“Welcome to Scandinavia. This is how we play poker here.” These were the words with which the PokerStars Swedish blogger Lina Olofsson, a Scandinavian, announced the news to the press room that we have lost 72 players in the opening couple of levels of day two.

She’s not wrong. We started today with 184 and at the first break there are only 112 remaining. The idea is to play eight levels or down to the final 32, whichever comes soonest. At the start of the day, it seemed likely that we would pass the eight hour mark first, but now we can’t be so sure.

Of course, there’s the money bubble to navigate first. That will probably burst sometime today, with only 40 players due to be paid. The full payout structure, of course, can be found on the prizewinners page.

As reported, we lost Isabelle Mercier today, but her Team PokerStars Pro colleagues Noah Boeken, Luca Pagano and Marcin Horecki remain in the field.

Noah Boeken

Luca Pagano

Annette Obrestad has been on a tear through the opening levels, rising up to around 80,000 thanks in no small part to aces against ace-king, kings against ace-queen, and a reputation as a relentlessly aggressive competitor.

Annette Obrestad

Stay tuned too for news of a home-field hope, Allan “Sifosis” Baekke, putting his renowned expertise to very good effect here in Copenhagen.

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