The pocket deuces of Przemyslaw Klejnowski were already in the muck and Jaroslaw Sikora had his tabled. Earlier today, Klejnowski was at risk with the worse pocket pair and spiked a lucky two-outer on the river. This time the board came and Sikora knocked out his fellow countryman.
Among those to bust in the second payout step of the day were such big names as Erik Cajelais, Antoine Vranken, Mike Leah, Max Pescatori and Roland Israelashvili. They all took home €1,625 for their efforts and will likely jump right into the next bracelet event.
Minutes after coming back from the break, Aneris Adomkevicius got his remaining ten big blinds in with the and Gert-Jan Kars looked him up with . The flop of spelled bad news for the Lithuanian, while the turn gave him a flush draw.
A jack would appear on the river, but it was the that improved Kars to a flush.
Martin Thiel came into the day as the Day 1C chip leader and continued to run up a stack in the early parts of Day 2. He was sitting with nearly 700,000 chips when he got involved in a hand with David Rodriguez.
Thiel raised to 22,000 from middle position and Rodriguez defended his big blind. The flop came and Rodriguez check-called a bet of 25,000 from Thiel. The turn was the and Rodriguez checked again. Thiel fired another 50,000 and Rodriguez called.
The river landed the , putting four cards to a straight on the board. Rodriguez pushed all-in for 89,000 and Thiel called faster than Rodriguez could blink. Rodriguez turned over for a straight while Thiel held for just top pair.
Matous Skorepa called the shove of Leonardo Romeo for 79,000 with the and the Italian turned over on the button. The board came and Romeo rivered a straight.
Romeo then had Christian Thiry all in and at risk with the and Thiry turned over . The board ran out and Thiry doubled his short stack for 64,000.
Simeon Todorov and fellow Bulgarian Stoyan Boyadzhiev busted in quick succession on different tables and joked, then headed to the payout desk with a smile on the face despite having to settle for €1,777. Among the other bigger names that busted in the same payout step were Ionut Voinea, Petr Stastny and Petr Svoboda.
There were already another 20 casualties after play has resumed and barely any minute passes without someone waiting for the payout.
The action folded to Maria Zijthof who raised to 26,000 on the button. Ruben Garcia Blancas three-bet to 58,000 from the big blind and Zijthof shipped all-in for 175,000. Blancas made the call and the two hands were tabled.
Zijthof:
Blancas:
The board ran out and Zijthof's pocket kings held on to double up through Blancas.
Thomas Hofmann opened to 23,000 from middle position and Marcel Luske called from the hijack along with the big blind. The flop fell and the big blind checked to Hofmann who continued for 30,000. Luske called and the big blind folded.
The turn landed the and Hofmann announced all-in. Luske had just under 150,000 remaining and elected to fold. Hofmann scooped the pot and is quickly closing in on 1,000,000 chips.
tabled. Earlier today, Klejnowski was at risk with the worse pocket pair and spiked a lucky two-outer on the river. This time the board came 
and Sikora knocked out his fellow countryman.
and Gert-Jan Kars looked him up with 
. The flop of 
spelled bad news for the Lithuanian, while the 
turn gave him a flush draw.
that improved Kars to a flush.
and Rodriguez check-called a bet of 25,000 from Thiel. The turn was the 
and Rodriguez checked again. Thiel fired another 50,000 and Rodriguez called.
and the Italian turned over 
and Romeo rivered a straight.
. The board ran out 
and Hofmann announced all-in. Luske had just under 150,000 remaining and elected to fold. Hofmann scooped the pot and is quickly closing in on 1,000,000 chips.
