Another former EPT Main Event champion in contention was Noah "Exclusive" Boeken, who jammed a short stack of 570,380 on the button and was called by "bigpapyboss" in the big blind.
Noah "Exclusive" Boeken: 
"bigpapyboss": 
One of the two live cards hit on the 
and Boeken was eliminated in 100th place.
Paul "_pauL€FauL_" Hoefer had nursed a short stack since the bubble and managed to spin it up to nearly 1.4 million, which he then three-bet jammed out of the small blind. Button min-raiser "Ebaaa11" made the call and they were off to the races.
Paul "_pauL€FauL_" Hoefer: 
"Ebaaa11": 
On a board of 
, the jack appeared on the turn and Hoefer had to settle for 105th place.
The action kicked off with a raise to 135,000 by "vip25459" in early position and EPT Sochi champion Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii moved all-in for 1,287,124 in the hijack. The initial raiser made the call and Karmatckii was flipping for his tournament life.
Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii: 
"vip25459": 
The 
flop immediately provided both overcards and Karmatckii was left with one out when the appeared on the turn. No miracle followed on the 
river ad that spelled the end for the Russian in 108th place.
In a battle small blind versus button, Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa three-bet to 474,000 and was called by "Matto 23". Both invested 267,000 on the 
flop and Koplimaa then slowed down, checked and called a bet of 496,620 on the 
turn.
The on the river was checked by both and the 
of Koplimaa ensured the pot of nearly 2.6 million.
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 7,500
Russia's "CrazyLissy" made it 100,000 to go from under the gun and was called by Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas and table chip leader Nuno "BrigaDatada" Capucho in the cutoff. Bujtas led the 
flop for 211,500 and Capucho came along, "CrazyLissy" opted to fold.
Bujtas fired a second bigger bet worth 634,500 on the turn to earn another call and the on the river was checked. Bujtas revealed the 
for top pair, which was good enough to win the pot.
As the first player to act, "lubuski.gin" raised to 100,100 from under the gun and "RokiRo3" in the small blind called. "Ebaaa11" in the big blind three-bt to 396,969 and the initial raiser jammed for 1,001,532 total, which was called only by "Ebaaa11".
"lubuski.gin": 
"Ebaaa11": 
Queens held up on a board of and "lubuski.gin" collected a payout of $14,524.60, the table broke right after with now 111 players remaining.
Canada's "TTWIST" is the huge chip leader right now and they scored a big double prior to the break. In a four-bet pot with 1.1 million each in, Andras "probirs" Nemeth came along and called a continuation bet for 464,600 by "TTWIST" on the flop.
A second barrel for 1,045,976 and a call followed on the 
turn and "TTWIST" bet the river for 1,850,000 with 1,029,200 behind. Nemeth jammed the and was snap-called by 
to take a big hit.
"TTWIST" then also busted Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani when they open-shoved the cutoff and Dattani called all-in for 1,326,563 on the button.
Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani:
"TTWIST": 
The board ran out 
and that spelled the end for Dattani.
The pace of eliminations in the money never really slowed down and as a result, just 114 contenders head into the next scheduled five-minute break. Day 2 will conclude once the final nine tables have been reached.
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