Gheorghe Fedorca open jammed for 51,000 from the cutoff and David Tous Rosich called in the small blind.
Gheorghe Fedorca: K♠K♣
David Tous Rosich: A♣4♣
"No ace please!" asked Fedorca as the dealer spread the 9♥2♠8♦ flop. However, the A♠ turn and Q♥ river was enough to end his deep run.
Byron Kaverman made it 16,000 to go in the cutoff and Sergio Coutinho jammed for 126,000 from one seat over. Both blinds folded and Kaverman called.
Sergio Coutinho: 5♥5♠
Byron Kaverman: A♠Q♦
The J♣9♦4♣ flop was safe for Coutinho but the Q♥ turn improved Kaverman, who also remained ahead on the 9♣ river.
He exited in 124th place for €13,100.
Catalin Moraru moved all in for 46,000 under the gun and Diego Montone reraised to 80,000 in early position. Ian Bradley then reraised to 200,000 in the cutoff, Montone moved all in for 592,000, and Bradley called.
Catalin Moraru: 9♣7♣
Diego Montone: A♠K♣
Ian Bradley: A♣K♥
Both Montone and Bradley showed down ace-king as the flop came J♣4♦6♦. The 4♠ turn left Moraru one card away from elimination, but he spiked the 7♦ on the river to triple up while Montone and Bradley chopped up the more than 1,000,000 side pot.
"You're crazy, man," Bradley told Montone after the hand.
"We're all crazy," Montone replied.
All the following players below have collected €13,100 for their efforts as the field dropped to only 124 hopefuls in the third level of the day.
Alexander Tkatschew raised to 16,000 from the hijack, Johannes Verhagen moved all in for 165,000 from the big blind and Tkatschew went into the tank. After receiving an exact count and burning through a time bank, Tkatschew made the call.
Johannes Verhagen: A♦Q♣
Alexander Tkatschew: 7♣7♦
This flip fell in the favor of Verhagen as the flop landed A♥A♠K♠, giving him trips. The 8♣ turn and 9♥ river changed nothing and Verhagen doubled up.
At Peter Jorgne's and Barny Boatman's table, Timothy Rutherford bet 60,000 on a board of A♥7♦3♣Q♣ and Alexander Tkatschew called under the gun, as did Kostadin Kostadinov in early position.
The river was the 2♦ and Kostadinov bet 225,000. Rutherford then moved all in, Tkatschew folded, while Kostadinov snap-called for 441,000.
Rutherford turned over 3♥3♠ for a set, but Kostadinov had 7♣7♥ for a higher set to earn the massive double up. He looked up to the ceiling and let out a deep sigh of relief as the enormous pile of chips was pushed in his direction that moved him up into contention for the chip lead.
Barakeh Fadi riased to 16,000 from the hijack and Anthony Kennedy made the call.
The 10♣9♣5♣ flop saw Kennedy check-call a bet of 26,000 from Fadi.
The J♠ turn saw a repeat of the action, with Fadi betting 26,000 for a second time.
The K♦ river saw Kennedy check once more. Fadi bet out 26,000, for a third time, and Kennedy folded. Fadi showed Q♣Q♠ as he raked in the pot.
Soon after losing the massive pot to Kostadin Kostadinov, Timothy Rutherford opened to 16,000 in middle position and Peter Jorgne three-bet to 40,000 in the hijack. Rutherford then moved all in for 372,000 and Jorgne used a time bank before calling.
Timothy Rutherford: K♣K♦
Peter Jorgne: A♥K♠
Jorgne found an ace on the 3♥J♥A♣ flop to take the lead, while the board ran out 8♥A♠ to improve him to trips and send Rutherford to the rail.
"Sorry man," he told Rutherford.
"No worries bro," Rutherford replied as he came by to give Jorgne a fist bump before making his way to the exit.
Byron Kaverman made it 18,000 to go from an early position with the A♦A♣ and Ami Barer defended K♥Q♥ in the big blind. Barer check-called for 16,000 on the K♦J♠3♦ flop and checked again the 3♣ on the turn.
Kaverman now bet 50,000 for Barer to come along and checked the 10♠ on the river. The third barrel of Kaverman was for 130,000 and it was clearly visible that Barer didn't like the final bet, as he went through the emotions and even took off the hoodie around his neck.
Four time banks vanished while Kaverman stared at the board and Barer then folded.
After the hand was completed, EPT Main Event champion Anton Wigg arrived with a big stack.
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