Action picked up on the turn in a three-way pot with about 370,000 in the middle. The board was .
Waldermar Starostin checked the big blind. In middle position, Yannick Gautschi bet 150,000. On his left, Georgi Sandev flatted the bet. Back on Starostin, he check-raised up to 500,000.
Gautschi went into the tank for a couple of minutes. The bet represented about 80 percent of his stack. Eventually, he moved all in for about 650,000. Sandev folded, but Starostin flipped in a chip for the call.
Yannick Gautschi:
Waldemar Starostin:
Starostin drilled trips on the turn and Gaitschi couldn't get away for his top pair. The river was the to secure the pot for Gatuschi and catapult him over two million chips.
A big pot was brewing on Table 14 as there was 600,000 in the middle on the board.
Danut Chisu bet 200,000 from early position and his opponent, Pim Van Wassenberg, was on the button. He went into the tank before shoving for 395,000 to put the action back on Chisu.
Chisu ended up folding and the seven-figure pot was awarded to the Dutchman.
In a blind-versus-blind battle, Chris Rubbini bet 125,000 into a pot of about 300,000. The board showed . Alejandro Lococo made the call in the big blind.
The river brought the . Rubbini bet slightly more than the last street with 150,000. Lococo went for the chip immediately before taking a second more. Then, he put them in.
Rubbini showed , but they were no good against the of Lococo. Lococo climbs over the three-million mark at the top of the leaderboard.
Pim van Wassenberg opened the action to 85,000 from under the gun before Quentin Guivarch three-bet to 235,000 on his direct left.
Antoine Vranken then jammed for 325,000 and was only called by the three-bettor.
Antoine Vranken:
Quentin Guivarch:
Vranken was a four-to-one favorite to win the pot but the flop gave the big stack a straight draw. However, the turn improved Guivarch to a set and sealed the checkmark following the river.
Action picked up on the river in a modestly-sized pot of about 350,000. Kyriakos Papadopoulos was in the big blind versus Quentin Guivarch on the button. The full board read .
Papadopoulos led for 175,000 into the Frenchman. Guivarch responded with a raise in position to 425,000. This sent Papadopoulos into deep thought, after which landed on a shove, moving his 970,000 into the middle.
"You know I can't have a straight," said Guivarch. "I think you're capable," Guivarch spoke to himself. "I have to hope you're capable," and Guivarch made the call.
Papadopoulos rolled over the , turning his pair into a bluff. Guivarch had that bested by showing his for a made two pair on the river to scoop the massive pot and put himself near the top of the leaderboard.
Yosuke Nakazawa, who started the hand with 440,000, opened to 80,000 from under the gun and then called for his tournament life after Giuseppe Petti jammed from small blind.
Yosuke Nakazawa:
Giuseppe Petti:
Nakazawa was never in trouble and received a late Day 2 double-up following the runout.
As the hand finished, the tournament director instructed that Day 2 will close upon the completion of four more hands.
Alejandro Lococo opened to 85,000 from early position. He was immediately three-bet by Leonardo Romeo on his left to 230,000. Action folded back to Lococo who clicked it to 380,000. Romeo thought for about a minute before he called to see a flop.
The cards came out . Lococo didn't continue, instead checking to his opponent. Romeo did the same to head to a turn.
The turn brought the , Lococo decided to pick up the betting with a bet of 330,000. Romeo took his time before assembling a call and placing it into the middle.
The river fell the . Lococo eyed up his neighbor's stack, about 900,000, before announcing "all in." Romeo immediately slammed a stack of chips down into the pot.
Lococo showed . Romeo showed why he couldn't get his chips in fast enough by revealing for quads. The ultimate cooler preflop turned into a nightmare for Lococo as he tumbled down the leaderboard. Meanwhile, Romeo moved into one of the top spots with only a few hands to play on the night.
The day started with 603 players in the field vying for a Day 3 spot, but only 85 made that happen with their chips in bags for their return. The remaining players will return on Sunday to play for their share of the €3,856,320 prize pool.
At the end of the day, it was Quentin Guivarch of France with the biggest stack, he amassed 4,335,000 to lead the field.
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
BIG BLINDS
1
Quentin Guivarch
France
4,335,000
87
2
Waldemar Starostin
Germany
3,400,000
68
3
Elias Suhonen
Finland
3,300,000
66
4
Eldiyar Janiev
Kyrgyzstan
3,005,000
60
5
Leonardo Romeo
Italy
3,000,000
60
6
Anton Suarez
Sweden
2,930,000
59
7
Martin Stoyanov
Bulgaria
2,750,000
55
8
Pieter Theelen
Austria
2,700,000
54
9
Risto Ailamo
Finland
2,530,000
51
10
Joshua Boulton
United Kingdom
2,320,000
46
Action of the Day
PokerStars Ambassador Alejandro Lococo spent most of the day on top of the leaderboard, right where he started the day as the overall chip leader. With less than half an hour to play, though, he suffered a brutal cooler when he ran into the quad kings of Leonardo Romeo.
Chip leader Guivarch accumulated much of his chips when he made a big call with two pair to pick off a valiant river three-bet bluff attempt by Kyriakos Papadopoulos late in the day. He turned a pair into a bluff against a capped range, but Guivarch figured it out for the win.
Day 1d's chip leader didn't fare so well on Day 2 as Antoine Labat failed to find a bag. He couldn't get anything going today after losing a flip early in the action.
Among those who did find bags were Tobias Peters (1,315,000), Fedor Holz (1,090,000), and Georgios Kostakis (935,000).
Day 3 picks back up tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. local time going into blinds of 25,000/50,000/50,000 at Level 26.
PokerNews will provide coverage through the end of this event, so check back in tomorrow to see all of the Day 3 action.