Toppi Proietti raised to 300 from middle position, the button called, and Vittorio Maugini called in the big blind.
The flop came J♦5♣6♠ and Maugini checked. Proietti bet 600 and the button folded but Maugini check-raised to 1,800. Proietti called. The turn was the 8♠ and Maugini sized up to 7,000. Proietti folded and Maugini took the pot.
Jerry Odeen opened from middle position to 300. Patrick Clarke called on the button and Joris Ruijs defended his big blind.
The action was checked all the way to the river on a board of 6♦A♣6♣8♥K♦. After Ruijs checked for the last time, Odeen put out a bet of 1,100 and got two quick folds from his opponents.
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There were around 9,000 chips in the pot on a board of 4♥5♥9♣ when Kiko Rivera — who was the DJ at the EPT Player Party last night — bet 2,000. Shaun Walbridge called, Giancarlo Monti & Andreas Stauss folded, then Takahiro Tsugu made it 10,000. Rivera called, and Walbridge folded.
A Q♦ came on the turn where Tsugu decided to check, and Rivera bet 13,000. Tsugu called almost instantly.
The 4♣ completed the board and after Tsugu checked, Rivera shoved for 4,200. Tsugu shrugged his shoulders and made the call.
Rivera showed 9♥9♦ for a full house, and Tsugu revealed J♥J♣ before he mucked.
Fabio D'annolfo opened 300 in the hijack, and Ivan Garsia defended the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 9♣8♥6♣, and Garsia check-called a bet of 600.
When the 5♦ fell on the turn, Garsia check-called another bet of 1,800 from D'annolfo.
The 10♦ hit the river, and Garsia checked for a final time before D'annolfo fired 2,300. Garsia didn't think too long before tossing in the call.
D'annolfo rolled 9♦7♦ for a straight, and Garsia tabled 6♠6♦ for a set as the pot was shipped the other way.
Jordan Cutter raised from the button to 300 was called by Oleg Vasylchenko from the small blind and Simon Wiciak from the big blind.
The action checked to Cutter on the 7♠A♠10♥ flop and he fired a bet of 500. Only Wiciak called.
Wiciak check-folded to a bet of 1,200 from Cutter on the 5♦ turn.
In a limped pot, Bixi Yao raised to 700 from the big blind and picked up three callers, including Ivan Stankov on the button.
The flop came A♣4♠8♠ and Yao bet 1,100. Only Stankov made the call. The turn was the 2♥ and Yao made it 2,900 to go, which Stankov called again.
The river came the K♥ and Yao bet 4,500. Stankov made the fold and Yao took down the pot.
Dorian Dizy led out for 1,000 on a flop of 6♥K♦4♦ and got called by Ram Vaswani.
Dizy bet 2,100 upon seeing the 8♦ turn and was called again by Vaswani.
The 6♠ fell on the river and Dizy put out another bet, this time for 8,500. Vaswani quickly called and took down the pot with Q♦10♦ for a flush. Dizy chose not to show his cards.
Three players went to the 9♠8♠4♣ flop, and Gazmend Zela led for 600 from the small blind into the pot of about 1,200. Joseph Hernon was in the big blind and put in a raise of 2,100 that both Yassin El Ouali under the gun, and Zela called.
The 7♥ fell on the turn, and once checked to, Hernon continued for 3,000. Ouali and Zela called once again.
When the 10♥ rolled off on the river, Zela checked and Hernon dropped 5,100 across the line before Ouali put in a raise to 12,000. Zela sighed as he mucked, and Hernon eventually did the same after a short tank.
With roughly 3,000 in the pot, on a board of 4♠10♣9♦4♥, Cheng Zhao checked from the big blind and faced a bet of 2,000 from Juha Helppi in the cutoff. Zhao called.
On the 7♣ river Zhao checked again to which Helppi fired out a bet of 3,200. Zhao thought it over for around a minute before letting go of his cards and forfeiting the pot to Helppi.
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