Simeon Todorov and fellow Bulgarian Stoyan Boyadzhiev busted in quick succession on different tables and joked, then headed to the payout desk with a smile on the face despite having to settle for €1,777. Among the other bigger names that busted in the same payout step were Ionut Voinea, Petr Stastny and Petr Svoboda.
There were already another 20 casualties after play has resumed and barely any minute passes without someone waiting for the payout.
Matous Skorepa called the shove of Leonardo Romeo for 79,000 with the and the Italian turned over on the button. The board came and Romeo rivered a straight.
Romeo then had Christian Thiry all in and at risk with the and Thiry turned over . The board ran out and Thiry doubled his short stack for 64,000.
Martin Thiel came into the day as the Day 1C chip leader and continued to run up a stack in the early parts of Day 2. He was sitting with nearly 700,000 chips when he got involved in a hand with David Rodriguez.
Thiel raised to 22,000 from middle position and Rodriguez defended his big blind. The flop came and Rodriguez check-called a bet of 25,000 from Thiel. The turn was the and Rodriguez checked again. Thiel fired another 50,000 and Rodriguez called.
The river landed the , putting four cards to a straight on the board. Rodriguez pushed all-in for 89,000 and Thiel called faster than Rodriguez could blink. Rodriguez turned over for a straight while Thiel held for just top pair.
Minutes after coming back from the break, Aneris Adomkevicius got his remaining ten big blinds in with the and Gert-Jan Kars looked him up with . The flop of spelled bad news for the Lithuanian, while the turn gave him a flush draw.
A jack would appear on the river, but it was the that improved Kars to a flush.
Among those to bust in the second payout step of the day were such big names as Erik Cajelais, Antoine Vranken, Mike Leah, Max Pescatori and Roland Israelashvili. They all took home €1,625 for their efforts and will likely jump right into the next bracelet event.
The pocket deuces of Przemyslaw Klejnowski were already in the muck and Jaroslaw Sikora had his tabled. Earlier today, Klejnowski was at risk with the worse pocket pair and spiked a lucky two-outer on the river. This time the board came and Sikora knocked out his fellow countryman.
The action folded to Kenny Hallaert in the small blind who moved all-in for 165,000. The big blind looked down at his cards and quickly called for his last 90,000 chips.
Kenny Hallaert:
Opponent:
The flop came giving Hallaert a pair of fours. His opponent bounced out of his seat, shaking his head that he was now behind. The turn was the and the river landed the . Hallaert's pair of fours held on to eliminate his opponent.
The first payout step guaranteed all players a payday of €1,500 and among those to settle for just that were Age Spets, Barny Boatman, Viliyan Petleshkov, Kevin MacPhee, Benjamin Chalot, Ivan Fedor and Frederic Delval among others.
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and the Italian turned over 
on the button. The board came 
and Romeo rivered a straight.
. The board ran out 
and Rodriguez check-called a bet of 25,000 from Thiel. The turn was the 
, putting four cards to a straight on the board. Rodriguez pushed all-in for 89,000 and Thiel called faster than Rodriguez could blink. Rodriguez turned over 
for a straight while Thiel held 
and Gert-Jan Kars looked him up with 
spelled bad news for the Lithuanian, while the 
turn gave him a flush draw.
giving Hallaert a pair of fours. His opponent bounced out of his seat, shaking his head that he was now behind. The turn was the 
. Hallaert's pair of fours held on to eliminate his opponent.
