Bernard Baroukh raised from middle position to 2,100, and Luca Falco, on the button, was the only caller.
A continuation-bet came from Baroukh, who made it 2,600 on the 10♥K♣4♦ flop. Falco once again just called.
The K♥ turn was then checked by both players.
Baroukh's early aggression in the hand withered as he checked the Q♥ river, before folding to a 6,000 bet from Falco, leaving both players with similar-sized stacks.
With about 7,500 in the middle and the board reading A♣J♦10♣, Fintan Hand checked from early position and Theodoros Ampelikiotis checked from middle position, leading to the 9♦ turn. This time, Hand bet 4,000 and was called by Ampelikiotis.
Both players checked the 8♣ river. Hand tabled K♠9♠ for a missed straight draw that turned into a pair of nines while Ampelikiotis showed A♥5♥ for top pair to take the pot.
Players are on their second break of the day, this one for 20 minutes. The field has grown to 886 entrants, of which 646 remain.
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Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Jack Salter made it 1,800 in the cutoff and Toivo Rinne called in the big blind.
The flop came 5♦Q♦2♦ and Salter bet 1,200 after it was checked to him. Rinne made the call.
A fourth diamond landed on the turn when the A♦ hit. Both players opted to check on the four-card-flush board.
An A♠ came on the river, which both players checked again. Rinne showed 10♣7♦, having made a seven-high flush on the turn. Salter mucked his hand, but still remained with a healthy stack.
After a series of preflop raises, Artem Sugak found himself all in with a covering stack against both Kevin Polstra and Matthias Schlarb who was short-stacked.
Matthias Schlarb: 4♠4♥
Kevin Polstra: A♣A♠
Artem Sugak: A♦K♠
Polstra was a massive favorite to take the pot, but was drawing close to dead when Sugak hit trips on the K♣K♥J♥ flop. Sugak remained ahead on the 7♠ turn and J♦ river to take down a huge pot while eliminating two opponents.
Martin Paap opened to 2,300 from early position, only for Loris Alaimo to put in a three-bet to 6,300 from the cutoff.
Paap responded by moving all in for 31,400 and after about one minute of thought, Alaimo slid his cards into the muck, allowing Paap to take down a decent pot without having to see a flop.
Gregor Sverko bet 1,800 on the button and was called by Josep Pastor De Ramon in the big blind.
The 3♦2♥6♦ flop was checked through by both players.
De Ramon bet 3,500 on the 6♠ turn and Sverko called.
Things got really interesting as the 2♣ river landed, with Sverko checking out of turn and instantly realizing his mistake. De Ramon thought for a while before putting in a large bet of 9,500, sending Sverko into the tank.
Eventually, the Croatian called it down and won the hand with holding A♦J♥ against De Ramon's 8♦5♥.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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