Raimonds Ozolins opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Ryan Mandara on the button, before Ivan Kuziv produced a three-bet to 14,000 from the small blind. Only Ozolins called.
On the A♥Q♠2♣ flop, Kuziv led out with a bet of 8,000. Ozolins thought for a moment before raising to 21,000. Kuziv thought it through for quite a while but ultimately disposed of his hand.
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Sardor Shagulyamov was all-in for his last 13,500 from the big blind and was at risk to Danielle Noja, who was in the cutoff.
Sardor Shagulyamov: A♠7♣
Danielle Noja: A♦Q♦
The K♣3♠2♠10♠8♦ runout kept Noja ahead, and Shagulyamov left his seat. However, Noja thought Shagulyamov had spades for the flush, and a table neighbour pointed out that he had won the pot.
"What good are these?" laughed Noja as he pointed to his glasses. He was pleased to take in the pot and broke the 100,000 mark.
Darius Gadeikis and Milos Skrbic had escalated a blind-on-blind battle to a pot of 80,000 when the K♥3♦2♣K♠ turn was dealt.
Gadeikis checked to Skrbic, who fired 25,000. Gadeikis then jammed all in, covering the 100,000 Skrbic had remaining. Skrbic spent some time in the tank but eventually folded to leave himself an average stack.
With around 50,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 7♥6♣8♥, Uri Reichenstein fired a bet of 27,000 from the cutoff, and Erik Bauer shoved around 140,000. Reichenstein had about 120,000 remaining in his stack, but elected to fold, which meant Bauer was pushed the pot.
Bauer took down $10,200 No-Limit Hold'em event on the final day of EPT Barcelona last month for a career-best score of €151,400, and also has a cash this series in the Eureka Main Event. With a stack of around 150 big blinds, he sits in a good position right now in the EPT Main Event having boosted his start-of-day start by around 100,000.
Erik Bauer opened to 3,500 from the button and Antoine Hasbani called from the small blind. Hossein Ensan raised to 20,500, leaving 6,500 behind from the big blind. Bauer called before Hasbani bumped it up to 60,000. Ensan called for his tournament life ahead of Bauer returning his cards to the dealer.
Hossein Ensan: K♦J♦
Antoine Hasbani: A♥A♣
Ensan paired up on the K♥9♦5♥ flop and took the lead with two pair on the J♥ turn. The 10♣ gave him the checkmark, and the EPT champion picked up a nice pot before the break.
The first 20-minute break of the day has begun, with 356 players returning when the action resumes: Here are the highlights from the opening level on Day 2: