Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha

Krysztof Magott raised to 35,000 from the cutoff and was called by Vasile Stancu in the big blind. The flop came     and Stancu checked to Magott who made a pot-sized bet of 75,000. Stancu announced all-in and Magott quickly called for a total of 186,000.

Krysztof Magott:     
Vasile Stancu:     

The turn brought the   and the river was the  . Magott made trip jacks and doubled through Stancu.

Krzysztof Magott	446,000	311,000
Vasile Stancu	65,000	-149,000

On a flop reading    , Daniele Primerano and Kristen Bicknell both checked to the   on the turn. Bicknell led into Primerano who shoved all-in for around 95,000. Bicknell instantly called and had Primerano drawing slim. Bicknell held the nuts with      and Primerano showed     . The   on the river only improved Bicknell's hand and Primerano was eliminated.

In the next hand, Fabrice Halleux got his remaining 152,000 chips in the middle preflop against Sergio Fernandez who both held similar hands. Halleux tabled      and Fernandez held     . The board ran out       and Halleux made a straight on the river to double through Fernandez.

Kristen Bicknell	470,000	229,000
Sergio Fernandez	362,000	-108,000
Fabrice Halleux	335,000	142,000
Daniele Primerano	0	-155,000

Ivo Donev is among the recent eliminations after he got all of his money in the middle with pocket      and was called by the      of Krysztof Magott.

When the flop came all clubs, Maggot made a flush and Donev was unable to improve his hand.

Ivo Donev	0	-105,000
Jani Vilmunen	0	-70,000
Madhukar Pandya	0	-120,000

Ivo Donev limped in on the button and Alexander Lakhov raised to 25,000 in the small blind. James Akenhead was in the big blind and moved all-in for 56,000. Donev folded and Lakhov called with his     . Akenhead turned over      and was the player at risk.

The board ran out       and Akenhead was unable to connect. With his elimination, there are now 24 players remaining and a new table redraw is being conducted.

Alexander Lakhov	304,000	24,000
James Akenhead	0	-129,000

Normally when tournaments resume, you keep an eye on the big stacks to see how big their stack will grow following the inevitable early bustouts of shortstacks. However, in a stunning turn of events Fahredin Mustafov has seen his Day 1a chip leader's stack of 490,000 reduced to zero following two big pots with Nico Ehlers.

Ehlers told us how the pair got it in on a     flop with Ehlers holding pocket aces to double up the first time. Then on a turn with a flush possible, Mustafov apparently bluffed off the rest of his stack with the nut-flush blocker, only for Ehlers to call with the second-nut flush.

Mustafov takes home €1,341 for his 28th place finish.

Nico Ehlers	500,000	228,000
Fahredin Mustafov	0	-490,000

Thomas Pohnke opened to 22,000 from the hijack and Tu Tuan To called from the button. Vasile Stancu was in the big blind and pushed all-in for 58,000. Pohnke called and To re-shipped all-in. Pohnke stuck in the rest of his chips and the three hands were tabled.

Vasile Stancu:     
Tu Tuan To:     
Thomas Pohnke:     

The flop came     giving each player a little bit of something. The turn was the   and Pohnke made the nut flush. The   on the river paired the board and both Stancu and To made a full house. Stancu held the larger full house to triple up and Pohnke was eliminated.

Tu Tuan To	312,000	64,000
Vasile Stancu	166,000	104,000
Thomas Pohnke	0	-196,000

Kristen Bicknell raised to 20,000 on the button and Georgios Zisimopoulos raised pot to 68,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Bicknell re-raised all in. Zisimopoulos called.

Kristen Bicknell:     
Georgios Zisimopoulos:     

The board ran out       and Bicknell secured an early double through the Day 1B chip leader.

Kristen Bicknell	278,000	135,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	215,000	-132,000

The action is set to resume at 1:00 P.M for Day 2 of Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha inside the Poker Arena at King's Casino in Rozvadov. There will be 31 players returning to the felt with Fahredin Mustafov leading them all, bringing 490,000 chips with him.

Mustafov bagged the lead at the end of Day 1A when he hit a gut-shot straight draw in the last hand of the night to win a monster pot. He will be closely followed by Georgios Zisimopoulos who finished atop on Day 1B with 347,000. Coming off a third-place finish in the first event of the series, Sergio Fernandez also has a healthy stack of 313,000 heading into the final day.

Some other familiar faces to keep an eye on include two-time bracelet winner, Kristen Bicknell who has already secured her first-ever cash in a PLO tournament. She will be entering the day with 143,000. Brandon Cantu, also a former bracelet winner, will be coming into the day as one of the short stacks after bagging 51,500. Daniele Primerano (200,000), James Akenhead (129,000), and Sander van Wesemael (68,000) will all be looking to capture their first bracelet.

Play will begin at level 19 with the blinds at 4,000/8,000 and the levels will increase to 40-minutes in length. There is a scheduled 15-minute break at the end of every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of the ninth level of the day. When the official final table of eight assembles, they will be moved to the feature table. The live stream with hole-cards will commence and it will be on a 30-minute delay.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the action until a winner is crowned.