With a raise to 700 ahead of him, Vasileios Panagiotidis three-bet from the cutoff to 3,200. The action then folded to Bekzod Arapov in the small blind, who moved all in for 5,400. The original raiser folded, but Panagiotidis called.
Bekzod Arapov: A♥Q♠ 
Vasileios Panagiotidis: A♠J♥
Both players improved to top pair on the K♠A♣5♥ flop, but crucially, Arapov's kicker remained ahead on the 4♦ turn and 8♣ river runout.
Mihai Gheonu had raised on the button when Will Kassouf three-bet to 2,400 in the small blind. Nicolas Julien then upped the ante to 5,500 in the big blind, folding out Gheonu.
Kassouf took some time before casually tossing in a five-bet to 17,400, over half his stack. Julien had seen enough and mucked his cards, forfeiting the pot to Kassouf.
At another table, PokerStars ambassador Kenny Hallaert took his seat next to chip leader Taran Parmar.
Arriving with 7,400 already in the pot and a 6♣10♣3♣ flop face up on the felt, the action was on Blaz Zerjav in the big blind. Zerjav checked before facing a bet of 1,800 from Gerard Carbo from the hijack. Zerjav responded with a raise to 7,400, which Carbo called.
The 4♦ turn joined the board, and Zerjav moved all in for 25,300. Carbo took his time but ultimately chose to call.
Blaz Zerjav: A♣K♠
Gerard Carbo: Q♣Q♦
The dealer burned and turned the K♥ river, improving Zerjav to top pair, seeing him awarded a full double up.
Olivier Fazio raised to 800 in early position and called when Vahe Ter-Khachatryan made it 2,000 to go in the cutoff. Ter-Khachatryan continued for 1,300 on the 9♥7♠8♣ flop, which Fazio check-called.
The 2♠ turn was checked by both players, seeing the 2♥ complete the board on the river. Fazio tossed in a small bet of 1,000, and Ter-Khachatryan called after a bit of thought.
Fazio turned over Q♣9♣ for top pair, enough to win the pot as Ter-Khachatryna sent his cards into the muck.
Seeing a limp ahead of him, Nicholas Wright raised to 1,100 from the cutoff. One seat to his left, Abdullah Turan three-bet to 3,100. The limper folded, but Wright stuck around.
Wright checked his option on the 4♣K♦7♣ flop before calling a bet of 2,500.
The dealer added the 4♥ turn to the board, and this time after checking for a second time, Wright folded when Turan continued with a bet of 5,000.
PokerStars' Raul Mestre made it 700 to go under the gun, receiving calls from Hassan Sleiman in early position, Hulya Seckin in middle position, and Duane Mitchell on the button.
It checked to Seckin on the 9♠Q♦J♥ flop, who bet 1,400. Mitchell called, Mestre folded, and Sleiman came along as well.
The A♣ turn then checked through to the 7♦ river. After two checks, Mitchell fired a bet of 5,000. Sleiman quickly mucked his cards, but Seckin tossed in a call after some thought.
Mitchell revealed K♠10♥ for Broadway, awarding him the sizable pot.
Facing a raise to 700 from the player under the gun, Yuliyan Kolev three-bet to 2,400. The action then folded to Mattia Tagliavini in the big blind, who four-bet to 6,500. The original raiser folded, but Kolev moved all in for roughly 24,000. Tagliavini called, putting himself at risk with just a few chips less.
Mattia Tagliavini: K♥K♦
Yuliyan Kolev: A♣A♥
The dealer spread a 8♠9♥7♠ flop, followed by a J♥ turn.
The 10♦ river completed the board, and as Tagliavini pushed his chips into the middle and prepared to leave, the dealer pointed out that he had chopped the pot, owing to the straight on the board.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
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