Mario Colavita opened to 3,000 from middle position with Vedat Mutlu calling in hijack before Guilherme dos Santos squeezed to 11,000 out of the cutoff. Colavita folded, but after around a minute of thinking, Mutlu called.
Mutlu checked the 5♣3♥3♣ flop and Santos continued with a bet of 5,500. Mutlu check-shoved for 28,000 and Santos instantly tossed his cards into the muck.
Humberto Lopes-Martins opened to 3,000 and Thomas Graupner three-bet to 19,000.
Lopes-Martins then four-bet to 32,000 and Graupner shoved for around 75,000. Lopes-Martins snap-called.
Thomas Graupner: Q♠Q♦ 
Humberto Lopes-Martins: K♦K♥
It was a pre-flop cooler for Graupner who was already on his feet as the 7♥3♣2♦7♠2♣ board ran out, sending him to the rail.
Karim Maekelberg committed his last 9,000 into the middle from the cutoff and got snap-called by Fabrice Bigot from the big blind.
Karim Maekelberg: K♦J♦
Fabrice Bigot: K♠K♣
Maekelberg had run into a monster in the form of pocket kings. There was no help for him on the 10♥8♣7♠7♦6♠ runout and he was out of the Main Event.
Liam O'Donoghue opened to 3,500 from the hijack and was three-bet to 8,000 by Adrian Mack on the button. It was folded back around to O'Donoghue, who called.
O'Donoghue proceeded to check-called bets from Mack on every street. First for 3,000 on the K♣5♥A♦ flop, then for 3,000 again on the 2♠ turn, and finally for 10,000 on the 7♦ river.
Mack turned over A♠K♥ for top two pair and O'Donoghue sent his hand into the muck.
Luc van der Beek kicked off the action with a button-raise to 3,000, and only Alessandro Pichierri in the big blind decided to defend.
The flop came K♥J♠3♥, and Pichierri checked. Van der Beek followed up with a continuation bet of 2,500, which Pichierri called.
On the 10♦ turn, Pichierri checked again, and Van der Beek ramped up the pressure with a bet of 9,000. After some consideration, Pichierri made the call, keeping the pot alive.
The river brought the 6♦, and Pichierri checked for a third time. Van der Beek responded with a sizable bet of 26,000, sending Pichierri deep into the tank. After a long pause and a second glance at his cards, Pichierri decided to fold, awarding the pot to Van der Beek.
The action was picked up on a flop of 10♠K♣3♠. Luke Porter checked from middle position and faced a bet of 8.500 by Artsiom Lasouski. Porter made the call.
The K♥ came on the turn and Porter check-called another bet from Lasouski, this time for 26,000.
The 4♣ fell on the river and the action checked through. Porter turned over A♦10♦ for two pair and Lasouski mucked his hand.
Paawan Bansal opened to 3,000 from under the gun and was called by Enrico Camosci in the small blind and Marc Meden in the big blind for a three-way pot.
All three players checked on the 6♦K♣9♦ flop and then Camosci led out for 7,000 on the 6♣ turn. Meden then shoved for his last 25,000, which got a quick fold from Bansal and a tank-fold from Camosci to send Meden the pot.
On a A♥10♣10♦A♦K♠ board, and with 11,500 in the middle, 2023 EPT Prague Main Event runner-up Jon Kyte had bet 14,500.
His opponent was Alessandro Pichierri who took his time before eventually calling, but mucked when Kyte shows A♣6♠ for a full house.
PokerNews picked up the action with around 12,000 already in the pot and the board showing 3♣7♣4♣6♠. From the small blind, Vitalijs Korhs checked to Max Neugebauer in the big blind, who fired a bet of 4,500. Another player folded, but after some deliberation, Korhs opted to call.
The river brought the A♣, and Korhs checked once more. Neugebauer seized the moment with an aggressive bet of 35,000, putting Korhs to a tough decision.
Korhs went deep into the tank, taking his time as the tension at the table grew. After three minutes, a player called the clock, and the floor gave Korhs 30 seconds to act. With just five seconds left on the countdown, Korhs reluctantly folded, conceding the pot to Neugebauer's bold play.
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