The action folded around to Maria Konnikova in the small blind, and she moved all in on Roman Emelyanov in the big blind. The latter, who is a television personality in Russia, double checked his hand and showed an ace before he folded, and gave the pot to New York Times best-selling writer Konnikova.
Jans Arends was down to a mere 100,000 but has since added a zero to his chip count. The details of the first double up are unknown, but he then three-bet shoved for 246,000 on the button soon after and was called by Ivan Deyra.
Jans Arends:
Ivan Deyra:
The board came and Arends doubled.
But that wasn't all of it just yet. Dominik Panka, who had recently arrived at the table, opened and Arends in the small blind asked for the stack size of Alex Lindop in the blind. "I have 150,000," Lindop replied and Arends jammed again. Lindop folded, but Panka called for around 440,000 to create a one million chip pot.
Dominik Panka:
Jans Arends:
The board ran out and Panka was eliminated.
Right after, Lindop in the small blind and Danilo Cangianiello in the big blind got their stacks in with the latter at risk holding . Lindop had him dominated with and the board of was not enough for Cangianiello.
The flop was down when Gabriel Wolszczak moved all in and was called by Maurice Hawkins.
Gabriel Wolszczak:
Maurice Hawkins:
Wolszczak hit top pair on the flop, but it wasn't ahead of Hawkin's pocket aces. The turn changed nothing, and when the river was revealed to be the , Wolszczak was up from his seat and said his goodbyes to the table.
Hawkins collected in the pot and stacked his new 640,000 chip stack.
Javier Gomez Zapatero was down to his final three big blind and moved all in from middle position. Rodrigo De Barros Semeghinini was in the big blind and made the call after the rest of the table folded.
Javier Gomez Zapatero:
Rodrigo De Barros Semeghinini:
Board:
Semeghinini was ahead preflop and paired his king on the river to lockdown the pot as Gomez departed from the table shortly before the first break on Day 2.
In the first two and a half levels on Day 2, the field has been whittled down from 229 hopefuls to just 130 contenders and they have been sent on a 20-minute break.
Aleksandr Mordvinov moved all in from middle position and Maria Konnikova reshoved. The rest of the table folded and the cards were turned on their backs.
Aleksandr Mordvinov:
Maria Konnikova:
Board:
Mordvinov hit a set on the flop as Konnikova picked up the wheel draw. The turn card was no help to her, and the river three of spades gave Mordvinov quads and a lock on the pot to double.