The action was folded around to Emil Lukac in the cutoff who shoved all-in for 70,000. Maxim Lykov tank-folded on the button and Jeff Cormier made the call from the big blind.
Cormier:
Lukac:
Lukac was in trouble against the overpair of Cormier and the flop fell . The on the turn left Lukac drawing dead and he was sent to the rail. Cormier built his stack back up to over 250,000 after struggling out of the gate today.
Ryan Hefter was spotted leaving the tournament area and a quick look over on table 83 confirmed that he had been eliminated. According to other players at the table, Hefter was short and his ace-eight failed to get there against the ace-king of Sasa Stancic.
The latter raised to 11,000 soon after and Jakob Miegel shoved for 49,000. Stancic eventually called with the and Miegel flipped over , the German also expressed his surprise that Stancic had not snap-called.
Miegel got a sweat on the flop, and while the turn was a blank, he got there thanks to the river.
One table over, James Akenhead raised to 11,500 and called the shove of short stack James Hoeppner in the cutoff.
James Hoeppner:
James Akenhead:
The board of locked up the double for Hoeppner by the turn already and Akenhead lost some of the chips he had just gained in the own previous double up.
Pierre Neuville had peaked at 320,000 earlier today and was cut down to les than one third of that before just now scoring a double through Sander van Wesemael. The board was already complete, showing , and Neuville had shoved for his last 35,000. Priced in on pot odds with more than 75,000 already in the middle, the Dutchman called with and Neuville doubled with for trips fours.
"He put me on tilt, I had to call," van Wesemael joked and referred to table neighbor and big stack Sergio Fernandez.
Looking at some updated counts from around the room, Ismael Bojang continues to lead the field as the only player over 500,000 to this point. Bojang has gone on an early heater today and has yet to lose a significant pot.
Within quick succession, another five players have been eliminated including Andre Reich, Thomas Morstad and Petter Solli Berg. As a resukt, the field has been reduced to the last 60 hopefuls after three levels of play on Day 2.
Mike Leah moved all in for approximately 65,000 from early position and Alexandre Viard called out of the small blind.
Mike Leah:
Alexandre Viard:
Leah was in prime shape to stage a comeback, while the flop of gave Viard some chop outs and Leah the nut flush draw. The turn made a chop likely before a cruel river gave Viard the better hand and send the Canadian to the rail in cruel fashion. Several players at the table were seemingly hit by a cold breeze once was all done and dusted.
There was a huge pot building with three players still in the hand. The board read with around 100,000 in the middle already. The small blind checked and Vincent Moscati pushed all-in from the big blind for 86,000. Jan Bendik was in early position and made the call. The small blind thought for a minute but eventually folded.
Moscati turned over for a straight draw and flush draw but was up against the of Bendik. The river landed the and Bendik's aces held up to eliminate Moscati. The small blind went up in arms as he says he would have won the pot but unfortunately didn't stick around long enough.
Down to a mere dust and fewer than two big blinds, Walid Abdi Ali shoved from the button with the and Serge Danis one seat over had the . The board came and that was it for the German.
One table over, Walter Treccarichi raised to 14,000 and James Akenhead moved all in from the cutoff. Treccarichi asked for a count and eventually called when the jam of the Brit was deemed to be for 72,500.
James Akenhead:
Walter Treccarichi:
The flop was a disaster for the Brit, and he needed running spades to avoid elimination. While the on the turn was a start, the river failed to provide a miracle and Akenhead was eliminated in 57th place. Just prior to that, Vlado Sevo had bust and Zdenko Slavik followed to reduce the field to the last 55 hopefuls.
Hannes Neurauter raised to 13,000 from early position and was called by Sergio Fernandez on the button and Pierre Neuville out of the big blind. On the flop, only Neurauter and Fernandez invested 9,000 each and the German checked the turn. Fernandez shoved for effectively 125,000 as that's what Neurauter had left and forced a fold.
One table over, Yaniv Botbol raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Sondre Einarsen shipped all in from the small blind. Botbol gave it some thought and called.
Sondre Einarsen:
Yaniv Botbol:
The board of provided no help and the stacks of Botbol and Einarsen were almost evened out.