A few moments after he jumped in the tournament, Parker Talbot opened to 1,200 from the hijack. The other players folded to Francis Beauregard in the big blind, who defended.
On the 3♥5♠5♥ flop, Talbot bet 600 and Beauregard check-called. After the turn K♣, Talbot asked for 6,000. Beauregard eventually folded, while Talbot showed 10♠8♣.
Action opened when Ian Armstrong raised to 1,200 and Ulter Dogan made the call.
The flop came A♦2♣Q♠ with Armstrong continuing for 2,000 and again Dogan made the call.
The turn was the 7♠ and this time Armstrong checked and Dogan bet 3,500. Armstrong made the call and they both went to the river of 6♥. Armstrong checked and Dogan bet 5,500 forcing Armstrong into the tank. He eventually made the fold and Dogan showed him that he flopped two pair showing A♥2♠
Vitezslav Cech raised from early position, Mercedes Ostri called, Linus Hjulstroem called on the button, and the big blind also came along.
The flop was 9♥K♠A♣. The player in the big blind checked and Cech fired out a continuation bet of 1,900. Ostri called and then Hjulstroem raised to 7,500. Only Cech made the call.
The turn came the 5♠ and both players checked to the river, which was the 6♥. Cech bet out and Hjulstroem called. Hjulstroem had AxJx for a pair of aces with jack kicker. Cech showed A♠Q♠ for top pair with the queen kicker to win the pot.
The board was dealt up until the turn when the action was caught. With 25,400 chips in the middle, Kamil Sokol made a bet of 7,000 on 9♥10♦A♥A♣ from the cutoff. Kees van Brugge called from the button before the 10♣ river emerged from the deck.
Sokol checked the double-paired board, after which Van Brugge took some time before electing to go all in, covering Sokol's remaining chips.
With roughly one starting stack still in his possession, Sokol took one last look at his cards before throwing them away, granting the pot to Van Brugge.
Benjamin Spragg opened under the gun to 1,200 and was called by Andreas Werner in early position and Rolando Carrera in middle position.
Bjorn Kozenkai on the button reraised to 6,000. Action folded round to "Spraggy" who shoved all in for 15,000.
Werner and Carrera get out of the way. Kozenkai exclaimed: "I can't fold now!" before tabling Q♠Q♣.
Spraggy showed K♠K♣ leaving the covering stack of Kozenkai with two outs to win the hand.
Benjamin Spragg: K♠K♣
Bjorn Kozenkai: Q♠Q♣
The board of 8♠7♠A♠8♥9♥ gave "Spraggy" a clean runout and a full double up.
Jason Wheeler opened to 1,400 from under the gun, but Terence Plummer in the hijack three-bet to 3,000. The next players to act folded, until Jeppe Bisgaard four-bet all in for 19,400 from the big blind. Wheeler folded, but Plummer asked for the count and called.
Jeppe Bisgaard: K♣K♠
Terence Plummer: J♥J♠
Bisgaard remained in the lead on the 6♣6♠Q♥7♠6♥ board, so he secured a double up.
Action was caught on the river with around 33,000 in the middle on the 2♣7♣5♠3♣K♥ board.
Marcello Miniucchi checked from the cutoff to put the action on Vincent Skolin, who was on the button. Skolin thought it over briefly before moving all-in for around 22,500. Miniucchi hesitated and went into the tank for quite some time before returning his cards to the dealer.
Lukas Hafner raised, Duco ten Haven three-bet to 5,000 and Hafner four-bet to 15,500. Ten Haven moved all in for 65,800 and Hafner called with slightly more chips.
Duco ten Haven: Q♥Q♦
Lukas Hafner: A♦K♠
The board ran out 5♥4♣5♠7♠5♦. Ten Haven held with his pocket queens to win the pot and gain a huge double-up that brought his stack up to around 135,000. Hafner was left with just 1,500 chips.
Players in the EPT Main Event are heading for 75-minute dinner break. Action will resume around 8:10 p.m. local time.
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