Heads-up on a flop of 2♥2♠J♠, Alexander Ivarsson in the big blind bet 1,000 and he was called by Adi Rajkovic in the cutoff.
Ivarsson fired a second barrel of 4,000 on the 8♠ turn and was called again, then asked a bit more than 7,000 on the 3♥ river.
Rajkovic snap-called with 5♠4♠ for a flush and won against Ivarsson's Q♦2♦ for trips.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
The 173 players of Day 1a are on their first break of the day.
Adrian Mateos opened to 500 from the hijack and faced Claudio Bessa, who defended from the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 7♥5♠A♦ and Mateos continued for 700. Bessa snap-called then led out for 2,100 on the 8♠ turn. Mateos went into the tank for a few seconds but folded.
Konstantinos Tsaousis opened to 600 from early position. Felix Schneiders in the cutoff and Stefano Puccilli on the button called.
Tsaousis continued for 1,700 on a flop of 3♦8♥4♦ and made both of his opponents fold.
In the next hand, Tsaousis raised from under the gun. Puccilli called, as well as Julien Dupré and David Kaufmann in the blinds.
Once again, a continuation-bet to 1,800 by Tsaousis on 4♠7♥9♠ was enough to make everybody fold.
It was then Vladimir Lipnitskii's turn to open to 500 from under the gun. All the other players folded to Tsaousis, who defended from the big blind.
Lipnitskii bet 300 on a flop of 2♣J♥4♥ and was called, then both players checked the 7♦ turn, leading to the 6♠ river where Tsaousis led out for 1,500. Lipnitskii called but lost to Tsaousis' top pair with J♣10♦.
Three-way on a board of 4♦5♣7♣10♦ with 2,700 in the pot, Attila Ivacson in the cutoff bet 2,200. Simone Sintucci on the button called, and Francesco Gisolfi in middle position check-called.
The 8♦ river was checked by all three players and Gisolfi revealed A♦K♦ for the nut flush. Ivacson showed that he had J♣9♣ for a straight while Sintucci's cards went into the muck.
Not long after he reentered, Corel Theuma on the button bet 1,000 on a flop of 6♣10♠Q♣. Maciej Gut in the cutoff check-called.
Theuma fired a second barrel of 2,700 on the 6♦ turn. Gut check-called once again and checked the 4♦ river. Theuma checked-back.
Gut flipped over K♠Q♠ for two pair and won the pot against Theuma, who threw Q♥J♣ face up in front of him.
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
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