The action kicked off with a raise to 600 by Ivan Banic in the cutoff and Majid Ejlal Noubarian then three-bet to 1,800 from one seat over. Banic four-bet to 5,200 and received a reluctant call by Ejlal Noubarian, as they headed to the 
flop.
The Canadian bet and took down the pot without any further resistance.
Boris Angelov raised from the button to 800 and Stefan Ianuszewicz called in the big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked.
On the turn, Ianuszewicz led out for 700 and Angelov called.
The river came 
and Ianuszewicz led again, this time for 2,500. Angelov reraised to 8,500. This proved too much for Ianuszewicz, who made the fold.
On a completed board of 
with some 13,800 in the middle, Julien Bolimowski bet 6,100 and then faced the shove by Nathan Tetart. "Can we speak French if it's heads-up?" Bolimowski inquired with the dealer but that was declined.
Bolimowski then asked his opponent if he spoke English, the official language for the tournament. Tetart shook his head and that sent Bolimowski into a longer tank in which he talked through the hand.
"Do you know what I have? It would be crazy if we both flopped it ..." he continued. During the tank, Benjamin Chalot called the clock and a 30-second countdown was given to make a decision.
Ultimately, Bolimowski called all-in for 14,400 total and Tetart nodded, tapped the table and showed the 
. Bolimowski had that beat with 
for a flush and doubled, leaving Tetart short.
Daan Mulders raised the button and Masato Yokosawa reraised to 2,200. Mulders fired back for 4,800 and Yokosawa stared down at his stack. Mulders, meanwhile, stared intensely at his opponent. Yokosawa eventually shoved all in and Mulders quickly called. The cards were on their backs.
Daan Mulders: 
Masato Yokosawa: 
The board ran out 
, giving Yokosawa a pair of aces on the flop. Mulders wished everyone "good luck", and made his exit. Yokosawa smiled as he scooped the pot.
Picking up the action on the 
turn with 7,000 in the middle. Sari Maalouf bet 2,500 when checked to by Maciej Gut. The latter check-raised to 7,500 and Maalouf reluctantly called.
On the 
river, both players checked and Gut tabled the 
for trips fives as a frustrated Maalouf revealed 
.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
A reraise to 5,700 was out in front of Damien Pilkington-Lewis and Sami El Khwass then pushed all-in only to get snapped off by Pilkington-Lewis.
Sami El Khwass: 
Damien Pilkington-Lewis:
The dominated pair found no help on the 
runout and El Khwass departed from the tournament area.
Mihai Stinca made a late position raise to 600, Pierre Gineste called in the small blind and the big blind defended. On a flop of 
, Gineste checked and Stinca bet 500. Gineste called.
The turn came the and Gineste led from out of position for 1,000. Stinca reraised to 3,000 and Gineste called.
The river was the 
and Gineste once again led out 1,000. Stinca didn't take the bait, instead opting to fold his hand.
With just a few minutes of play down, Gineste has already accumulated a decent stack of over 43,000 chips.
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