Costa Giannakopoulos won a "small bluff" with K♣4♣ on a jack-high board when his opponent had missed a straight draw with eight-nine and gave up the pot.
His son Panayiotis Giannakopoulos dropped to a "short stack" on table two which has a new big stack in Robin Moir. On a K♣8♥3♥ flop, Moir check-raised from 2,100 to 12,100 and forced out Alfred Magani as well as Gavin Sardini.
Steven Radloff raised to 1,200 and picked up two callers before the action reached Harold Brooks in the big blind. He declared all-in for 45,300 and Radloff folded. Dan Zvonaru nodded and opted to call, which also go rid of Fabian Deppe.
Harold Brooks: A♥Q♠ 
Dan Zvonaru: A♣3♣
The 7♣7♠2♦2♣ turn made a split pot likely but Zvonaru had a flush draw. Nothing changed with the 10♦ on the river and they chopped it up.
Three ways with 2,200 each invested to the 10♣9♦6♥ flop, Tome Dinh bet 3,000 and was called by Panayiotis Giannakopoulos and Gavin Sardini. The Q♠ turn was checked and Dinh jammed the 3♣ river for 20,000. Giannakopoulos folded and Sardini called after brief consideration.
Dinh tabled the J♣10♠ but Sardini had that beat with the Q♥8♠ for top pair.
Theuns Prinsloo raised to 1,200 and received three callers to a flop of K♥J♣4♥ on which he checked. Lydia Broodryk bet 3,000 and shut down all opponents as Prinsloo mucked his 7♦7♠, Broodryk flashed her K♣ before collecting the pot.
Whether or not the wrong chip count was given during the break remains to be seen but Maria De Gouveia has a huge stack over on table two. She wasn't involved in the latest hand when Panayiotis Giannakopoulos three-bet to 4,000 and picked up calls by Tome Dinh and Wo LUCKY, who checked the 8♦7♠7♣ flop. Giannakopoulos bet 4,000 and won the pot.
There were only 18,500 in the middle to the A♠4♦2♣6♦4♠ river when Harold Brooks had a T-25,000 chip out in front. Tim Feng then pushed all-in for 67,300 and Brooks called with the A♣8♦ to get shown 2♦2♥ for deuces full of fours.
"Nice hand," Brooks said and paid off the bet.
Three ways to the K♦J♥5♠ flop, Sami Matar in the small blind made it 4,000 to go and was called by Hafiz Juma as well as Manuel Cardoso. He then fired a bet of 12,000 on the 2♥ turn and Juma folded, while Cardoso called.
Matar bet the 10♣ river for 30,000 and that eventually forced a fold.
Level: 3
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
On a flop of A♠K♠9♠, Alvin Pillay had bet 5,000 and was then raised to 12,000 by Dan Zvonaru. After Pillay had given it some thought, he announced fold and flashed the A♣ for the top pair. Zvonaru returned the favour and exposed his 7♠.
The hand unfolded at the very end of level two, which then sent 35 players out of 38 entries remaining into the first 15-minute break.
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