Alan Sternberg was all in preflop from the small blind for 225,000 and was called by Sylvain Loosli from the button.
Alan Sternberg: 
Sylvain Loosli: 
Sternberg was ahead holding a better kicker and nothing changed after the 
flop.
The 
turn did give Sternberg a little sweat as it paired the board bringing possible chop outs, but the board completed with the 
on the river and secured his double-up.
On a flop of 
and roughly 150,000 chips already in the middle, Steve Rosen check-called a bet of 40,000 from Lachezar Petkov.
On the 
turn both players checked to see the on the river. Rosen put in a bet of 85,000, which was good enough to force Petkov out of the pot.
Troy Donaldson raised the cutoff to 60,000 and Sebastien Grax called on the button before Simon Mattsson shoved for 485,000 in the small blind.
The big blind got out of the way before Donaldson let his hand go and Grax made the call.
Simon Mattsson: 
Sebastien Grax: 
The window card was an ace on the 
flop and Mattsson was able to hold as the board completed with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river.
On the first hand of the day, Tuan Pahn raised to 65,000 from under-the-gun and Brian Rast called from the big blind.
On the 
flop, Rast check-raised a bet of 50,000 from Pahn up to 185,000.
Pahn made the call and they saw the turn 
. Rast took his time before putting together a big bet of 380,000. Pahn quickly folded and Rast moved up the leaderboard.
Action folded to Yueqi Zhu who raised all in for 175,000 from the button and Shai Zurr looked him up from the big blind.
Yueqi Zhu: 
Shai Zurr:
Zhu was behind in desperate need of help but none came on the 
runout and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Alex Kulev raised under the gun to 60,000 and the action folded around to Sebastien Grax who put in a three-bet to 200,000. The big blind folded and Kulev made the call.
On the flop, Grax continued for 110,000 and Kulev snap-folded.
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Nível: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Day 2 is officially underway as the tournament director instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal.
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