There were 15,000 out in front of Ramo Balic in the cutoff and Adi Rajkovic then pushed all-in. Timo Kamphues in the cutoff reshoved for 130,000 total. Balic tanked for a while and eventually called to put two opponents at risk.
Adi Rajkovic: 10♦10♥
Timo Kamphues: A♣Q♣
Ramo Balic: J♦J♣
The K♣8♦6♠ flop and 5♥ turn were blanks but the A♠ river improved Kamphues, putting a dagger in Balic's stack and mood.
The cards were already on their backs in a preflop contest when Dutch player Cornelis De Moree was all-in with the A♠K♣. Daniel Koloszar had an easy call with the A♠A♣ and remained ahead all the way on the Q♣10♣2♠6♥7♥ runout.
Ramlal Basdeo moved all in from the button for 6,500 and was called by Yehuda Cohen in the small blind and Ruslan Volkov in the big blind.
The flop of 4♦4♠2♦ saw Cohen flick in a 5,000 chip and was quickly called by Volkov. The 2♠ double-paired the board and Cohen bet 5,000 again. Volkov opted to make a raise to 15,000 which got a snap fold from Cohen.
Ramlal Basdeo: A♠7♠
Ruslan Volkov: 4♥2♥
A big blind special for Volkov who flopped a boat. Basdeo was drawing dead and the 7♥ completed the board as the Trinidadian headed to the exit.
Just before the blinds had gone up, two players were eliminated in consecutive hands and Miroslav Forman was responsible for both casualties.
Renji Mao had min-raised from under the gun and Bruno Desimoni Cunha Mota pushed in the small blind. Forman jammed in the big blind and Mao folded the 8♠8♣.
Bruno Desimoni Cunha Mota: A♠4♠
Miroslav Forman: A♥Q♥
The K♦J♦2♣2♠Q♠ board kept Forman ahead all the way.
Florian Kraft then opened to 9,000 and Michael Horn jammed for the 40,500 he had behind. Forman piled it in fromn the big blind and Kraft folded.
Michael Horn: J♦J♣
Miroslav Forman: A♠K♥
The A♦6♦6♣ flop left Horn on the ropes and he sighed "every single time, you gotta be kidding me" in his native German. No help came with the Q♥ turn and 9♣ river to also oust Horn.
There were 60,000 in the middle and four players saw a flop of 7♥7♦2♦. Barny Boatman bet 15,000 from the hijack and was called by Sascha Minerva on the cutoff.
Fabian Rolli check-raised to 60,000 from the big blind and was cold-called by under the gun Maor Zaharagi. Boatman was undeterred by all the action that followed his initial bet by raising to 190,000 which gained a fold from Minerva and Rolli.
Zaharagi went into the tank and stared down Boatman. The Londoner looked at the board, then turned to his opponent and said "What's your kicker?" which prompted Zaharagi to rip it all in for 400,000. Boatman snap-called.
Maor Zaharagi: 7♣6♥
Barny Boatman: 2♠2♣
Boatman's speech play worked like a treat as it triggered Zaharagi to shove with trip sevens against his flopped boat. The J♥A♥ completed the board and Boatman is the first player to pass the seven-figure mark and took the chip lead. The Israeli Zaharagi exits before the money despite coming into Day 2 as third in chips.
Big stack Daniel Koloszar raised for Albert Gorelik on the button and David Hu in the big blind to call. The 8♥6♣2♦ flop was checked to Koloszar and he bet 16,000, earning two calls.
Hu checked again the 2♥ turn and Koloszar inquired to see his stack before making it 32,000 to go. Gorelik folded and Hu came to the same conclusion. Koloszar raked in another pot and will soon approach seven figures.
In the meanwhile, Oleksii Natoptanyi was eliminated to reduce the field further.
Daniel Koloszar added even more chips as David Hu departed the tournament area without anything to show for. Koray Korkmaz followed to reduce the field to the last 77 contestants. Only 75 will make the money and tournament staff commenced the hand-for-hand mode two spots away already.
Lukas Pazma bet 50,000 from the button only leaving 10,000 behind. Adem Marjanovic made the call from the small blind.
The flop came 8♠7♣3♣, and Marjanovic bet 10,000 to put Pazma at risk. Pazma waited until the clock was called on him and put his chips into the middle.
Before the floor asked the players to turn their cards over, Pazma kissed his hand for luck. Marjanovic said "I will make a counter-kiss!" and kissed his own hand.
Lukas Pazma: A♣J♥
Adem Marjanovic: 10♣10♠
Pazma was behind but had two over cards. He gained additional flush and gutshot outs on the 9♣ turn, but the 9♦ ended his tournament and it sent to the rail two places before the money.
Andrea Dato bet 12,000 from the cutoff and Bogdan Munteanu moved all in from the big blind for 43,000 which was called by the Italian.
Bogdan Munteanu: A♣J♥
Andrea Dato: A♥6♦
While the players were waiting for the floor to come over for the showdown, Munteanu's friend on the other table shouted "Do you hate money?" as a player on the table only had one big blind remaining.
It was a terrible flop for Munteanu as Dato hit a six on the completed board of Q♠6♠2♣8♦8♣ for two pair. Munteanu headed to the exit as the bubble boy.