Kande Dembele was all-in, and with around 60,000 in the middle, Friedrich Raez fired out a bet of 50,000 on a board of 10♣5♥2♦Q♥7♦, forcing a fold from Hakim Chniyat.
Raez tabled A♣A♦, and that was good versus Dembele's J♣J♠.
Kande Dembele was all-in, and with around 60,000 in the middle, Friedrich Raez fired out a bet of 50,000 on a board of 10♣5♥2♦Q♥7♦, forcing a fold from Hakim Chniyat.
Raez tabled A♣A♦, and that was good versus Dembele's J♣J♠.
The last 2.5 hour stint of Day 2 is underway, before the players will bag and tag at the end of Level 18.
Day 3 is due to get underway at noon local time on June 5.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break, with play due to resume at 9:20 p.m. local time.
Ugo Faggioli was all-in for 45,000 and at risk against Lulei Hu on the bubble.
Ugo Faggioli: A♠8♠
Lulei Hu: 5♦4♦
Faggioli was ahead, but Hu was live, and he found a pair on the K♣7♠5♥J♥3♦ runout, while Faggioli bricked, to be the last player to exit empty-handed.
All 223 players remaining are in the money, and have locked up a guaranteed €2,200 payday.
Bjoirn MacDonald was forced all-in, and on a flop of 10♠10♥8♣, Marcus Keimer check-raised to 100,000 over a bet of 20,000 from Mathieu Collin, who folded Q♥Q♠ after an age in the tank.
Bjoirn MacDonald: A♠J♦
Marcus Keimer: Q♦Q♣
MacDonald needed help, but he bricked the 2♣7♠ runout.
With 130,000 in the middle on a board of A♠10♦3♠5♣, Xiaohua Yang was all-in for 110,000, and Gerard Carbo was in the tank.
After about three minutes, Carbo made the call.
Xiaohua Yang: A♣10♥
Gerard Carbo: A♥Q♥
Yang had two pair versus Carbo's top pair, and the J♣ river was a brick, keeping start-of-day chip leader Yang in it.