Vladas Tamasauskas limped in the small blind and Elias Suhonen checked behind.
The flop came 
and Tamasauskas check called a bet of 1,000.
The 
was the turn and action checked through.
The river was the 
and Tamasauskas checked. Suhonen fired 5,000 and Tamasauskas folded.
Simone Andrian opened to 2,100 from middle position and was called by Ian Hamilton on the button. Nicolas Vayssieres three-bet to 8,000 which folded out Andrian. Hamilton had other ideas and jammed as the big stack and was snap-called by Vayssieres, who had 28,300.
Nicolas Vayssieres: 
Ian Hamilton: 
The 
flop gave the EPT London Main Event winner an open-ended straight draw with he completed on the 
turn. The 
river completed the board and sent the Frenchman to the rail.
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Hand #1 (UTG): Hamilton was first to act and folded.
Hand #2 (Big Blind): Mats Ullereng completed in the small blind and Hamilton raised. Ullereng called. Ullereng checked on the flop of 7♥A♦3♦ and Hamilton bet 2,500. Ullereng called. Ullereng checked again on the Q♥ turn and Hamilton sized up to 7,000, which got a quick fold from his opponent.
Hand #3 (Small Blind): Action folded to Hamilton in the small blind and he open-jammed into [Removed:594] in the big blind who had just a few chips behind. [Removed:594] folded.
Hand #4 (Button): Action folded to Hamilton and he followed suit.
Hand #5 (Cutoff): Hamilton opened to 2,100 and [Removed:594] three-bet jammed a stack of 9,000 from the button. Hamilton called.
[Removed:594]: A♣8♥
Ian Hamilton: 10♥10♠
Hamilton stayed ahead as the board ran out 7♣9♦J♣5♣8♠ to improve him to a straight and eliminate the short-stacked opponent.
Hand #6 (Hijack): Simone Andrian opened to 2,100 from under the gun and Hamilton folded.
Hand #7 (Early Position): Hamilton folded.
Hand #8 (Early Position): Hamilton opened to 2,100 and Ghassan Bitar three-bet to 6,200 from the next seat. Hamilton called. Hamilton checked on the flop of 10♥7♦7♠ and Bitar bet 6,600. Hamilton check-raised to around 30,000 and Bitar called off with less.
Ghassan Bitar: K♣K♥
Ian Hamilton: A♦10♥
Hamilton was behind until the turn brought the 10♠ to improve him to trips and nothing changed on the 8♥ river to mark Bitar's elimination.
"Come on. Unbelievable," Bitar muttered after getting his kings cracked.
Jelle Moene raised to 2,000 from early position and he was called by Guillermo Cifuentes in middle position before Joao Ferreira three-bet to 8,000 on the button. Antonin Teisseire was in the big blind and four-bet all in for 37,900.
Action folded back to Ferreira who went into the tank before calling.
Antonin Teisseire: 
Joao Ferreira: 
It was a flip but it went Ferreira's way as the board ran out 
.
Vojtech Cervinka opened to 2,500 from the button and was called by Emrah Yildiz from the small blind. Teun Mulder then three-bet to 8,500 from the big blind and only Cervinka called.
Cervinka called again when Mulder bet 3,500 on the 
flop. Mulder then check-called for 6,500 on the turn.
The Dutch poker player then emptied the clip for around 43,000 on the river. Cervinka went into the tank for a round a minute before calling.
Mulder tabled his 
for a pair of tens while Cervinka rivered a set with his 
.
Ihar Soika was in early position against Axel Hallay in the hijack.
There was 12,500 in the pot and the board read 
. Soika bet 3,200 and Hallay made the call. Soika turned over 
for a flush which was enough to take down the pot as Hallay mucked.
There was 16,000 in the pot in a blind vs blind situation. Samuel Ju was in the small blind against Daniel Heredi in the big blind.
The board was 
and Ju bet 11,500. Heredi moved all in covering Ju and Ju snap called. Heredi showed 
for full house while Ju was eliminated when he turned over 
for a straight.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Players will return at approximately 10:15 local time. The field so far has attracted 554 entrants generating a prizepool of almost €1,000,000, while hundreds of thousands sit in the bounty prize pool.
Play is expected to resume around 10:15 p.m. CET, so here are some highlights from the day so far:
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