A total of 317 unique players entered this event, 90 of them reentered before the start of Day 2 as they ran out of chips prematurely. That made for a combined prize pool of €3,947,900, with €765,900 of that going to the winner tomorrow. That's almost as much as is for grabs in the Main Event where the winner gets €774,600! A total of 55 players will get in the money, with a min-cash being worth €19,340.
Liv Boeree opened for 5,500 in late position, and [Removed:17] put in a three-bet to around 18,000 from the small blind. Big blind Bryan Piccioli counted out his stack and then announced all in for what looked to be around 100,000. Boeree quickly folded, and Yan called.
Yan:
Piccioli:
Yan flopped his American opponent essentially dead with and the sealed things on the turn.
When we arrived, Dimitar Danchev had just shoved for 29,800 from the button. Xiaoyang Luo, seated in the hijack, had chips in front of him already and called.
Xiaoyang Luo:
Dimitar Danchev:
The board came and didn't amount to anything for Danchev. The PCA champ departed, Luo stacked up to around 85,000.
Pierre Neuville check-raised all in for his last 35,000 from the big blind on a flop, but his was crushed by the of Ihar Soika. Neuville was dead after an turn, and he lamented his earlier fold versus Liv Boeree. However, she told him he'd have been busted if he called.
Maxim Lykov raised to 2,400 from the hijack and Sergio Aido called on the button. In the blinds, Mihails Morozovs shoved all in for 20,200 and Lykov overshoved for 51,400. Aido folded.
Maxim Lykov:
Mihails Morozovs:
The board ran out and Lykov parted ways with half his stack.