Martin Jacobson was among those to return for Day 2 of the £2,200 High Roller and bowed out before the final table was set. He is now the first 888poker ambassador to join the action and has taken a seat next to Ramlal Basdeo.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The first player to bust happened to be over on table four and it was Robert Buky that dealt the final blow.
Buky had faced a raise to 2,000 and a call to make it 8,000 to go and his table neighbor moved all in for 16,500. The cold-caller folded and Buky quickly called to find his 
well ahead of 
.
On a board of 
, the kicker played and Buky's ace-king high won the big pot.
There are now up to 44 entries on Day 1a and among the latest notables to join the action were Irena Macesovic and Iaron Lightbourne. The former three-bet her first hand to claim the blinds and big blind ante in order to chip up.
Gareth Smith called a bet of 3,000 on the 
turn and then faced another bet of 7,000 on the 
river to toss in a time bank. However, he made the call within the allocated 30 seconds and his 
for top pair and the top kicker was good enough to beat 
.
Serkan Ersoy had quickly chipped up and lost the profit even faster to drop well below the starting stack. Just now he lost a pot to Gary Miller when the latter had turned trips kings with 
and both battled again soon after.
In a battle big blind versus button, Ersoy check-called a bet of 1,000 on the 
turn and led the 
river for 6,200. Miller called and mucked when Ersoy tabled the 
for two pair.
With some 21,000 in the middle and the completed board showing 
, Lukas Gloor used a time bank extension and then bet 4,300. His sole remaining opponent on the button called and Gloor rolled over for the nut flush in order to claim a big pot.
Day 2 of the £2,200 High Roller is underway with 12 players out of 31 entries remaining and Chris Moorman is the only 888poker ambassador remaining, as Ana Marquez and Martin Jacobson are both on the rail already. The top six spots will get paid at least £5,220 and the winner takes home the top prize of £27,000.
Among others, 2019 WSOP Main Event finalist Nick Marchington, Antoine Saout, Nicholas Lee, Preben Stokkan, Benjamin Winsor, Christopher Yong and Raul Martinez remain in contention as half of the remaining hopefuls will take home a share of the £77,200 in prize money.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The floor was called to table three as a player in three-handed action had called out of turn with Juan Pablo Navarro Carral still to act. Ultimately, that created a pot of 20,000 to the A♣9♣5♠8♥10♠ river and Navarro Carral moved all in for 19,600 with one opponent behind.
No call followed as the opponent mucked the A♠ face up and Navarro Carral raked in the pot.
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