The registration for the £2,200 High Roller closed at the start of level seven and there were a total of 78 entries including 13 re-entries, to create a prize pool of £156,000. The top 11 spots will get paid at least £3,910 while the winner will walk away with £46,800.
Right now there are 44 players remaining, among those to depart early on Day 2 were Andy Hills, Espen Uhlen Jorstad, Jacob Ohlund, Antoine Saout and Kalidou Sow.
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The screens show a total of 140 entries of which 136 remain, and they have been sent into their first 15-minute break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000 | |
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31,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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18,000
18,000
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18,000 |
Asif Warris has doubled his starting stack and was kind enough to provide the details of what happened in the second level of the day. According to Warris he limped and called a raise to 1,100 by the most aggressive player at the table. On a flop of 
, Warris check-raised from 4,000 to 8,500 and his opponent called before check-calling the shove on the 
turn.
Warris had the 
for a set and his opponent turned over 
. The 
river paired the board and Warris doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
26,000
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26,000 |
Three players have been eliminated in the second level of the day and among them was also Victor Ilyukhin, who sent over his chips to Florian Robert. [Removed:158]'s stack has been cut down to just one third of the starting stack while Mateusz Moolhuizen and Vincent Gabel on his table are slightly up for the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | |
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36,000 | |
|
36,000
6,575
|
6,575 |
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34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
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34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
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30,000 | |
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26,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
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10,000
20,700
|
20,700 |
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|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
On the three-way river of 
, Katie Swift bet 1,600 and was called by Jerome Brion. A third player was in the hand and called as well to see Swift as last aggressor turn over the 
for a pair of queens. Brion had that beat with 
for a flush, and the third player mucked 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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17,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
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Francois Pirault is off to a good start and his table neighbor William Alexander also almost doubled his stack. In one of the latest hands Alexander bet the 
river for 2,600 into a pot of 5,800. His sole remaining opponent Martin Bader reluctantly called, then mucked when Alexander showed the for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | |
|
44,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
|
6,000 |
After a raise to 500, Nikolay Kostryko on the button three-bet to 1,500 and Pierre de Almeida in the small blind as well as the initial raiser called. On a flop of 
, de Almeida check-raised from 2,600 to 7,500 and initial raiser Kostryko was the only caller.
The 
fell on the turn and de Almeida checked, Kostryko shoved for 21,500 and forced a fold. The same table also features Gordon Plomp and Linda Nguyen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
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39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
9,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
Slowly but surely the pre-registered players are taking their seats and among them were also 2017 Unibet Open Bucharest 5th place finisher Bojan Zidar, Victor Ilyukhin, Dehlia De Jong and Alan "Hotted89" Widmann.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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46,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
