We've already lost around 100 players today and the field is down to 248 hopefuls. The payout structure was just announced and will follow shortly. The winner will go home with €232,241 and 87 players will finish in the money, with the mincash being €3,759.
With the massive field needing to reach a winner on Monday night, a whopping twelve levels of play have been scheduled for today. The brush announced that it might be cut down to ten if it's too long for the players.
End of Day 1 chipleader Francisco Arce is continuing what he started on the first day. The Spaniard is currently up to 390,000 and is still the overwhelming chipleader.
Volkan Matur ended Day 1b with one of the top five stacks in the room. At the start of Day 2 however, the Turk slipped a bit after trying to bluff Tobias Peters unsuccessfully.
Matur opened the action to 6,200 and Peters called in position. Both players checked the on the flop. Matur bet 10,500 on the turn and Peters called.
On the river, Matur now bet 23,000, which sent Peters in the tank. The Dutchman sipped from his drink, seized up his opponent, then slid in a call.
Matur held just for a pair of deuces and Peters tabled the winner with .
Killian Kramer and Raoul Refos are two of the early bustouts of the day. Refos quickly stormed out of the casino to catch a plane to Amsterdam and play in the Master Classics of Poker.