Action folded to France's Benjamin Pollak in the small blind and he opted to move all in for 237,000. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst looked down at her cards, liked what she saw, and made the call.
Pollak:
Selbst:
Both players held an ace, which meant it came down to the kicker. Selbst was best in that department, and she maintained the lead as the board ran out a dray . Pollak nodded and then made his way to the payout desk in 11th place to collect €32,800.
The clock has expired in level 20, which means Day 2 action is complete. The remaining ten players will return tomorrow to play down to a winner. Stay tuned as we'll have full chip counts and a full recap of the day's action in just a bit.
Thanks to seven reentries before the start of Day 2, the total number of entries jumped to 176 (137 unique players and 39 reentries), which was up considerably from Season 9 (108 unique players and five reentries). That created a prize pool of €1,724,800 that was to be distributed to the top 27 players, with a healthy €382,050 reserved for the eventual winner.
With 28 players remaining, the money bubble was on and it'd be another Team Pro that would earn the title of bubble boy. In Level 16 (3,000/6,000/1,000), Eugene Katchalov got his stack all in holding the and was in bad shape against Muhlocker, who held the . The sevens were in front as the board ran out an uneventful . Katchalov exited in 28th place and guaranteed the remaining players a minimum €17,250 payday.
In Level 17 (4,000/8,000/1,000), 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure champ Dimitar Danchev opened under the gun plus one with a min-raise to 16,000. Action folded to EPT7 Barcelona champ Kent Kundmark in the big blind. He checked his cards and pushed his short stack to the middle. Danchev called and it was a coin flip situation with Lundmark holding the against the of his Bulgarian foe. The ace-jack gained some additional outs on the turn but other than that, there really wasn't any excitement as the board ran out . Lundmark took home €18,950 for his 21st-place finish, Danchev would actually follow him out the door soon after in 20th place.
The third and final day will begin at 12 p.m. local time on Wednesday, which is the same time the Main Event will conclude. Of course the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to cover the conclusions of both.
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. Pollak nodded and then made his way to the payout desk in 11th place to collect €32,800.
and was in bad shape against Muhlocker, who held the 
. The sevens were in front as the board ran out an uneventful 
. Katchalov exited in 28th place and guaranteed the remaining players a minimum €17,250 payday.
. Lundmark took home €18,950 for his 21st-place finish, Danchev would actually