Manig Loeser's raise was followed by a three-bet to 55,000 by Sergey Terentiev. Loeser four-bet to 140,000 and Terentiev asked for his stack size before calling. The flop fell and Terentiev check-raised from 100,000 to 300,000. Loeser called and was then pushed all in for around half a million chips on the turn.
Loeser elected to fold and Terentiev was visibly relieved without showing his cards.
Aleksei Ivanov raised to 14,000 first to act and was called by one player. Out of the small blind, Dmitry Selimanov moved all in for 154,500 and Ivanov asked for a count, then called. The third player in the hand let go and the following cards were tabled.
Dmitry Selimanov:
Aleksei Ivanov:
The kicker played a crucial role for the outcome of the hand, as Selimanov had locked up the double on the turn of a board .