On a board reading , Krasimir Yankov checked from the cutoff to Walter Treccarichi on the button. Treccarichi slid forward a stack of T5,000 chips, enough to cover Yankov's remaining stack of 58,800. Yankov immediately called and turned over for a full house.
Treccarichi tabled for a straight and flush draw but was already drawing dead to Yankov's hand. The insignificant landed on the river and Yankov doubled through Treccarichi in the first level of play.
Ismael Bojang was among the first players to bust and his former table mates including Phil Hellmuth were left four-handed, awaiting a new player. Jerry Odeen as next big blind was moved over, however had to wait until the current hand on his own table was finished.
On the turn, Andriy Lyubovetskiy bet 25,200 in the small blind and Dmitrii Deviatov called from the big blind. The appeared on the river and Lyubovetskiy checked. Deviatov bet 43,000 and that forced a fold after plenty of consideration.
Ognjen Sekularac raised to 5,000 on the button and Phil Hellmuth three-bet from the small blind to 15,000. Aleksandar Tomovic four-bet all in for 24,800 and Sekularac folded, while Hellmuth called after having briefly asked for a count.
Jerry Odeen, Artan Dedusha and Jan Juzek entered before the start of Day 2 to boost the field to 73 hopefuls and 240 entries in total. Action will get underway shortly and approximately half of the remaining players will earn a share of the prize pool.
Welcome back to the Poker Arena inside King's Casino for Day 2 of Event #4: €1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed. The action is set to resume at 2:00 P.M. local time with 70 players returning after a busy Day 1 that saw a total of 237 entries.
Ryan Leng from the United States will come into the day with the current chip lead after finishing Day 1 with 239,500 chips. He will be followed by Dmitrii Deviatov (232,700) and Vincent Moscati (214,900). There will be many familiar faces to keep an eye on throughout the day including Phil Hellmuth, Kristen Bicknell, Kenny Hallaert, Chris Ferguson, Ryan Hughes, and Sergio Fernandez who has already made back-to-back final tables in the first two events.
Late registration will remain open until the beginning of Day 2, at which point the prizepool and payout information will be calculated. After Day 1 was cut short, Day 2 will begin at level 13 with the first two levels being 40-minutes in length. Starting at level 15, the blind levels will increase to 60-minutes and the goal will be to reach the final table by the end of the day. There will be a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level 20.
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