Vasyl Zabrodskyy raised the button to 500 and Zygmunt Sanchez called from the big blind.
Sanchez check-called a bet of 500 from Zabrodskyy on the A♥K♠5♦ flop, then did the same for 2,000 on the 8♥ turn.
Both players checked the 9♦ river and Sanchez showed K♣J♣ for a pair of kings. Zabrodskyy tabled A♣3♥ for a pair of aces to take down the pot.
Rostyslav Hertsyk raised to 600 under the gun and Stephane Knafo three-bet from the next seat to 2,000. Lucas Borges cold four-bet to 4,500 from middle position, and the action folded back to Hertsyk.
Hertsyk took another look at his cards before jamming for about the starting stack. Knafo stuck his stack of 25,000 into the middle, which got Borges to fold what he said after the hand was big slick.
Stephane Knafo: K♦K♣ 
Rostyslav Hertsyk: A♣A♦
It was poker's classic preflop cooler, with Knafo firmly on the wrong end of it.
No help arrived for Knafo on the 8♣5♥Q♥6♣9♠ runout, sending him to the rail almost six days earlier than he would have dreamed of.
With roughly 15,000 already in the pot and three players sharing a 6♣K♦4♠10♦ board, Charles Chaya bet 5,000 from the big blind. Michel Molenaar raised to 13,000 in middle position, which Chubak Asanov called from the cutoff before Chaya folded.
Molenaar then emptied the clip, moving all-in for around 19,500 on the 3♣ river. This time, Asanov didn't stick around, choosing to fold.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Dario Pieruzzini raised to 300 under the gun and Tom Talboom called on the button. Axel Hilmisson three-bet to 1,700 from the small blind, and only Talboom called.
Talboom called bets from Hilmisson on the Q♥3♣J♥ flop, 2♥ turn, and finally the 3♦ river. The first was for 1,200, the second 4,500, before Hilmisson jammed for about 22,000 on the river.
Hilmisson turned over K♥9♥ for a flush, but it was no good against Talboom's 3♠2♠ for a full house, sending Hilmisson to the rail.
Luc Lafontaine raised to 300 from middle position, and Tomas Jauring defended his big blind.
Both players checked on the 5♣J♣8♠ flop, prompting Jauring to lead out for 700 on the 6♠ turn, which Lafontaine called.
Jauring slowed down on the 4♦ river, this time check-calling when Lafontaine bet 1,600. Lafontaine tabled K♥7♥, revealing his straight, and Jauring showed he had two pair with 6♣5♦.
With around 1,200 in the pot, Felix Schneiders checked from under the gun on the 8♦10♠A♣10♦ board. Martin Tsvetanov bet 600 on the button, and Schneiders continued with a call.
Both players checked the 3♦ river and Schneiders turned over J♣J♦ for a pair of jacks. Tsvetanov had him beat with A♦Q♣ for top pair, sending the pot his way.
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