Karan Radia bet 7,000 from middle position on a board of 2♦10♥8♣J♦ and Michael Uguccioni moved all in for 32,000 under the gun. Radia called.
Uguccioni showed 2♣2♠ for a set of deuces, but Radia had Q♣9♣ for a turned straight. The river was the A♠ and Uguccioni was sent to the rail.
Action folded around to Jesus Cortes, who moved all in with a short stack of 7,000. Lukasz Cygan called in the big blind and players flipped their cards, with Cortes at risk.
Jesus Cortes: Q♦8♦ 
Lukasz Cygan: A♥3♦
The board ran out 2♣2♠A♣3♣K♠ and Crygan made two pair, aces and threes, to win the pot. Cortes was eliminated.
Around 30,000 was already in the middle as Preben Stokkan and Espen Sandvik went heads up to a flop of 7♠5♥5♦. Stokkan then bet 11,000 from the small blind.
Sandvik spent a minute counting out his remaining stack before moving it forward, a bet of around 40,000. Stokkan snap-called.
Espen Sandvik: 8♣8♦
Preben Stokkan: Q♦Q♥
Stokkan showed down a pair of queens and had Sandvik dominated as the rest of the board ran out 7♥7♦, giving Stokkan a bigger full house and sending Sandvik to the rail.
Yen Han Chen raised to 2,000 and picked up a call before Peter Turmezey three-bet to 9,000. Chen moved all in for 24,500 and Turmezey called with the bigger stack. Players flipped their cards.
Yen Han Chen: A♥Q♦
Peter Turmezey: 8♥8♣
The board ran out 6♠4♣J♣5♦2♥ and Turmezey held with his pocket eights to send Chen to the rail.
Johan Soner was all in for just a couple thousand from middle position against Roberto Romanello in the small blind.
Johan Soner: A♦10♦
Roberto Romanello: K♣4♦
The flop came K♠10♥3♠, pairing Romanello's king to give him the lead. The turn 6♣ changed nothing and the K♥ on the river gave Romanello trip kings to win the pot and eliminate Soner.
David Coleman was down to just one 1,000 chip and was forced all in from the big blind. Scott Hall then raised to 2,000 in early position and was called by Guilherme Dos Santos in the cutoff and small blind Theo Degrave.
"When should I look, now, the flop, the turn, or the river?" Coleman asked as the flop came A♠J♥8♠. Hall then bet 3,000 and only Dos Santos called. Both players checked the Q♥ turn.
"I still haven't looked," Coleman said heading to the 10♥ river, where Dos Santos forced out Hall with a bet of 6,500. Dos Santos then showed K♣J♣ for a straight and Coleman flashed a ten before heading to the rail.
Heads up on a board of 6♥A♠8♠A♦, Agostino Ascone bet 10,000 from the cutoff and Krasimir Yankov called in early position.
The river was the J♠ and Ascone bet 10,800. Yankov then moved all in and Ascone called for his last 40,000. Yankov turned over 6♦6♠ for a full house and Ascone tossed an ace into the muck before making his exit.
Antoine Vranken opened to 2,200 from middle position. Lex Veldhuis reraised to 5,600 from the button. Vranken then four-bet to 17,000 before Veldhuis moved all in for around 32,000. Vranken made the call.
Lex Veldhuis: Q♠Q♦
Antoine Vranken: A♠A♦
Veldhuis was given extra equity on the J♠9♠10♣ flop but couldn't find a king or an eight over the 10♠ turn and the 6♦ river.
Andrew Chen raised to 2,400 from early position and picked up a two callers before Gonzalo Gottlieb three-bet to 13,000 from the button. Chen moved all in for 19,000 and Gottlieb called. Players flipped their cards, with Chen at risk.
Andrew Chen: A♠A♦
Gonzalo Gottlieb: 5♦5♣
The board ran out 6♦5♥3♠6♣Q♦ and Gottlieb spiked a five on the flop to make trips, cracking Chen's aces and sending him to the rail.
Inaugural EPT champion Alexander Stevic was among the latest players to hit the rail on Day 1a.
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