Kevin Lee Sharp opened from the button to 1,600 and Ludovic Riehl called in the big blind to see a flop of . Sharp continued for 1,800 and Riehl check-called before they checked down the turn and the river. Riehl showed and that won the pot.
Soon after, he opened to 2,000 from the small blind and Russell Thomas three-bet from one seat over for 4,700 to enforce a fold. Many small pots so far and Riehl isn't taking too much risk early on Day 2 with his big stack.
Lasse Nielsen opened to 1,600 and Jonathan Little defended his big blind to see a heads-up flop of . Little check-raised from 1,500 to 4,700 and was called by Nielsen before betting the turn for 12,000. Nielsen called and the pot was already 35,000 chips by then.
The river completed the board and Little fired 21,000 to receive a reluctant call from Nielsen, showing for a full house. Nielsen mucked and Little's stack is not so little anymore.
Russell Thomas opened the hijack to 1,600 and his neighbor Jaroslaw Sikora three bet to 3,700 from the cutoff. Action folded to Bjorn Geissert in the big blind and he cold four bet to 7,500. Thomas five bet shoved for 21,500 and Sikora tank folded. Geissert made the call instantly.
Bjorn Geissert:
Russell Thomas:
The board ran out and Thomas hit the rail. Sikora later admitted to having folded pocket tens. Thomas wouldn't be alone on the outskirts, he was joined by the following players who also busted:
It was not a great start for Theo Jorgensen thus far on Day 2. Michael Gathy opened to 2,000 and was called by the player in the small blind before Jorgensen clicked it to 6,000 in the big blind. Only Gathy called and Jorgensen led the flop for 8,000. Gathy called in the cutoff and Jorgensen then checked the turn. Gathy moved all in for what looked like 22,000 and the Team PokerStars Pro folded.
After a raise to 1,800, Natalie Hof shoved all in from middle position for 14,500 in the last level. She eventually got called by while Hof had . The board run out and Hof doubled.
Yohann Nataf opened to 1,600 from the button and Nikolaus Teichert as well as Brian Yoon called in the blinds. The trio checked down the flop and Nataf then bet the turn for 3,500 to win the pot. The initial table also included Jonas Lauck, Liv Boeree, Charles Chattha and Johan "YohViral" Guilbert, but was one of the first to break.
Luigi Knoppers moved all in under the gun for his last 9,100 and actin folded to Carole Segoura, who moved all in over the top from the hijack. The rest of the players folded and it was off to the races.
Segoura:
Knoppers:
Knoppers was looking for his lowly deuces to hold, and that's just what they did after the board ran out a clean .
After the under-the-gun player opened for 2,000, Preben Stokkan moved all in for roughly 17,000. Filippo Lazzaretto called off for 8,000 from the small blind, and the original raiser got out of the way.
Stokkan:
Lazzaretto:
The board ran out and Lazzaretto more than doubled.
Semin Topalovic was already all in and Sofia Lövgren as well as Andrey Romanov stayed in the hand. Lövgren bet the river for 8,500 and Romanov called with the for a straight, Lövgren had the same in and Topalovic headed to the rail with .