[Removed:406] got his stack in with on a flop of only to see Jordi Colldeforns Giralt snap-call with the . The turn and river didn't matter and the Frenchman bowed out before the money.
Joachim Lob got lucky with king-queen versus ace-king in a battle of the blinds of fellow Swiss Francois Lob and moved to around 600,000 while Marco Della Tommasina just open-shoved with ace-queen. Eduard Munoz Martin called with pocket sevens in the big blind and saw an ace appear on the flop, but a seven on the river secured the pot for the Spaniard.
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez first lost a 400,000 pot with ace-queen against the pocket kings of Rafal Achermann and then shoved for 20 big blinds with into the big blind of Marcos Paton Bao. The latter looked down at his cards and snap-called with the . The board came up blank and Galindo Lopez was sent to the rail.
Further players have joined the rail and among them was also Pol Pardo Canto. He defended his big blind with the and check-called a bet by Sandro Hauser on the button before check-calling all in after the turn. Hauser showed and the river blanked.
Joachim Lob has stopped the downfall and doubled for 129,000 with against the of Renato Garcia Majuelo, thanks to a board of . The Swiss moved back into contention but remains in the middle of the pack some 15 spots off the mony.
Among those to bust in a frantic second level of the day were also Susana Bonastre Rodriguez, Tomas Javanainen and Jon Ignacio Chipongian, and the field has been reduced to the last 102 hopefuls.
Max Rotko three-bet shoved for 20 big blinds and Suliko Kheladze called out of the small blind while the big blind folded. Rotko showed pocket eights and Kheladze had found the . The board ran out queen-high without any help for Rotko and he quickly informed some of his friends from Finland about his fate before leaving the tournament area.