Vilmos Farkas opened to 7,500, and received a call from Olivier Monnier, before Efrim Erdinc produced a three-bet to 21,500. Farkas folded but Monnier stuck around for the flop.
On the J♥10♣4♠ flop, Monnier check-folded versus a bet of 16,500 from Erdinc.
Ziggy Baetens was all-in for 55,000 and at risk versus Aurel Bogdan.
Ziggy Baetens: J♠10♠
Aurel Bogdan: 10♣10♦
Baetens was in trouble with a single overcard, and he whiffed the 5♣3♦2♣Q♣K♣ runout.
A pot of around 80,000 had brewed on a completed board of 9♣6♦4♣5♣J♠, in a hand between Noortje Verstegen and Benjamin Hammann.
Verstegen jammed the river for around 95,000, and Hamman went deep into the tank.
After at least two minutes of thought, Hamman sighed and sent his cards to the dealer, with Verstegen letting out a deep exhale of breath in relief after his cards hit the muck.
Around 50,000 was in the middle already on a flop of Q♥8♣2♦, in a hand between Francesco Pillitteri in early position and Julien Breuil in middle position.
Pillitteri check-called versus a bet of 15,000, to bring about the 5♠ turn. That street was checked through to the K♥ river, where both players were content to go to showdown.
Pillitteri tabled 3♣3♥ for a pair of threes, but Breuil had the best of it with J♥J♠.
Hassan Sey opened to 6,500 from the cutoff, and was met with a three-bet jam to 91,500 from Sabare Atmani in the small blind.
Matteo Condemi was in the big blind, and after asking for a count and some further thought, he cold-called, forcing Sey to get out of the way.
Sabare Atmani: Q♥J♦
Matteo Condemi: J♣J♥
Atmani looked in trouble with a single overcard, but the K♦10♠4♦ flop brought hope, giving him an up and down straight draw.
The 2♠ turn was a brick, but the Q♣ hit on the river to send Atmani the double-up with a pair of queens.
Dionke Ba opened to 6,000 from early position, and was met with a three-bet jam to 33,000 from Eric Denizart. Action folded back to Ba, who called after a brief period of thought.
Eric Denizart: J♥J♠
Dionke Ba: 4♠4♥
Denizart had Ba crushed, and he ended up with the higher flush after the four heart K♥Q♥Q♣A♥6♥ runout sent him the double-up.
Irish Open 2025 runner-up Umberto Ruggeri opened to 6,000 from the cutoff, and received a call from Miguel Coussement in the big blind,
Coussement check-called a bet of 11,500 from Ruggeri on the A♠7♦5♦ flop, leading to the 9♣ turn.
Here Coussement changed approach, leading out with a bet of 13,000. Ruggeri seemed slightly perplexed by the change in tact, and took quite a while before he made the call.
The 6♥ river completed the board, bringing one-card straight possibilities. Coussement took around 90 seconds before firing out a bet of 70,000.
Ruggeri sighed and sat back in his chair, before he ultimately sent his cards to the dealer after about two minutes of thought.