Welcome To Day 2
Day 2 await, in about an hour the tournament will start again, and 180 players will start their quest. Their quest for what you ask? Well, today isn't the day the money bubble will be reached, so it's just grinding today. Making it through the five 90-minute levels without dusting of your stack must be the main goal for the players.
Leading the charge is Albert Daher, who played about every other hand yesterday. He busted in the first level, but did much better on his second bullet. He bagged 219,200 in chips. There's a lot of players gunning for Daher's position. Sofia Lövgren, Toby Lewis, Dominik Nitsche, Sam Trickett, Simon Higgins, and many other will all try their best to gather as many chips as possible today.
Players are able to enter (and re enter once) the first level today, as long as your total amount of entries doesn't exceed four. So if you for example played Day 1a once, fired two bullets on Day 1b, and bust in the first hand today, you can still pay up $4,300 and give it one more shot.
The plan is to play five 90-minute levels, with no dinner break planned. Here's what that looks like:
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 90 minutes | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 15 minutes break | ||||
| 11 | 90 minutes | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 15 minutes break | ||||
| 12 | 90 minutes | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 15 minutes break | ||||
| 13 | 90 minutes | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
| 15 minutes break | ||||
| 14 | 90 minutes | 1,200 | 2,400 | 400 |
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on the turn and 
on the river were of no help for Kotov, and the one Ukrainian departed, as the other stacked up to just over 100,000.
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and was fine with the decision made, though he said he would have most likely called.
. Salter made the call, the big blind folded.
fell on the turn, and the hijack continued for 6,200. Salter on the button bumped it up to 13,300, and the call followed.
hit the river.
, and ran into pocket aces. That means the partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic will crown a new champion this year, all we have to do is wait a couple of days to find out who it will be.
on the flop, and Christner gently double checked his cards, most likely to see if he had a diamond. He bet 38,000 and Daher made the call.
-flop. The player in the best position bet out 8,500 and Bogdanov made the call. Initial raiser Chouity now check raised, making it 24,000. The button folded, Bogdanov made the call.
, and Lakhov made the call. The turn came the 
and both players checked.
on the table as the river, there was now four to a flush out there, and Daher bet 9,500. Lakhov raised to 26,000 within twenty seconds of thinking.
for the rivered full house.
. Trickett did pair up though, leaving him some runner runner outs to steal the pot and hopes away from Gurnam.
