Nicolas Chouity opened the button to 12,000, and small blind Elias Pecheux three-bet to 48,000, clearly committing himself. The big blind folded, and Chouity thought for a long time. He eventually pushed all in, knowing he didn't have much fold equity. Pecheux called.
Elias Pecheux:
Nicolas Chouity:
The flop favored Chouity, and the on the turn and on the river did Pecheux no good either. Pecheux departed in 42nd place.
Albert Daher was the chip leader at the start of the second day of play, but has just been eliminated in 41st place.
He lost most of his stack against Igor Devkin. Daher had the best of it going in with as Devkin had . The king-queen won though, leaving Daher with just two big blinds.
Not much later, Daher committed his last chips with off suit. Alexander Nudin made the call with . and hit two pair on the flop, leaving Daher drawing very slim. The turn and river were of no help for Daher, and the Lebanese player headed to the pay out desk.
Maxim Panyak has been eliminated from the tournament. Details of the Russian's bust out are missing so far, but we do have the details of Andrey Pateychuk's bust out.
Pateychuk shoved all in from middle position, and Dimitrios Ballas right next to him over shoved. All other players folded their hands quickly, and it was time for Pateychuk to get the bad news.
Dimitrios Ballas:
Andrey Pateychuk:
The on the flop brought not much of anything besides some back door draws for Pateychuk, and by the time the hit the turn it was time for him to get up from the table. The hit the river, and the Day 1a chip leader made his exit.
Dimitrios Ballas in the mean time is back to 235,000, from an all time low of just 4,000.
Raul Olarescu moved all in for the 100,000 he had left, and Nicolas Chouity was the one calling. Olarescu was in trouble with his ace-deuce, his Lebanese opponent had pocket nines. The ace-deuce did not improve, Olarescu to the rail.
Antonio Buonanno opened for 12,000, and got calls from Toby Lewis and Christian Christner. Danny Laming squeezed al in for 129,000 from the big blind. Buonanno made the call, both Lewis and Christner folded.
Buonanno had and Laming showed . What started as a race, was no race anymore after the nine-high flop. Buonanno flopped top set and turn and river couldn't save Laming.
[Removed:2] open shoved the button, effectively putting the short stacks in the small and big blind to the test. The small blind quickly folded, but Dmitry Gromov in the big blind made the call.
Dmitry Gromov:
[Removed:2]:
The board was good for Gromov, and Maksoud handed in 116,000 of his chips to double his Russian opponent.
Andrii Nadieliaiev opened for 16,000 from the button, and Dmitry Mezhirov in the small blind pushed all in for 70,000. Evgeniy Nam in the big blind pushed from the big blind for 71,000, and Nadieliaiev thought long and hard, before folding.
Dmitry Mezhirov:
Evgeniy Nam:
The paired both, but made no real difference. The fell on the turn, which brought a flush draw for Mezhirov. The paired Nam, but brought the flush, and Nam was left with just 1,000.
He was all in blind as an ante the next hand, and won the hand when he made a full house with . Comeback time?
flop favored Chouity, and the 
on the turn and 
on the river did Pecheux no good either. Pecheux departed in 42nd place.
as Devkin had 
. The king-queen won though, leaving Daher with just two big blinds.
off suit. Alexander Nudin made the call with 
. and hit two pair on the flop, leaving Daher drawing very slim. The turn and river were of no help for Daher, and the Lebanese player headed to the pay out desk.
on the flop brought not much of anything besides some back door draws for Pateychuk, and by the time the 
hit the river, and the Day 1a chip leader made his exit.
paired Nam, but brought the flush, and Nam was left with just 1,000.
