The pictures are courtesy of Neil Stoddart.
The pictures are courtesy of Neil Stoddart.
When we arrived, Oleh Haisiuk had 15,700 in front of him, his neighbor Cesar Garcia was all in for 62,800, and Daniel Barriocanal behind them was all in having both players covered.
The decision was on Haisiuk to call for his tournament life, or fold. Eventually, he called for 89,800 total.
Oleh Haisiuk: ![]()
![]()
Cesar Garcia: ![]()
![]()
Daniel Barriocanal: ![]()
![]()
The board ran out an uneventful ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
and Garcia tripled while Haisuk was eliminated. Barriocanal lost the main pot, won the small side pot, and still had heaps to play with.
After losing almost his entire stack prior to Viliyan Petleshkov, John Juanda moved all in for just 5,300 from early position and Rui Neves Ferreira reraised to 8,600. Out of the big blind, Michel Dattani moved all in and Ferreira asked for a count. Dattani, who started the day as one of the bigger stacks, was all in for 26,000 and Ferreira folded.
John Juanda: ![]()
![]()
Michel Dattani: ![]()
![]()
The board ran out ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
and Juanda joined the rail mid-way through Day 2 without anything to show for.
Jason Wheeler was in the big blind and he and cutoff Asi Moshe appeared to put in around 15,000 each preflop. Wheeler bet 17,000 on a ![]()
![]()
flop and Moshe called. Wheeler checked the
turn and Moshe bet 33,500. Wheeler's turn to call, and the river was the
. Both players checked.
Wheeler opened ![]()
for top boat and Moshe chuckled and shook his head. He flashed ![]()
for a flush on the turn.
"You chase, you're gonna get punished," Wheeler said. "You're lucky I didn't bet river."
Tomas Jozonis moved all in for his last ten big blinds on the button and Jack Sinclair reshoved out of the small blind to isolate.
Tomas Jozonis: ![]()
![]()
Jack Sinclair: ![]()
![]()
The board ran out ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
and Jozonis was sent packing.
Kalidou Sow appears to be contending for the chip lead with a strong Day 2. He just faced a bet of 11,000 out of the player from the small blind on a board of ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
. From the cutoff, Sow made it 28,000 to go. His opponent quickly called and Sow revealed ![]()
for tens full.
Tsugunari Toma still appears to be the chip leader or near the top of the leader board towards the end of the fourth level of the day. Toma just raised to 4,500 on the button and was called by Robert Heidorn in the big blind. The German, who now calls the UK his home, check-called a bet of 6,000 on the ![]()
![]()
flop before both checked the
turn and
river.
Heidorn showed ![]()
and the pair of fives won the pot.
Picking up the action on the ![]()
![]()
flop, Micky Blasi bet 4,500 and Maria Konnikova raised to 16,000 from one seat over in late position. Nobody else was in the hand and Blasi then shoved for around 35,000 to see Konnikova quickly call.
Micky Blasi: ![]()
![]()
Maria Konnikova: ![]()
![]()
The
turn and
river were both blanks and Blasi was done for the day. "5,700?" Sebastian Langrock asked Konnikova, referring to how few chips the Friend of PokerStars had earlier in the day. "Something like that, I was down to three and a half big blinds," Konnikova replied and now sits at a far more comfortable stack.
Mikita Badziakouski had 10 big blinds a little awhile ago and is now sitting with one of the healthiest stacks in the room. He just busted Luca Moschitta when Moschitta checked a completed board of ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
and Badziakouski jammed. It was about 63,000 effective and Moschitta thought awhile before throwing in a couple of chips.
Badziakouski showed ![]()
for a set and Moschitta sighed and mucked ![]()
face-up.