Fewer Than 100 Players Remain - First Break on Day 2

Towards the end of the second level, the pace of eliminations picked up once more. Among those to exit without anything to show for were Telmo Andre Miranda Pinto De Araujo, Mohamed El Bakkouri, Jon Garde, Mohamed Mehalleg, Thierry Oldak and Nabil Merah.

“Guil” from Spain pushes his last few big blinds first to act and Mehdi Hsissen (pictured above) calls from the small blind. Guil has the and Hsissen has that dominated with . The board runs out and queen-ten high is enough to eliminate the Spaniard.

Right after, the players head into the first 15-minute break in which the T-500 chips are being raced off. Only 96 hopefuls remain, as 51 players were eliminated in the first two hours of the day.

Mehdi Hsissen – 265,000
Guil – Eliminated