Jan van der Stroom walked by the media desk to recall his elimination which happened to be a spectacular three-way all-in. The Dutchman had jammed for 42,000 from an early position and Pasquale Di Ceglie cold-called from one seat over.
Michael Krzyminski then jammed for around 92,000 and Stefan Drusca also got his 96,000 into the middle as well, to which Di Ceglie folded pocket kings face-up. That was also verified by the other players at the table including by Ori Hasson.
Long story short, the pocket jacks of van der Stroom and the pocket queens of Krzyminski were dominated by the pocket aces of Drusca and a king rolled off on the river for what would have been a triple knockout.
Down to the last 22,000, Maria Lampropulos was all-in from middle position and Ali Rachedi raised to 40,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the cards were revealed.
Maria Lampropulos:
Ali Rachedi:
The board gave Rachedi two pair and that spelled the end for Lampropulos.
Down to the last 34,000, Oliver Bösch was all-in with the out of the small blind. Lukasz Tomecki had an easy call with the in the big blind but saw the board improve Bösch to a straight eventually.
Emil Bise raised to 7,000 and William Kassouf called. Andrea Gambino then pushed for 85,000 with the and Bise looked him up with the while Kassouf let go. On a board of , Bise rivered the flush.
The Swiss then knocked out Kassouf and just now chopped a pot with Alireza Keyvar. On a river, Keyvar check-called for 35,000 with the words "normally I have to raise" and was shown the by Bise. His chopped it with broadway and Bise retained a stack of more than half a million.
Axel Steiner was all-in with a short stack and behind with when facing the of Markus Volm.
Both players had a piece on the flop and Volm retained his lead throughout the turn as well as the river. "Sorry," he instantly mentioned while Steiner replied "it's all good, has been like that all day".
Milad Izadmousa in the small blind had invested all but the last 2,500 chips and Fabien Baldelli called, suspecting that the Dutchman was all-in. Baldelli already exposed his in the cutoff before the error was detected and his cards remained face-up on the flop.
Izadmousa checked and the floor was then called to determine whether or not Baldelli could bet, which was confirmed. Izadmousa called all-in and tabled his .
The pocket pair remained in front on the turn and river for Izadmousa to double.
The Main Event field is cut down rapidly on Day 2 as the fourth level reduced the hopefuls to just over 200. More than half of those will leave empty-handed still as only the top 80 spots get paid. Full payout information will be published during the upcoming 30-minute dinner break.