Down to a mere 25,000, Aleksandar Tomovic moved all in from early position and the action folded around all the way to Bart Fergiatakis in the big blind. The Dutchman quickly called and Tomovic was in need of help.
Among the next casualties were Andrej Desset, Andre Difelice, Jan Bendik, Thomas Zurek and Grzegorz Grochulski amongst others.
Grochulski got his short stack in with the and was called by Marek Tatar with . While Grochulski flopped his king on , the on the turn gave Tatar a straight and the river was a blank.
Aleksei Ivanov started with a short stack of just 11 big blinds, and has since grinded that up a bit. After a raise by Hossein Ensan, Ivanov moved all in for 35,000 and Ensan folded, admitting in table chat he had ace-ten suited.
Georgios Zisimopoulos was one of the players to enter at the start of Day 2 and has made good use of his late entry thus far. With around 35,000 in the middle, the dealer fanned the flop of . Zisimopoulos led out for 10,000 and his opponent made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Zisimopoulos checked again and his opponent went into the tank for over two minutes. He finally put together a bet of 29,000 and Zisimopoulos snapped him off. His opponent tabled for a missed flush draw and Zisimopoulos' earned him the pot.
Ivan Baric opened to 3,500 from under the gun and was called in four spots, including Georgi Dangel directly to his left. The flop came and both blinds checked to Baric who continued for 7,500. Dangel raised to 35,000 and the action was folded back to Baric. He made the call to go heads-up to the turn.
The hit the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Both players checked again and Dangel tabled . Baric sent his cards to the muck and Dangel picked up a healthy pot.
Some two dozen players have been eliminated in the first half an hour on Day 2 and among those were also Ricardo Chauriye, Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu and Georges Chehade. The tournament screens show 264 players remaining while the King's Big Stack Side Event has also restarted with more than 150 hopefuls in contention.
Levan Dzidzikashvili moved all in for 35,900 and Daniel Nietrzebka reshoved from one seat over for 68,400 to force out everyone else. A classic race emerged with the player from Georgia in need of help.
Levan Dzidzikashvili:
Daniel Nietrzebka:
The board came and that was it for Dzidzikashvili.
Phil Hellmuth scored an early double, as did Rakesh Lalwani, while big stack Alfred Nader has been eliminated. Nader lost a big portion of his stack against Jose Ponce when he paid off the bet of 46,500 by Ponce on the river of a board and mucked after Ponce flashed for a full house.
Nader's stack was more than halved after that and he busted soon after.
There was a raise to 3,500 from early position and Piotr Wiecek three-bet to 9,200 from the hijack. Vitaly Lunkin was on the button and moved all-in for 46,400. The initial raiser asked for a count but eventually folded and Wiecek instantly called.
Wiecek:
Lunkin:
The flop came providing no help to Lunkin. The turn was the and the river landed the . Lunkin was able to connect with the board and was eliminated within the first few hands of Day 2.
Due to the number of remaining players, tournament staff has decided to add one further level to the schedule for today and 11 levels of 60 minutes each will be played. A dinner break will be at the end of level 18 and bagging and tagging should take place past 3 a.m. local time.
A total of 28 players bought in with a fresh stack of 30,000 before the start of Day 2 to increase the total field size to 672 entries. Below are assorted notables that will try to run up just shy of 20 big blinds within the next few hours.
and Tomovic failed to get there.
and was called by Marek Tatar with 
. While Grochulski flopped his king on 
, the 
river was a blank.
. Zisimopoulos led out for 10,000 and his opponent made the call.
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Zisimopoulos checked again and his opponent went into the tank for over two minutes. He finally put together a bet of 29,000 and Zisimopoulos snapped him off. His opponent tabled 
on the river. Both players checked again and Dangel tabled 
and that was it for Dzidzikashvili.
after Ponce flashed 
for a full house.
and the river landed the 
. Lunkin was able to connect with the board and was eliminated within the first few hands of Day 2.
