Four levels of 60 minutes each have been played on Day 2 and the field has already been whittled down to the last 11. They are now heading into a 20-minute break.
In the last hand before the break, Patrick Leonard open raised his button to 10,000 and big blind Ole Schemion three-bet to 40,000. Leonard fired back with a four-bet to 106,000 but instantly folded as Schemion moved all in.
Philipp Gruissem raised to 9,500 and Adrian Mateos called in the big blind, then asked his opponent for the stack. "250," replied Gruissem and added "you got the same?" to which Mateos shook his head with the words "around 300."
The flop came and Mateos check-called a bet worth 11,000 before the duo checked through the on the turn. Mateos bet the river for 30,000 and Gruissem gave him a brief staredown before releasing his cards into the muck.
With the bubble looming near and the average stack at a whopping 74 big blinds, the action has unsurprisingly slowed down quite a bit. The most exciting hand of the past fifteen minutes was a blind-on-blind confrontation between Patrick Leonard and [Removed:17].
Leonard limped the small blind in, Yan bumped it to 20,000, and Leonard called. Both players checked the on the flop. Leonard checked the turn, Yan bet 23,000, and Leonard called. On the river, both players quickly checked again.
Leonard showed for ace-high, but was outflopped by Yan's for a pair of queens.
Allan Sannier raised to 9,500 from under the gun and Philipp Gruissem called on the button, Oleksii Khoroshenin came along in the big blind. On the flop, Khoroshenin checked and Sannier continued for 13,500. Gruissem got out of the way, but Khoroshenin called. Both then checked the turn and the river to see Khoroshenin turn over as winning hand.
Oleksii Khoroshenin raised to 9,000 and Philipp Gruissem called in the big blind, then said "you won't bluff me right? No bubble boy #### etc." The flop came and both players checked. After the turn, no betting action occurred either and the came on the river. Gruissem checked, Khoroshenin bet 15,000 and that ended the hand without further action.
Action folded to Adrian Mateos on the button and he moved in. There was no small blind since Dario Sammartino had just been eliminated and so the decision was on big blind Morten Mortensen. Mortensen had 21,500 and, after thinking about it for just a bit, said "Ok, let's go!"
Adrian Mateos:
Morten Mortensen:
"Ok..." Mortensen said after the -flop.
"Ok!" Mortensen accepted his fate after the hit the turn.
The completed the board and Mortensen made his exit. "Have fun guys" he said as he made his way to the rail.
The action was folded around to Adrian Mateos in the small blind. The Spaniard raised to 10,000 and Dario Sammartino opted to defend his big blind.
The flop was and Mateos threw in another 10,000. Sammartino called and the landed on the turn.
Mateos gave it some thought before moving all in, which was for 49,500 effectively. Sammartino had to make a decision for all of his chips and took his time.
After three minutes the clock was called on the Italian and he had one minute to act. With 30 seconds left he made the call showing for king-high and a straight draw.
Mateos tabled and was in excellent shape to bust his opponent. The river wasn't one of Sammartino's outs to chop and he was sent to the rail.
Philipp Gruissem raised to 9,500 and Max Silver called. In the big blind, Adrian Mateos three-bet to 34,000 and Gruissem quickly folded. Silver called and saw a flop of , only to fold to a continuation bet worth 34,000 by Mateos.
Morten Mortensen raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and Max Silver three-bet to 23,500 in the small blind. The action folded back to Mortensen and he moved all in, Silver called for slightly less.
Silver:
Mortensen:
The board ran out and Silver's stack of 99,800 was doubled, leaving Mortensen on just a few big blinds remaining.