With only 62 players left it took only twenty minutes for the bubble to burst. PokerStars player Tommy Pavlicek survived his all-in and whoops and hollers filled the air at the news that the bubble had burst, seemingly in record time with the 58th and 57th places finishers eliminated within a few seconds. Nichlas Saarislta was eliminated whilst the tournament director was switching on the microphone to announce hand-for-hand play. No need.

That signalled a free for all among players feeling that a cash finish was a good time to their game to the opposition and a flurry of eliminations followed…

Out for €6,380 were:
56th — Michael Durrer – PokerStars qualifier — Germany
55th — Simon Christensson – PokerStars qualifier — Sweden
54th — Gerd Mueller — Germany
53rd — Antoanell Judet — Romania
52nd — Erik Pettersson – PokerStars qualifier — Sweden
51st — Oyvind Roysem — Norway
50th — Magnus Petterson — Sweden
49th — Yann Monnier — France

The elimination of Magnus Petersson means they’ll be no double EPT winner – at least not this week.

Picking up €7,600 were:
48th — Nicolai Vivet – PokerStars qualifier — Denmark
47th — Robert Norberg — Sweden
46th — William Fitzpatrick — Ireland
45th — Maik Daehling – Germany
44th — Juhani Junnilainen – PokerStars qualifier – Finland
43rd — Tobias Reinkemi – Germany
42nd — Carlos Keinhuis – Holland
41st — Mikael Furst – Sweden

And so far, out for €8,850 are:
40th — Britt Petersen – PokerStars qualifier – Holland
39th — Jorma Nuutinen – PokerStars qualifier – Finland
38th — Cristiano Blanco – Italy
37th — Mika Hallstrom – Finland
36th — Kai Are Hauge – Norway
35th — Ville Nyman – Finland
34th — Yannic Mulder – Holland
33rd — Dennis Van Zoelen — Holland

Play closes with 32 players destined to return tomorrow for day 3.