Matan Krakow, who made final tables in back-to-back years at the World Series of Poker Europe, just found himself in a perfect spot. Tianna Nguyen raised under the gun to 11,000 and the action was folded to the Israeli on the button. Krakow was faced with a huge raise, but he decided to bump it up to 22,000.
Both blinds quickly folded after which Nguyen four-bet to 45,000, effectively putting Krakow all in. He called all in and quickly turned over 
. Nguyen sat motionless for about three seconds before turning over her 
.
The board ran out 
, and Krakow doubled up. He was all in for 39,600 and his Day 2 could not have started off better.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
53,975
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53,975 |
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24,000
40,500
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40,500 |
, Ramin Hajiyev led out for 5,700. Jean-Noel Thorel called and Phil Hellmuth called as well.
fell on the turn and Hajiyev slowed down with a check. Thorel fired 12,000 and Hellmuth quickly called. Hajiyev folded and the two were heads up to fifth street.
complete the board and Thorel fired one last bet of 24,000. Hellmuth flung out a call and showed 
.
.
flop before Rebecca Gerin bet 2,350. Jonathan Duhamel raised to 7,000, which knocked Cheung out of the hand. Gerin reraised all in for just about 27,000, and Duhamel snapped with the 
. He was up against the 
for Gerin.
and improved Duhamel to a flush. He won the pot to bust Gerin from the event.
, and Frankland led for 17,300. He had 44,675 behind, and Duhamel went into the tank. After a couple minutes, Duhamel folded and was knocked back to 76,000.
. Harris checked to Ivey who fired out a bet of 5,000. Harris thought for a solid forty-five seconds before finally choosing to flat call. The river was the 
and Harris checked again. Ivey checked behind and Harris showed 
for a pair of aces and took down the pot.
flop saw Fox check-call a bet of 1,700 before checking the 
and river the 
