Picking up the action on the 
flop, Martin Ilavsky checked his option out of the big blind. Andrei Nodea bet 1,400 only to get check-raised to 5,200 total. That was called by Nodea and both players then checked down the 
turn and 
river.
Ilavsky turned over 
for a pair of fives, which Nodea had beat with 
for a pair of jacks.
Jan Gallistl appears to be the current chip leader with nearly three times the starting stack mid-way through level two.
Max Leipold was down to a mere 10,000 in chips when he got it in with the 
. Ondrej Drozd took the flip with the 
and spiked the 
on the flop to seal Leipold's fate. There are now 224 players out of 228 entries remaining.
Fabrice Somers raised to 800 in the cutoff and was called by Irena Macesovic in the small blind and the big blind. On a flop of 
, Macesovic check-called for 1,200 and then did so again for 3,400 on the 
turn. Macesovic then led the 
river for 5,000 and Somers raised it up to 15,000 and Macesovic quickly called.
Somers tabled the 
for a flush and Macesovic mucked, mentioning in table chat she had queen-jack.
"Nice flop. No, actually, nice river," Somers said and jokingly tossed a T-100 chip to the dealer as tip.
On the river of a board 
, Adel Kabbani check-called a bet worth 5,000 by Min Sung Lee. He flashed the 
for two pair but Lee had a flush with 
.
Alexandre Viard's raise was three-bet by Georgios Vrakas and they headed three-ways to the 
flop. Vrakas bet half the pot for Viard to call and that led to a pot of around 24,000. Vrakas then checked the 
turn and Viard bet 13,000 to win the pot without resistance.
Claudio Di Giacomo and Maureen Bloechlinger re-entered, the latter is chasing a better stack than on Day 1a as the superior stack will be carried over to Day 2.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
A bet of 8,800 and a call were already pulled into the main pot and the completed board showed 
. Jorge Perea Perez bet 17,000 and that sent Alessandro Laubinger into the tank.
The German eventually called and Perea Perez tabled 
for kings and nines. Laubinger mucked and mentioned in table chat that he had pocket queens.
On a flop of 
, Yann Lormel checked and then called a bet worth 1,500 by Duc Quy Nguyen. He checked the 
once more and then called a second barrel for 3,900.
The 
fell on the river and Lormel checked the third street in a row. Nguyen bet 9,900 and received a quick call to turn over for quads. Once Lormel revealed his , the entire table gasped and several players grabbed their smart phones to take a picture.
"Oh my god, how do you just call there," a surprised Nguyen asked and was then moved tables to balance the growing field.
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