Florin Bilan opened to 3,200 from the button before Timo Kamphues three-bet to 12,700 from the small blind. Ole Schemion made it 27,600 from the big blind which folded out both of his opponents.
With around 45,000 in the pot on a board of 2♣3♥7♣K♣, Selahaddin Bedir bet 21,000 from the big blind and Virgile Turchi called in the cutoff.
The river came the J♦ and Bedir then slid forward a tower of yellow 5,000 chips, putting Turchi all in. Turchi had around 56,000 remaining and tanked for a minute before releasing his hand.
Action was caught in the turn with a standard 11,200 in the pot on the 3♣5♣10♦A♠ board but fireworks soon began to ignite.
Anton Suarez checked from the small blind, and Yi Zhan Peng made it 4,000 from the button. Suarez made it 18,000 and called when his opponent three-bet to 34,000.
Suarez checked on the 7♣ river and quickly called when Peng bet 35,000.
Peng instantly mucked his cards and Suarez took in the pot without having to show his cards.
The turn showed 8♠6♦3♠10♦ and Giuseppe Imperato check-raised from 12,000 to 26,000 with around 25,000 in the middle. Piotr Sztenkiel then pushed all-in on the button and Imperato quickly called.
Giuseppe Imperato: 10♠10♥
Piotr Sztenkiel: 8♦5♦
The 7♣ river failed to improve Sztenkiel and Imperato doubled for 90,000.
"Action turn," Hal Rotholz said with a smile on the face.
Timothy Adams raised to 3,500 from the hijack and the action folded to Yerai Iribarren in the big blind, who made it 12,500 to go. Adams thought it over for a bit before putting in the call, and the players went off to a flop of 4♠6♠4♦.
Iribarren continued for 10,000 chips and Adams made the call. The K♦ turn then saw Iribarren increase his bet to 30,000, and that was enough to get Adams out of the hand.
Francis Klar and Christophe Sanchez built a pot of around 50,000 as they went heads-up to the river on a board of 3♣3♦A♦9♣4♠. Klar then moved all in for 35,000 in early position.
"I think your kicker is better than mine," Sanchez said as he tanked from the big blind. He eventually called and turned over A♣7♣, but his instincts proved correct as Klar showed A♠K♣ to earn the pot and double up.
At the same time at another table, Axel Junker bet 4,000 from the button on a flop of 7♠2♦2♠ before Francesco Pagliazzo moved all in for 31,000 in early position. Junker called to put him at risk.
Francesco Pagliazzo: A♥A♦
Axel Junker: 9♦7♦
The 9♠ fell on the turn to give Junker two pair, but it wasn't enough to overcome Pagliazzo's aces as the 10♦ completed the board and Pagliazzo doubled up with a better two pair.
Andrea Dato raised to 3,400 in the cutoff and Christian Dressler three-bet to 8,000 on the button. Angelo Marrone then four-bet to 21,000 in the small blind and Dressler was the only caller.
The 10♠8♠3♦ flop saw Marrone continue for 10,000 and Dressler called. Both checked the 10♥ turn and Marrone tank-checked the 10♦ river. Dressler moved all-in for around 76,000 and forced a fold.
Vivian Saliba was one of the players who made a fresh entry in the first level of Day 2, and she was involved in a blind-on-blind battle with Ruslan Volkov. The pot had 30,600 chips in it when both players checked the board of A♦10♥5♣9♦. The 4♥ river then completed the board and Saliba checked once again from the small blind.
Volkov put out a bet of 19,000, and Saliba thought it over for a few minutes before putting in the required amount for a call. Volkov tabled A♠2♥ for top pair with no kicker, and he raked in the pot when Saliba mucked her cards with visible frustration.
Heads-up on a flop of 9♦J♣10♦ and already around 40,000 in the middle, Andreas Eller bet another 40,000 from under the gun and Lachezar Petkov called in the big blind.
The turn came the 5♠ and Eller moved all in for 51,000. Petkov gave the decision some thought before committing the chips, turning over 7♦6♦ for straight and flush draws. Eller had A♠A♣ and needed to hold on to survive.
The river brought the 4♦ and Petkov completed his flush to send Eller to the rail as he scooped up the massive pot.