Three-way to the 5♠10♦3♥8♠ turn, Abu Saeed checked from the small blind to Sam in the big blind, who bet 30,000. Bouwe Claushuis called in the cutoff before Saeed raised to 100,000.
Sam then shoved all in for roughly 200,000, folding out Claushuis. Saeed eyed his opponent's stack, then called to put him at risk.
Sam: 10♣8♦8♣4♣ 
Abu Saeed: K♠J♦5♥5♣
Sam had the higher set, and he doubled up when the river came the innocent 7♦.
Arriving on the completed Q♥9♣K♥4♥7♣ board, and with 68,500 in the middle, Anton Markachev put Schahin Fard all in for his last 40,000 or so. Fard did not take long before he called.
Markachev tabled A♥A♣8♥5♣ for the nuts, and Fard's KxQxJx9x was briefly tabled as he had already vacated the table.
Big blind Tobias Peters and Jan-Peter Jachtmann in the hijack arrived on the Q♣5♣J♦7♠ turn. Peters checked to Jachtmann, who added 25,000 to the pot of 26,500. Peters called to the 8♥ river, which he also checked.
Jachtmann spent some time in thought before he bet 35,000. Peters immediately grabbed calling chips and fidgeted with them for a while before he tossed them into the middle.
Jachtmann revealed K♥J♠J♥5♠ for a set of jacks. Peters could not beat it, and he sent his cards to the muck in defeat.
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Eyal Balisa made it 2,500 in the cutoff. Bouwe Claushuis three-bet to 14,000 on the button, and Ethan Hunt and Schahin Fard called in the blinds. Balis also came along, and the dealer fanned the K♣A♥7♠ flop.
It checked to Claushuis, who continued for 13,000. Fard called before the remaining two players added their cards to the muck.
The Q♣ turn and 10♥ river then checked to showdown. Claushuis revealed A♠A♣8♥3♦ for top set, good enough to rake in the pot despite the four-liner on the board.
Meanwhile, Abu Saeed had collected some big pots at this table, sitting on two and a half starting stacks in the first level of the day.
Eyal Balisa opened to 2,000 in middle position. Ethan Hunt three-bet to 7,500 in the cutoff, which Schahin Fard cold-called on the button. Sam came along from the big blind, and Balisa called as well.
The J♣4♣A♦ flop checked to Ethan Hunt, who continued with a bet of 11,000. Fard and Sam called before Balisa mucked. The Q♠ turn then checked through to the A♣ river, where Sam led out with a bet of 17,000.
Two quick folds followed, and the chips were pushed Sam's way.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann raised to 3,000 in the cutoff, and Christian P. called in the small blind. Christian P. check-called Jachtmann's continuation-bet of 3,500 on the 3♦Q♣9♥ flop, after which he led out for 6,000 on the 6♥ turn.
Jachtmann tossed in calling chips, but after some thought, he folded when Christian P. bet 15,000 on the 4♠ river.
In the meantime, Pavel Izotov and Ethan Hunt joined the field.
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