Small blind Thomas Hofmann bet 5,000 into a pot of 15,000 on a flop of Q♠5♦9♣. Marc Fischer sat in the cutoff and raised Hofmann all-in for 16,000 in total.
Hofmann weighed his options for a bit but ultimately stuck in a call.
Thomas Hofmann: J♠J♥ 
Marc Fischer: 9♠8♦
Hofmann's pair of jacks remained ahead on the 4♠ turn, but the 9♥ river made Fischer trips to secure the knockout and rake in the pot.
Ioannis Salonikis on the button had raised a bet of 3,000 to 12,600 on a flop of 4♠10♣7♦. Erich Tedeschi called in early position before Michail Manolakis three-bet to 43,000.
Salonikis mucked his cards before Tedeschi called off his stack of 28,100.
Erich Tedeschi: Q♥10♣
Michail Manolakis: A♠2♠
Tedeschi made trips on the 10♥ turn and Manolakis' flush draw bricked on the 9♣ river, doubling up the Frenchman.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
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Giuseppe Dedoni got his stack of 24,000 in from the button and was at risk against Domenico Di Secli in the big blind.
Giuseppe Dedoni: A♦J♦
Domenico Di Secli: K♦Q♠
Di Secli made top pair on the 8♠10♣K♠ flop, taking the lead in the pot. Neither the 6♠ turn nor the 5♣ river provided help to Dedoni, who was resultingly eliminated.
With 15,000 in the pot, Thomas Hofmann, Pietro Corsi, and Antal Hamza went to a flop of Q♦K♥7♥. Hofman then bet 7,300 from middle position, which Corsi called in the cutoff.
Hamza folded on the button, after which Hofmann quickly moved all in for 12,600 on the 2♦ turn. Corsi snap-called with the covering stack, and the cards were tabled.
Thomas Hofmann: K♠Q♥
Pietro Corsi: A♥A♦
Hofmann had flopped two pair, which remained the best hand on the 10♣ river. He doubled up to nearly two starting stacks, overtaking Corsi in the counts.
A turn of 5♣K♦3♠4♥ was on the table in a pot between Giuseppe Fumi under the gun and Antonino Venneri in the hijack. With 16,000 in the middle, Fumi checked to Venneri, who made a bet of 15,000.
Fumi thought for a while before electing to call, leaving himself just 8,000 behind. Venneri put Fumi all-in on the 10♠ river, receiving an instant check-fold from his opponent.
Fumi showed his 6♠6♥ as he tossed them into the muck, with Venneri returning the favor and tabling K♠Q♠. Michele Fornaro was also on this table, playing a stack of nearly 250 big blinds.
Cem Akman moved in for 5,900 from middle position. It folded to Alain Ferrari in the big blind, who quickly made the call.
Cem Akman: 7♥7♣
Alain Ferrari: A♦10♦
The 3♦8♦K♥ flop brought Ferrari more outs with a flush draw, but the 5♣ turn and 9♣ river brought no further help. Akman doubled up to roughly 20 big blinds, while Ferrari had to make do with less than ten.
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