Mounir Tajiou raised to 60,000 in middle position with 3♥3♣, Alejandro Ganivet called with 6♠6♣ in the small blind, while Eric Rabut also defended 5♥5♦.
The flop came K♠Q♣Q♠ and Tajiou bet 80,000. Both opponents quickly folded and Tajiou, with the lowest pocket pair among them, took the pot.
Alejandro Ganivet raised to 60,000 in middle position and Mounir Tajiou called in the big blind.
Ganivet bet 40,000 on the 9♠8♣4♦ flop and Tajiou called. The turn was the Q♦ and Ganivet bet another 100,000.
Tajiou again called and checked over to Ganivet on the K♦ river, and this time Ganivet checked back.
Tajiou showed Q♠9♦ for two pair and Ganivet mucked K♣7♣.
Tristan Forge raised to 75,000 in early position and Alejandro Ganivet called with 7♥7♦ in middle position. Javier Tsunamy also came along from the button and they went three-handed to the K♠6♣6♦ flop.
Forge checked and Ganivet bet 75,000. Tsunamy quickly folded 9♠8♠, while Forge gave it some thought but also eventually mucked A♦10♦.
Alejandro Ganivet raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and Bogdan Vulcan called in the big blind.
The flop came K♦8♥3♥ and Ganivet bet 45,000. Vulcan called to see the 7♥ turn as action checked to the 7♦ river.
Vulcan then bet 75,000 and Ganivet called. Vulcan showed K♠9♥, but Ganivet had K♥J♠ and took the pot with two pair, jack-kicker.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
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Pablo Redrado raised to 50,000 in middle position as action folded to Bogdan Vulcan, who looked down at K♠K♣ in the small blind.
He three-bet to 220,000 and Redrado quickly folded A♣J♠.
In a limped pot between the blinds, Luigi Macaluso bet 25,000 on a flop of Q♦8♥4♦ holding 6♣4♥ and Eric Rabut called with 10♣9♠.
Both players checked the 8♦ turn. Rabut also checked the 7♦ river and Macaluso bet another 50,000 with his pair of fours. Rabut quickly folded.
Eric Rabut raised to 60,000 in middle position and Javier Tsunamy three-bet to 170,000 in the cutoff. Rabut then moved all in for 550,000 and Tsunamy snap-called.
Eric Rabut: K♠Q♠ 
Javier Tsunamy: Q♦Q♣
Rabut was looking for a king to stay alive as the J♦10♥8♣ flop also gave him a straight draw. The turn brought the K♥ to give him the lead, while the river was the 6♣ and Rabut doubled up.
Javier Tsunamy limped in from the small blind with K♠10♥ and Mounir Tajiou checked back 9♣2♥.
Tsunamy checked over to Tajiou on the Q♦Q♣J♣ flop and Tajiou bet 35,000. Tsunamy called with his straight draw as the K♣ turn improved him to two pair.
Tsunamy again checked and Tajiou bet 80,000 this time. Tsunamy called to the A♠ river, where Tajiou bet 175,000.
Tsunamy tanked for a minute before calling as Tajiou mucked his cards, allowing Tsunamy to take down the pot without a showdown.
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