Antonio Rutigliano just moved all in for his last 17,500 chips and Knut Karnapp made the call from the button. Both blinds gave it some thought before folding, and the showdown went as follows.
Karnapp:
Rutigliano:
The board ran out and Karnapp's aces held up to take down this pot.
If there's a hotter player on the planet than Ole Schemion, he or she is sitting too close to the sun.
After a heads-up deal two nights ago, Schemion went on to win the 2016 EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller for €1,597,800.
Then yesterday, he rocked up for the €50,000 Single-Day Super High Roller, getting heads-up with Fabian Quoss until they stopped at 5:30 a.m. Schemion bagged the lead and when they return to play after Day 2 is through, he will be guaranteed at least another €713,100, with €933,200 awaiting the winner.
In the interim, he's turned up for the start of Day 2, starting with a fresh stack moments ago, and inevitably, finding a way to double up already.
It was Schemion's versus an opponent's with aces holding on a run out, beginning yet another run for the red hot German.
As we arrived there was already some action going on. The small blind and big blind Liv Boeree checked on a flop of . Initial raiser Chen Ang Lin made a continuation bet of 4,300 from the cutoff and just Boeree called.
Both Team Pro's checked the on the turn and the hit the river. Boeree lead out for 6,500 and was soon facing a raise to 26,000 by her Taiwanese colleague. Boeree tanked for some minutes before eventually letting it go.
The first hand of the day both blinds were still missing and thus up for grabs. PokerStars Team Online Pro Lex Veldhuis saw his chance and moved all in from middle position for 14,200. Action folded to former EPT Grand Final champion Antonio Buonanno on the button and the Italian made the call.
Antonio Buonanno:
Lex Veldhuis:
The flop () and turn () were about as blank as they could come, but the on the river sure wasn't. Veldhuis doubled in the first hand of the day, and now has 38 big blinds to play around with.
Day 2 of the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event will go off at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Casino just after 12 p.m. local time in Monaco.
After two starting days drew an already record-breaking 1,067 players, 561 will start today. Although that number is likely to grow with registration still open until the start of play.
Leading them all is Lebanon's Albert Daher, who was given a few gifts, made many hands, and bet for value all day long on Day 1b, eventually bagging better than 266,000.
The only two other players to push over 200,000 also played yesterday: Frenchman Sebastien Lebaron and the UK's Kully Sidhu, who final table EPT12 Dublin this past February.
Plenty of well known superstars and poker upstarts litter the massive field with hopes of surviving through six 75-minute levels of play today. There will be a 20-minute break after every two and play should wrap close to 9 p.m. local time this evening.
EPTLive will also be broadcasting cards-up coverage of the event right through to the final on May 6, and of course, you can follow along right here on PokerNews.
Get your popcorn popping, the Day 2 of the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event should be worth watching.