Antonio Sciacca raised to 17,000 under the gun, Georgios Vrakas moved all in for 90,000 in early position, and Sciacca called.
Georgios Vrakas: K♥9♥ 
Antonio Sciacca: 10♠10♥
Vrakas. was looking for a king to stave off elimination, but he couldn't connect with the 5♥4♠2♣5♣6♦ board and was sent to the rail.
Diego Montone limped in the hijack, followed by Burim Mahmudi on the button. Barak Wisbrod in the small blind raised to 32,000. When the action reached Vito Vella, he took his time before shoving all in, prompting Montone and Mahmudi to fold. Wisbrod asked the dealer for a count, and once it was confirmed at 170,000, he made the call.
Vito Vella: K♠Q♠
Barak Wisbrod: A♠J♦
The flop came 10♥8♦9♥, giving both players a straight draw. The 5♠ turn changed nothing, but the J♣ river completed the straight for Vella, sending him to a full double-up.
Roman Stoica was on the button with a raise of 50,000 in front of him before Marius Kudzmanas reraised to 95,000 in early position. Ioannis Panagiotopoulos then moved all in for 350,000 in the cutoff, Stoica also stuck in his last 265,000, and Kudzmanas snap-called to a round of "wows" from the rest of the table.
Roman Stoica: A♠A♦
Ioannis Panagiotopoulos: 10♦10♣
Marius Kudzmanas: A♣A♥
Both Stoica and Kudzmanas showed down two aces, leaving Panagiotopoulos needing help to survive. The board ran out 4♣4♥Q♣8♦2♣ and they chopped up the main pot, while Kudzmanas took the side pot to send Panagiotopoulos to the rail.
"Why can't you have kings one time?" Stoica asked Kudzmanas after the dramatic encounter.
Davidi Kitai moved all in for 80,000 from the cutoff as action went on Aram Sargsyan in the small blind, who took a minute but eventually ended up folding. David Hu, though, snap-called in the big blind.
Davidi Kitai: Q♠8♦
David Hu: A♥9♥
Hu hit top pair on the A♠J♦6♦ flop, and Kitai was already drawing dead after the 5♠ turn. The river was the 8♠ and the EPT champion was sent to the rail.
The 95 remaining players have been sent on another 20-minute break.
Listed below are some highlights from Level 17.
Around 250,000 was already in the pot as Oleg Vasylchenko and Gianfranco Iaculli went heads-up to the K♥K♦10♥ flop. Vasylchenko then bet 55,000 from under the gun, and Iaculli called in middle position.
The turn was the 5♥ and Vasylchenko bet another 75,000. Iaculli again called, and the river was the J♦. Vasylchenko then bet 118,000, leaving 10,000 behind, and Iaculli tossed in a few of his time banks and tanked for a minute before calling.
Vasylchenko turned over A♥K♠ for trips. "Yes!" Iaculli yelled out, showing A♦Q♥ for a rivered straight as he won the massive pot.
At another table, Adil Tlimisov had opened to 12,000 in the hijack before Ivan Uzunov shoved in the big blind. Tlimisov called for 132,000.
Adil Tlimisov: A♥K♦
Ivan Uzunov: A♠Q♣
The board ran out 8♦8♠7♦J♠5♣ and Tlimisov's king-kicker stayed in the lead to earn him the double up.
Andrei Birgaoanu moved all in for 63,000 on the button, Barak Wisbrod reshoved for 311,000 in the cutoff, and Diego Montone put both opponents at risk in middle position.
Andrei Birgaoanu: K♠J♦
Barak Wisbrod: A♠Q♠
Diego Montone: A♦10♥
Wisbrod's queen-kicker kept him in the lead through the turn on a board of 4♥7♥7♣2♠, but Birgaoanu hit the J♣ on the river to make two pair. He tripled up, while Wisbrod doubled for 248,000 in the side pot.
With the pot amounting to 85,000, Enrico Camosci had put in 64,000 on the 4♦3♠J♠ flop from the cutoff before he was put all-in by Filippo Ragone on the button.
Camosci thought about it for a while before he called off for 165,000 in total.
Enrico Camosci: K♥J♦
Filippo Ragone: Q♥Q♣
Camsoci needed help against the overpair of Ragone, but the 5♦10♠ runout provided none. Camosci said his goodbyes to the table before he left to pick up his payout.
With around 95,000 in the pot on a flop of Q♦2♥5♦, Xiaowen Zhao bet 30,000 from the button and Virgile Turchi called in the cutoff.
The turn was the 4♦ and Zhao bet 65,000. Turchi again called, and the 8♠ fell on the river. Zhao then moved all in, and Turchi snap-called for 92,000.
Zhao turned over K♦K♠, but Turchi had A♦A♠ to win the pot and double up.
Uri Gilboa went all in on the button with his last 11,000 and was called by Erkan Sonmez in the big blind.
Uri Gilboa: Q♠Q♥
Erkan Sonmez: K♥7♥
The board ran out A♣6♠2♣10♥10♣, sending Gilboa a full double-up.
On the very next hand, action folded to Gilboa, who opened with a raise to 12,000. Leo Worthington-Leese called from the button.
Gilboa check-called Worthington-Leese’s 6,000 bet on the 5♦4♥10♠ flop.
The 7♥ hit on the turn, and Gilboa checked again. Worthington-Leese sized up to 20,000, putting Gilboa at risk. Gilboa called, sending the players to showdown.
Uri Gilboa: K♠J♥
Leo Worthington-Leese: K♦K♥
The river 9♠ brought no help for Gilboa, ending his tournament run.
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