More than 40,000 was already in the middle as Andrea Dato and Ryan Plant went heads-up to the 2♥A♦10♠ flop.
Dato then bet 4,500 from middle position and Plant called in the small blind. Both players checked the K♥ turn.
The river was the 4♠ and Plant bet 50,000, enough to put Dato all in. Dato snap-called and turned over A♠A♥ for top set, but Plant had Q♣J♣ for a turned straight to send Dato to the rail.
With around 20,000 in the pot on a board of 4♦4♥10♣J♣, Azamat Tulepbergenov led out for 11,000 from the big blind and Vitalii Pankov called in middle position.
The river was the 6♥ and Tulepbergenov moved all in for 53,500. Pankov called and Tulepbergenov showed 7♠4♣ for trip fours. Pankov flashed a ten before mucking.
A count of the stacks showed Tulepbergenov barely had Pankov covered and Pankov made his exit from the table.
Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are on the first 15-minute break of the day.
The field has swelled to 106 players so far.
Toni Kaukua and Igor Pihela built a pot of around 14,000 as they went heads-up to the 5♠K♠9♥ flop. Pihela then bet from the big blind before Kaukua raised to 12,000 in early position.
Pihela called and the 4♠ fell on the turn. Kaukua then bet another 20,000 and Pihela again called.
Pihela checked over to Kaukua on the 9♠ river and Kaukua this time checked back. Pihela then showed Q♠Q♥, but Kaukua had A♠K♣ for top pair to win the pot.
Heads-up on a board of Q♦7♥7♦4♠ and around 25,000 in the pot, Fabio Peluso bet 22,000 from the big blind before John Doe F raised to 50,000 on the button.
Peluso took a minute before calling as the 6♠ fell on the river. Doe then moved all in for 63,500.
Peluso again went into the tank, taking nearly five minutes until he tossed his cards into the muck.
"Kings?" Doe asked him. He then offered Peluso to show one and Peluso picked the A♣.
"Aces. Second time with aces," tablemate Sultan Meirbekov said.
Peluso's countryman Candido Cappiello recently joined the field and took his seat at this table.
Vasil Giliazetdinov raised to 3,100 in the hijack and Akin Guven called on the button before Aurelijus Sipavicius reraised to 21,100 in early position.
Giliazetdinov took his time before calling. Action then went back on Guven, who tied up some of his chips in a string and began spinning it around for several minutes before he emerged with a reraise to 95,000.
Sipavicius quickly folded, but Giliazetdinov tanked for a few minutes until he gave up his hand.
"Show the bluff," Sipavicius said, but Guven returned his cards face down.
Hadi Khordbin was in the small blind and three-bet to 5,000. Sultan Meirbekov then four-bet to 9,500 in early position. John Doe F, in the cutoff, put in a five-bet to 20,000.
Khordbin went into the tank for several minutes. "Pass. I want to show my hand," he eventually said, keeping his cards beside him as action went on Meirbekov.
"You want to show your hand? Me too," Meirbekov said, tossing AxQx into the muck. Khordbin then showed K♥K♣.
"Aces," he asked Doe, who returned his cards face down.
"100 percent aces," Meirbekov added.
Iulian-Andrei Bleau raised to 1,200 in the cutoff before Morad Qushqar moved all in for 17,500 in the small blind. Vedat Yilmaz called in the big blind, while Bleau got out of the way.
Morad Qushqar: A♠Q♦
Vedat Yilmaz: A♦A♥
Yilmaz had woken up with aces and spiked the last remaining one in the deck on the 7♦4♣A♣ flop to make top set. Qushqar was already drawing dead after the 5♠ turn, while the 10♠ river sealed his early elimination.
Aziz Efe was eliminated shortly after doubling up Antoine Hasbani but immediately jumped back into the field with a fresh stack. Aylar Lie also recently joined the field.
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