Alexandr Merzhvinskii pushed into a raise by Francisco Pinho Correia and the latter called for 67,200 with the 
. Merzhvinskii only had 
and the kicker played on a board of 
to let the Portuguese double.
Jean Paul Zaffran shoved for just 33,200 in the small blind with 
and Alex Komaromi quickly called with the 
in the big blind. The board came 
and Zaffran rivered trips to stay in.
From middle position, Maksim Prokhorov opened for 7,500. His neighbor Jose Latorre called from the hijack and Simeon Naydenov squeezed to 28,500 from the cutoff. The button, blinds, and Prokhorov folded, Latorre called.
Latorre check-called another 18,500 on 
before checking again on the 
hit the turn. Naydenov shoved all in for 107,000 and Latorre tank-folded.
Adrian Mateos has touched 300k after getting two streets of value on an 
board. Mateos had raised from under the gun and got a call in late position. After both players checked the flop, Mateos bet 9,000 on the turn and 25,000 on the river.
The Spaniard received the calls and showed 
to win the hand.
Maksim Prokhorov, who's seated to Jose Latorre's right, has taken the chip lead from his neighbor. In one of the hands that got him there, Prokhorov dragged a 150k pot with on a 
board, when Latorre was caught bluffing with 
.
Jasper Meijer van Putten, the Dutchman who won the last-ever EPT back in Prague 2016 for €699,300, has an impressive stack in front of him all of the sudden. He told us he first doubled from 100,000 to 200,000 getting it in with aces versus ace-king and winning.
He added another 100,000 when a player in middle position opened for 6,000. Meijer van Putten defended his big blind with 
and check-called a bet of 8,000 on 
. Meijer van Putten lead for 21,000 on the 
turn and bet another 47,000 on the 
river. He got called both times, but his opponent mucked after being shown trips.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
In a preflop raising war, Mudasser Hussain four-bet shoved 60,000 after Juri Mereu had three-bet in late position. Mereu made the call.
Juri Mereu: 
Mudasser Hussain:
The board ran out 
and Mereu rose to more than 300k.
On the turn of a heads-up board of 
, Asi Moshe bet 16,500 and Alexander Gross called. Moshe also bet the river for 45,500 and Gross stacked together a call. However, he took another minute and mucked the face up.
"I really wanted the call," Moshe said while he was raking in the pot. The player from Israel, who already has a WSOP bracelet and several deep runs in Las Vegas, made the trip over to Europe and stands on an above-average stack.
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