Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz opened to 1,400 in middle position and Peter Tordai went deep into the tank from the next seat before three-betting to 4,500.
Action folded to Marinus van der Walle in the cutoff, who himself went in the tank behind a pair of dark sunglasses. Eventually, van der Walle four-bet to 13,000. Wyrzykiewicz quickly folded and Tordai followed suit, leading van der Walle to show A♦K♠ as he took in the pot.
Liviu Scutaru found himself all in and at risk preflop for approximately 15,000 versus Farouk Ahmed.
Liviu Scutaru: A♦K♦
Farouk Ahmed: A♥8♥
Scutaru was in great shape to double up with a dominating ace but the 6♦9♥5♥ gave Ahmed many more outs in the form of a flush draw. The 10♦ turn and 10♠ river were blanks and Scutaru secured an important double up.
"It's never easy, is it?" joked one of Scutaru's tablemates as he scooped the pot.
Cedric Weinberg limped in from the small blind and Abel Martinez checked his option in the big.
Heads up to a flop that came A♠K♠4♣. Weinberg took the lead for 600 and Martinez made the call.
The Q♥ turned and Weinberg continued for an additional 1,400. Martinez was undeterred.
The 10♣ fell on the river and Weinberg bet 7,000, enough to put Martinez all in. Martinez remained in the tank for some time before calling off the bet for his tournament life.
Weinberg tabled J♣3♦ for the nut straight while Martinez was sent to the rail as he held A♣7♣.
Andreas Cajochen opened to 1,300 from middle position and Thomas Naarstad called in the cutoff before Rehman Kassam three-bet to 5,200 from the button. Cajochen folded and Naarstad called.
Naarstad checked on the flop of 8♣3♣A♥ and Kassam continued for 3,500. Naarstad called. Naarstad checked again on the 6♠ turn and Kassam sized up to 8,000. Naarstad check-raised all in and Kassam quickly folded to hang onto his remaining 17,000.
In a blind versus blind confrontation, there was 4,600 in the middle with two players looking at a board that read 7♦3♠Q♣.
Esteban Lapuente, in the small blind, bet out 2,000. Quentin Laugt in the big blind raised to 5,500, to which Lapuente called.
Lapuente played in flow on the 7♥. Laugt bet 6,000 and Lapuente called.
The 9♣ river checked to a showdown. Lapuente tabled A♦10♣ for just ace-high; good enough to see Laugt's cards into the muck.
Sebastian Hoyos raised to 1,200 in middle position. Both Arlid Haugland in the small blind and Sandro Sinopoli in the big blind called.
The flop came 6♥6♦5♣, and all three players checked.
Haugland then checked the 5♥ turn, before Sinopoli bet out 2,500. Hoyos folded and the Norwegian made the call.
Haugland led out on the 9♠ river for 11,100, which was enough to get Sinopoli to fold and take down the pot.
Players are now on their second 25-minute break of the day.
The Day 1e field has grown to 1,265 entrants, with 977 remaining.
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Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Dodi Yacine El Ghers opened to 1,600 in the cutoff and Pojan Salim three-bet to 4,700 on the button. El Ghers took some time before four-bet jamming a stack of around 40,000. Salim folded to hang onto 35,000.
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