A total prize pool of €3,335,000 was created by the record 667 players at the PokerStars.com EPT German Open and 251 players started day 2 vying for the €917,000 top prize Players would play through the bubble and well into the money before the day was done.
Last year’s winner Mike McDonald (pictured right) was up and down and up throughout the day. One pot that helped saw Vincent 
Wagner show pocket sevens for a flopped set but McDonald had also a flopped set ... of eights. Wagner was out and McDonald was up to 125,500 in chips. He would go on to make the top 10 in chips and was looking good for a unique repeat victory in Dortmund.
For a full update on the day's proceedings including bust outs and notable hands check CardPlayer.com.
At the end of play for the evening 34 players remained and the top 10 in chips were:
- Holger Kanisch (Germany) -- 526,500
- Marc Gork (Germany) -- 441,500
- Sandra Naujoks (Germany) -- 410,500
- Steve Jelinek (UK) -- 347,000
- Michael McDonald (Canada) -- 337,500
- Umberto Vitagliano (Italy) -- 325,500
- Cengizcan Ulusu (Turkey) -- 286,000
- Brandon Hall (USA) -- 249,500
- Martin Bjerring Hansen (Denmark) -- 248,500
- Florian Langmann (Germany) -- 245,500
The payouts so far are:
45 - Martin Nikolov (Bulgaria) €10,000
46 - Lukasz Wasek (Poland) €10,000
47 - Michael Huber (Germany) €10,000
48 - Tobias Reinkemeier (Germany) €10,000
49 - Juan Pastor (Spain) €8,300
50 - Ali Jalai Sousan Abadi (Germany) €8,300
51 - Robert Davidson (U.K.) €8,300
52 - Ali Azabi (Tunisia) €8,300
53 - Hans Martin Vogl (Germany) €8,300
54 - Jose Pierre Mozziconacci (France) €8,300
55 - Julian Hasse (Germany) €8,300
56 - Clyde Tjauw Foe (Holland) €8,300
57 - Vlado Sevo (Austria) €8,300
58 - Andreas Koehler (Germany) €6,600
59 - Daan Slutter (Holland) €6,600
60 - Hendrik Dürschlag (Germany) €6,600
61 - Max Bassil (Norway) €6,600
62 - Thomas Wenning (Germany) €6,600
63 - Michael Kwiek (Germany) €6,600
64 - Malte Strothmann (Germany) €6,600
Today will see play produce the final eight, so stay with Card Player for all your PokerStars.com EPT German Open information and excitement. Please note however there is a slight change to the time with day 3 starting at 3 p.m. local time instead of 2 p.m.
