John "Swifty" Pyle has grinded up an above-average stack over on table two and even bigger pile of chips belongs to Evangelos Bechrakis. The Greek just sent Codrut Uta to the rail when he called the shove for around 35,000 with . Uta had the and the board came to provide a sweat, but ultimately no help for the Romanian.
The dealer announced a seat open over on table eight and Ian Simpson was spotted while grabbing all his belongings. Nikolay Ponomarev claimed the stack of the Brit with , as Simpson only held pocket queens in the big blind.
On a board of , Simpson found no luck and bowed out before the dinner break.
Maxime Canevet had been down to 45,000 and appeared among the recent casualties a few minutes prior to the dinner break, while Evangelos Bechrakis continued his rise on Day 2.
Further players to run out of chips include Ioan Taizs, Eduard Norel, Markus Heikkila and Luciana Manolea, while Espen Uhlen Jorstad doubled.
Jorstad had jammed out of the big blind with and Carmen Zainescu in the small blind called with after prior action on the table already. The board came and the ace-high was good enough for the Unibet Poker ambassador.
At almost the same time, Andrei Jambor had tabled the winning hand with one table over on the river of a board and Manolea mucked her cards before leaving the tournament area.
There are only 93 players remaining after four levels on Day 2 and they have been sent into a 60-minute dinner break. Another four levels are scheduled for tonight, depending on the money bubble this may, however, be altered. The action will resume at approximately 8.25 p.m. local time.
Soon after coming back from the dinner break, Dwayne Sluis got it in with pocket nines on the feature table and Evangelos Bechrakis called with , spiking the on the turn.
The next player to fall was [Removed:504]. He got it in with against the of Nicolae Suciu and the board of gave Suciu a winning set.
Aku Joentausta raised first to act and was called by Radu Lungu in the small blind and Andrei Dobrescu in the big blind. The trio checked the flop and the turn was checked to Joentausta, who bet 15,000. Lungu called and Dobrescu check-raised to 45,000, two calls followed.
On the river, action checked to Joentausta and he jammed for 36,000. Lungu reluctantly folded while Dobrescu quickly tossed in a single chip for the call. Joentausta showed for a set of queens and Dobrescu had for the inferior set.
In the next hand, Andrei Toma opened to 6,000 and was called three ways including Alan "Hotted89" Widmann in the big blind. The streamer from Germany jammed the flop and Toma called.
"Overpair?" Widmann immediately asked and Toma rolled over the , Widmann was in trouble with the . The turn blanked, but the river gave Widmann trips to double.