In a battle of the blinds, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson open-shoved the small blind for 361,704 and was called by Michael "merla888" Gathy as both tabled an ace.
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson: 
Michael "merla888" Gathy: 
The 
kept Gathy's minor kicker advantage alive and he sent Mattsson to the rail.
The field has already dropped below 200 remaining contenders as 50 players ran out of chips in the first 40 minutes of play on Day 2.
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro was the former SCOOP Main Event champion with the biggest stack heading into the day but became the first to bust, which leaves four hopefuls in the hunt for a repeat victory.
Tomasz "Sphinx87" Cybulski lost the remainder of his short stack with 
against the 
of Ihar "OMGitshunt" Soika on a 
runout after Soika had already won the previous hand with aces and sixes.
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson was at risk with 
in a battle of the blinds against Michael "merla888" Gathy who held the 
and the Swede flopped trips, then rivered a full house on the 
board.
Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov bowed out when Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann defended out of the big blind against his button raise and check-called two streets, then jammed the 
river. Kuznetsov called with 
but Hartmann had the goods with 
for trips.
Level: 17
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 1,750
Jonathan "Corback_fr" Therme iso-jammed to force out Simon "simon1471" Higgins when "NeedBeat" was at risk to set up the following showdown:
"NeedBeat":
Jonathan "Corback_fr" Therme:
The 
flop provided some chop opportunities but the turn instantly gave the recent Sunday Million champion the checkmark, which made the 
river a formality. Further early Day 2 casualties are listed below as the field rapidly shrinks in the early stages.
Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia flopped a set with 
to dispatch Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca who had top pair with , turned a flushdraw and rivered trips on a 
runout.
Former SCOOP Main Event champion Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel was on the verge of elimination when he got it in with against the of Alexander "Black88" Trofimov but the 
board gave the Brit a set.
Trofimov then doubled in a flip against Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov with sixes versus ace-jack and Ustimov bowed out with against the of Carrel on a 
board.
Another notable departed right after as Manig "swordfish007" Loeser was at risk with and "Sasuke234" looked him up with the 
. The 
board was a tease but provided no help to the 2019 EPT Monte Carlo champion.
UK's "deivid29" won a big pot with a set of tens, holding the 
on a board of 
and boosted his stack signicantly.
An even bigger pot took place right after as Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion clashed with "CrazyLissy" in a flip for his tournament life.
Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion:
"CrazyLissy":
The flop improved the Russian to top pair and top kicker, he then cemented the lead on the turn and made a full house on the river to eliminate Sion.
A total of 609 entries, which includes 415 unique players and 194 re-entries, have created a prize pool of $6,090,000 and the top 79 spots will be paid. The winner can look forward to a seven-figure payday and all payouts can be found below.
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,062,966.47 |
| 2 | $776,869.63 |
| 3 | $567,776.18 |
| 4 | $414,959.81 |
| 5 | $303,273.47 |
| 6 | $221,647.98 |
| 7 | $161,991.56 |
| 8 | $118,392.03 |
| 9 | $95,745.15 |
| 10-12 | $77,431.30 |
| 13-15 | $62,620.42 |
| 16-23 | $50,642.00 |
| 24-31 | $40,955.25 |
| 32-39 | $33,121.68 |
| 40-55 | $26,786.25 |
| 56-79 | $21,662.13 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
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