Ola Brandborn moved the rest of his chips in pre-flop with Q-9 and was off to the races with Pete "The Beat" Giordano's 5-5. The flop was J-9-4, giving the lead to Brandborn.
"C'mon Presto!" yelled Giordano's cheering section, imploring for a 5 on the turn.
Well, they got their wish. A 5 hit the turn and Giordano sent Brandborn packing in 40th place. Giordano took the chip lead on the hand, with his stack up to 420,000.
Nick Panopoulos raised 16K and Alessio Isaia moved all in for 85K. Panopoulos called with . Isaia was ahead with . The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Isaia's Queens held up and Panopoulos headed to the rail.
Giovanni Spadavecchia was on the losing end of two pots. On the first hand, Daan Ruite (Holland) doubled through Spadavecchia. Ruite's held up against Spadavecchia's . That left Spadavecchia with just 44K.
On the next hand, Spadavecchia was involved in a three-way pot. On a flop of , Trond Eidsvig (Norway) checked and Spadavecchi moved all in. Eric Hardt (USA) called and Eidsvig check-raised Hardt all in. Hadrt went into the tank for three minutes before he folded. Spadavecchi showed for top pair. Eidsvig flipped over for two pair. The turn was the and Spadavecchi picked up a flush draw along with a gutshot. The river was the and Eidsvig won the hand with a full house. Spadavecchi headed to the rail in 36th place. He won €14,650.
On the first hand after the dinner break, Aditya Agarwal (India) moved all in for 57,500. Patrick Bruel (France) called with . Aditya Agarwal flipped over . The flop was . The turn was the . The river was the . Aditya Agarwal's tens held up and he doubled up.