Last year's runner-up Uri Reichenstein, who received €807,100 for his second place finish, won't be repeating that performance this year as he just got knocked out by Tobias Peters.
It was a setup that did Reicheinstein in. Holding , Reichenstein saw an flop appear. The turn was the , improving Reichenstein to a full house. Unfortunately for the German, Peters held for quads to send the German to the rail.
Alexander Haber three-bet all in out of the small blind for his last 8,700 and initial raiser Manuel Henares Vidal called.
Alexander Haber:
Manuel Henares Vidal:
The flop left Haber with two outs, and the turn and river failed to improve the Jamaican, who was consoled by Mark Teltscher with the words "unlucky man."
Anthony Chimkovitch, who finished 20th in the last ever European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event, called the shove of Timothey Miles. "This isn't good, eh?" Miles asked and turned over his . Chimvitch turned over the and the board came to eliminate Miles.
Shortly after, Juri Mereu faced the shove of Yurii Zdanovskyi for 8,900 and called with . Zdanovskyi only held and the board came to leave Zdanovskyi drawing dead on the turn.
With the board reading , Hirokazu Kobayashi had 13,300 in front of him and action was on Dietrich Fast. The German high roller shoved all in for 33,900 and despite the tempting odds Koyabashi mucked his hand.
Start-of-the-day chipleader Jose Angel Latorre blasted out of the gates in a massive confrontation that left Tomi Brouk empty-handed after the dust had settled.
Latorre raised to 2,000 from under the gun, Tomi Brouk three-bet to 7,000 in middle position, Latorre four-bet to 23,000, and Brouk called. The flop was and Latorre continued with 19,500. Brouk took some time before making the call.
On the turn, Latorre cut out a bet of 44,000 and Brouk went deep in the tank. After several minutes, he cut out the calling chips and bolstered the pot to more than 100k.
The river was the and Latorre moved all in. Brouk sighed deep, as if he felt what was coming, and flicked in a calling chip to call off his last 70,000.
Jose Latorre:
Tomi Brouk:
Brouk's gut feeling was right, as Latorre had rivered the higher set to knock him out. Just like that, the Finn, who started the day with 160,800, was gone. Latorre is now swinging almost twice the stack of his nearest challenger.
Vitor Peixoto Moreira raised to 2,200 from under the gun and Didier Mazairac called on the button. Jake Cody moved all in for 21,100 out of the big blind and that forced out Moreira, while Mazairac gave it some thought and called.
Jake Cody:
Didier Mazairac:
The board came and Cody joined the rail early on Day 2.
Adrian Mateos, who finished 7th in last night's €25,500 Single-Day High Roller for €122,100, bought in today and has already more than doubled up. He just got it in for 40,600 against Goran Mandic.
Among those to buy in before the start of Day 2 were Adrian Mateos, Pedro Marques, Marku Neumann, Sergio Aido and Georgios Vrakas. Marques and Vrakas were part of a four-way deal in yesterday's €2,200 PokerStars National High Roller with Vrakas taking home the trophy and €330,000, while Marques claimed a payday of €300,000.