The action was folded around to Emil Lukac in the cutoff who shoved all-in for 70,000. Maxim Lykov tank-folded on the button and Jeff Cormier made the call from the big blind.
Cormier: 
Lukac: 
Lukac was in trouble against the overpair of Cormier and the flop fell 
. The 
on the turn left Lukac drawing dead and he was sent to the rail. Cormier built his stack back up to over 250,000 after struggling out of the gate today.
Andre Reich was all in for just over two big blinds from under the gun and Sergio Fernandez raised to 27,000. Ryan Hughes moved all in from the small blind and Fernandez called to set up a three-way all in.
Andre Reich: 
Ryan Hughes: 
Sergio Fernandez: 
The board came 
and Reich remained in contention, while Hughes won the big side pot by doubling through Fernandez for 93,500.
Fahredin Mustafov just changed tables after building up one of the larger stacks in the room and was faced with an all-in of 62,500 from James Akenhead. Mustafov was in the big blind and made the call with 
. Akenhead turned over 
and was slightly ahead.
The flop came 
and Mustafov got the chips ready to send Akenhead's way. The 
on the turn gave him some hope, but the 
on the river secured the double up for Akenhead.
According to tournament staff, Day 2 will play a total of 10 levels or down to the last eight for tomorrow's big final, whichever of the two comes first. Morten Glosli and Olivian Balint unfortunately don't need to worry about that anymore, as both have been eliminated in the last few minutes.
Peter Bstieler raised to 10,500 from the button and Rene Crha called from the big blind. The flop fell 
and Crha check-called a bet of 11,500 from Bstieler.
The landed on the turn and both players checked to the 
on the river. With four cards to a straight on the board, Crha led out for 18,500. Bstieler tanked for two minutes before making a large raise to 63,500. Crha looked back at his cards and then pushed them to the muck.
Before going into the break, Dominik Arnold increased his stack by quite some margin and the biggest pot of that came off a rivered nut straight with . Jeff Cormier looked him up for 22,000 and failed to beat the nuts, dropping to just over average as a result.
Christophe Pereira opened to 12,000 from the cutoff and Maciej Kondraszuk announced all-in from the big blind. He had Pereira covered with 120,000 chips remaining. Pereira thought for a moment then made the call.
Kondraszuk:
Pereira:
The board ran out 
and Pereira was unable to connect. He was eliminated while Kondraszuk stacked a pile of chips, amounting to nearly 400,000.
Among those to run out of chips quickly after returning for level 17 were Avelino Hernani Ribeiro, Steffen Retterholt and Werner Scharnagl. The latter had survived the bubble after doubling his short stack and joined the rail just now.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
The money bubble just burst and there are currently 75 players remaining. They are heading on their first 15-minute break of the day.
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