A pot of around 230,000 had brewed by the river on a board of Q♦9♣6♦3♣2♥, in a hand between Julien Breuil on the button and Ferdinando D'Alessio in the big blind.
D'Alessio check-called a bet of 100,000 from Breuil, but mucked when Breuil tabled A♥Q♠ for top pair queens.
Tobias Peters opened to 24,000 under the gun, and Simone Demasi defended in the big blind.
The 10♣9♣8♣ flop was checked through to the A♦ turn, where Demasi check-called a bet of 35,000 from Peters.
The 7♣ river brought one-card up-and-down straight flush possibilities, and Demasi led out with a blocker sized bet of 30,000. Peters made the call, and tabled A♣Q♥ for the ace-high flush.
Demasi had 8♥6♥ for the low end of the straight, and Peters scooped the pot.
A big pot of 220,000 had developed by the river on a board of 9♥8♥4♦5♠4♣, in a hand between Fabri Cardenia in early position and Stefan Kiwisch in the small blind.
Kiwisch led out with a bet of 155,000, and seemed surprised when Cardenia jammed for 315,000. Kiwisch asked for a count, and after around two minutes of thought, Kiwisch made the call.
Cardenia tabled 5♣5♥ for the rivered full house, and Kiwisch nodded and tabled 7♥6♥ for the straight, as he counted out his debt to Cardenia.
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In a hand that took close to ten minutes to complete, Simone Demasi opened to 25,000 under the gun, and received calls from Vilmos Farkas and Kader Slila in the blinds.
The 10♣9♣4♣ flop was eventually checked through to the 3♠ turn, where Farkas led out with a bet of 20,000, which failed to shake off either opponent.
The 9♥ river completed the board. Farkas fired again with a downsized bet of 30,000, and Slila responded with a raise to 115,000. Demasi ultimately folded after a large period of thought, and after more deliberation, Farkas called.
He was shown the bad news when Slila tabled 3♥3♣ for the turned full house.
Albert Hoekendijk opened to 30,000 under the gun, and was met with a three-bet to 110,000 from Evert Rosseel in the next seat.
Action folded back to Hoekendijk, who quickly four-bet jammed for his 240,000 total stack. He was dismayed to see Rosseel make a snap-call.
Albert Hoekendijk: A♥Q♣ 
Evert Rosseel: A♣A♠
Rosseel had woken up with the goods, and Hoekendijk was drawing dead by the turn on the 10♥9♥9♠10♠10♦ runout.
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Start of Day 3 chip leader Hassan Sey opened from under the gun, and received action from the blinds.
On the A♥K♦4♥ flop, the blinds check-folded versus a bet of 30,000 from Sey.
Dean Clay was all-in for 409,000 and at risk versus Anass Chergui.
Dean Clay: A♦K♣
Anass Chergui: A♠K♦
A split pot seemed all but certain, but the sweat was on for Chergui after the A♣5♣2♣ flop left Clay freerolling.
The Q♥ turn was a brick, but the 9♣ hit on the river to send Clay a crucial double-up, and over the one million mark.
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