The spotlight of the feature table won't be shining on Alexandru Papazian, as the Romanian has been among those to run out of chips early in level two. He was joined by Copenhagen champion Joni Liimatta among others, and there are less than 120 hopefuls remaining.
After a flop of , Luciana Manolea check-raised all in from the hijack against Constantin Cosmin after facing a bet worth 20,000 and Cosmin quickly called.
Constantin Cosmin:
Luciana Manolea:
The turn and river let Cosmin double for 108,000 and he took more than half of Manolea's stack.
Alexandre de Zutter then arrived at this table and opened to 9,000. Fellow Frenchman Quentin Lecomte shoved for 79,500 and de Zutter mucked the .
After a raise, Alexandros Papadopolos three-bet to 24,500 from the button and Daniel Wittikko then moved all in from the big blind. The initial raiser folded and Papadopolos called.
Daniel Wittikko:
Alexandros Papadopolos:
The board ran out and the Swede doubled for 67,500, his opponent has just about that left behind now.
Ozgur Arda raised to 9,000 and then quickly called all in for around 65,000 when Luciana Manolea pushed from three seats over. Manolea had her opponent just about covered and still smiled when she saw the bad news of running with jacks into aces. "I hope I still have some big blinds left after," Manolea added.
Ozgur Arda:
Luciana Manolea:
The flop of was a sweat, as any ace or nine would improve Manolea to a straight. A blank on the turn changed nothing, but the on the river provided said straight to eliminate Arda in unfortunate fashion.
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A loud bang on the table saw Ilan Buskila storming away when his pocket nines were just rivered in a coin flip. His opponent Cosmin Ionut Petcu had the and indeed got there on a board of and both players shook hands before Buskila headed to the rail.
Another big pot was brewing still in the last few minutes of the level. Constantin Daniel Georgescu and Nicolay Langfeldt got into a raising war that saw the former three-bet and then called the four-bet shove of the latter for 116,000.
Nicolay Langfeldt:
Constantin Daniel Georgescu:
The appeared right in the window and the rest of the board ran out to see the Norwegian with a crucial double.
Kiarash Nabavieh raised from the cutoff and Dejan Govedic three-bet to 25,000 from the button. Vasile Paul Plastoi called in the small blind and Nabavieh then pushed all in for 94,500. Both Govedic and Plastoi called and the flop of was checked through.
On the turn, Plastoi bet 150,000 and Govedic folded.
Kiarash Nabavieh:
Vasile Paul Plastoi:
The on the river was already a formality and Nabavieh headed to the rail, while Plastoi took over the spot as chip leader.
, Luciana Manolea check-raised all in from the hijack against Constantin Cosmin after facing a bet worth 20,000 and Cosmin quickly called.
turn and 
river let Cosmin double for 108,000 and he took more than half of Manolea's stack.
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and the Swede doubled for 67,500, his opponent has just about that left behind now.
was a sweat, as any ace or nine would improve Manolea to a straight. A blank 
on the turn changed nothing, but the 
on the river provided said straight to eliminate Arda in unfortunate fashion.
and indeed got there on a board of 
appeared right in the window and the rest of the board ran out 
turn, Plastoi bet 150,000 and Govedic folded.
