Aviv Meiri got his stack of around 50,000 in preflop with the and Fahredin Mustafov quickly called with the . The board came and Meiri joined the rail. Below are further assorted chip counts from the tournament room near the end of the second level of the day.
Pedro Lamarca and Laszlo Toth got into a raising war that saw the latter four-bet to 35,000. Lamarca five-bet shoved with a stack of 110,000 and Toth snap-called for a reason.
Pedro Lamarca:
Laszlo Toth:
The board came and that was it for the Spaniard, while Toth became one of the current chip leaders.
Joining the action on the turn, Georgios Zisimopoulos bet 8,000 out of the small blind and Viliyan Petleshkov called in the hijack. The river brought a bet of 7,000 by the Greek and Petleshkov folded.
One table over, Artan Dedusha saw a check by Vazha Kometiani and bet the flop for 8,000, Kometiani called. Both checked the turn and Kometiani check-called a bet of 22,000 after the river. "Ace," Dedusha announced and rolled over , which was good enough to win the pot.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was having trouble getting anything to go his way to start the day as he dwindled down to under 50,000 chips. He managed to get his remaining 46,000 chips in the middle from the hijack and was called by the button. Grospellier tabled and had his opponent dominated with .
The board ran out and Grospellier's ace-king high was good enough to earn him a double up.
On a board reading , Jose Ponce and Hossein Ensan were heads-up in a pot that saw around 75,000 chips in the middle already. Both players checked the turn and the completed the board.
Ponce checked again and Ensan tossed in around 38,000. Ponce immediately announced a call and Ensan pushed his cards face down to the muck. Ponce did not have to show his cards and the dealer pushed a huge pot towards him.
The top 71 spots will earn a share of the guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000 minus fees, and the min cash is worth €3,639 while the winner can look forward to a payday of €184,812.
It remains unclear how Tezer Cetindag was involved in the hand, but he scored a vital double after getting his stack of 36,000 in after a flop of . Paus tank-called with the to see Cetindag turn over and the turn and river failed to cause a runner runner upset.
The former big stack of Ben Bensimhon has vanished and Gerhard Brimmers confirmed a big clash with Vlad Darie that left the WSOP Circuit ring winner with dust. According to Brimmers, Bensimhon four-bet to more than 40,000 and Darie was the only caller while Brimmers and another player folded.
On a flop of , Bensimhon shoved with and Darie called with for top pair and the nut flush draw. Turn and river bricked and Bensimhon was left with crumbs.
Jose Ponce is also on the rise and appears to be second in chips right nowl.
and Fahredin Mustafov quickly called with the 
. The board came 
and Meiri joined the rail. Below are further assorted chip counts from the tournament room near the end of the second level of the day.
and that was it for the Spaniard, while Toth became one of the current chip leaders.
turn, Georgios Zisimopoulos bet 8,000 out of the small blind and Viliyan Petleshkov called in the hijack. The 
river brought a bet of 7,000 by the Greek and Petleshkov folded.
flop for 8,000, Kometiani called. Both checked the 
turn and Kometiani check-called a bet of 22,000 after the 
river. "Ace," Dedusha announced and rolled over 
.
. Paus tank-called with the 
to see Cetindag turn over 
and the 
, Bensimhon shoved with 
