Mikko Hirvonen from Finland opened from early position and then called when Oliver Puche moved all in.
Hirvonen had 
and it was a straight race with the 
of Puche.
The board ran out 
. No complaints from Puche as he headed for the exit.
Three players saw a flop of 
including Joe Grech and Daniel Harwood, who was in the big blind, and it checked around.
The turn card was the 
and it checked to Grech who bet 8,000. Harwood and the other player called.
The river was the 
and Harwood jammed it in covering both players. The first player folded but Grech mulled it over for a while before calling off around 30,000.
Harwood had him with 
and Grech had to table his 
before he left.
Harwood said he couldn’t believe he nearly folded the turn for just 8,000. It sure paid off when he didn’t.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Three players got to the turn of a board reading 
.
Action was on Gladys Long who moved all in for 13,000. That got one fold but it was an easy call for Sally Stephens from the USA.
Long had 
but Stephens had a full house with 
.
The river for the record was the 
and Long was bust while Stephens won a big pot with her first pocket pair of the day,
Natalia Breviglieri had bet 3,600 on a flop 
and Valentin Frunze, a PokerStars qualifier from Moldova , moved all in for 34,000 which just covered Breviglieri.
“It’s like déjà vu,” Breviglieri said.
Frunze had knocked Breviglieri out of the High Roller when he jammed big with a flush draw on the flop and got there against Breviglieri’s two pair.
“Let’s see if I can run better.” Breviglieri said and called.
Breviglieri had and Frunze did indeed have a draw with 
.
The turn was the 
bringing the flush and the river was the 
. Breviglieri was out again to the Moldovan who muttered an apology.
Allera Florence opened the action for 1,600 and got calls from Joseph Crampsie, Benjamin Philipps and the player in the small blind.
With four players to the hand there was little desire for any action until the river of a dangerous looking board that read 
.
The player in the small blind bet out 2,900 and got a call from Florence. Philipps also called and when he showed the other players mucked.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Players are on a 20-minute break at the half-way point of the tournament.
With a break approaching and registration set to close at 4:10pm there are 160 entrants. That compares to 169 from Day 1a.
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