Bartolomeo Tato's shove had been snap-called by Jamil Wakil, with Tato letting out a disappointed sigh as he turned over
Wakil showed and held despite Tato flopping a pair on . The turn left him drawing dead and he was already getting to his feet by the time the came on the river.
Other early eliminations include Chris Moorman and Bruno Lopes.
Charlie Hawes opened to 3,000 in the cutoff and Erik Seidel three-bet to 8,000 on the button. The blinds folded to Hawes who moved all in for approximately 26,000, and Seidel called.
Charlie Hawes:
Erik Seidel:
The flop brought chop outs to the turn, but instead, the spiked the river to improve the Poker Hall of Famer to a straight, eliminating Hawes early on Day 2.
Ahmad Abdelhadi raised to 3,000 from early position and was called by Jason McConnon on the button and Evan Zitomer in the big blind.
Zitomer and McConnon checked the flop, and both players called when Abdelhadi continued for 4,500. Zitomer and McConnon checked again on the turn, but this time Abdelhadi's bet of 12,000 was enough to take down an early pot.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour London continues with Day 2 of the £5,300 EPT Main Event, and action will resume shortly from Hilton Park Lane at noon local time.
There are 239 players with a bagged stack returning to the felt out of 713 total entries so far from the two starting flights, although late registration remains open until the start of Day 2.
Leading the way is German crusher Ole Schemion with a stack of 280,500, good for 187 big blinds when play resumes.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
BIG BLINDS
1
Ole Schemion
Germany
280,500
187
2
Tan Le
United Kingdom
277,000
184
3
Luis Pinho
Portugal
260,000
173
4
Sonny Franco
France
253,000
168
5
Marc Macdonnell
Ireland
243,500
162
6
Balakrishna Patur
United States
233,500
155
7
Sahil Chuttani
India
229,500
153
8
Chris Maguire
United Kingdom
223,500
149
9
Anthony Desai
United States
206,000
137
10
Sergio Coutinho
Portugal
205,500
137
Others returning with a bagged stack include Ognyan Dimov (200,500), Anton Wigg (175,500), Jack Sinclair (114,500), Adrian Mateos (101,500), recent £50,000 EPT Super High Roller winner Henrik Hecklen (88,500), and PokerStars Ambassadors Ramon Colillas (86,000) and Benjamin Spragg (36,000).
Play will resume on Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante, and levels will be 90 minutes each.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to bring updates from EPT London until a champion is crowned.