Leonid Yanovski is the latest player to bust, after raising to 75,000 from the button, and called Ivo Donev's shove from the big blind, only after the clock was called on him.
Ivo Donev:
Leonid Yanovski:
The board ran out and Donev sent yet another player to the rail.
Shaun Deeb started Day 2 as the overall chip leader but nothing seemed to work for him today. After losing many pots in the last level, he busted during Level 23.
In his final hand, he was left with 130,000 and put them in the middle with against Christopher Back, who was holding .
Ivo Donev is enjoying a great run lately winning one pot after the other. In his latest hand, he eliminated Kasparas Klezys and became the first player to surpass the two million chip mark.
The flop was reading and Donev bet-called Klezys' shove with while Klezys was holding .
The in the turn and the in the river secured the pot for Donev, who eliminated Klezys.
Yehuda Cohen was in a flop reading and shoved, with Dotan Zibin calling him. Cohen had and Zibin with the in the turn giving the lead to Cohen who held it after the river.
Zibin was left with just 5,000 chips which he lost on the next hand and departed.
Ivo Donev is accumulating chips all day long and his latest pot sent him to 1.5 million chips. He was against Leonid Yanovski with the board reading and Yanovski had bet 100,000.
Donev raised to 250,000 and Yanovski took a lot of time to decide. A clock was finally asked to him, which made him call only to muck, when he saw Donev tabling for a set of eights.
Marcel Brunner shoved the last of his chips from early position, after Sebastian Obermeier's open from under the gun. The German called and they went to showdown:
Sebastian Obermeier:
Marcel Brunner:
The board ran out and Obenmeier's kings were enough to give him the pot and send Day 1a's chip leader to the rail.
The biggest pot of the tournament took place in Christopher Back's table, who emerged as the new millionaire in chips. Anthony Zinno was his opponent and he is left with less than ten big blinds.
Anson Tsang open the action with a 30,000-chip raise from early position, to get called by Back in the cutoff and Shaun Deeb in the small blind before Anthony Zinno reraise the pot to 150,000 from the big blind. Tsang get out of the way, Back announced all in and Zinno called after Deeb's fold.
Christopher Back:
Anthony Zinno:
The board was a rollercoaster ride for both players, with the giving the lead to Back with two pair, the on the turn making a split more likely, and the on the river giving again the lead and the pot to Back, who is among the chip leaders.