Action folded to Heni Mokni on the button, who opened to 2,500, only to be met with a three-bet to 6,500 from Tal Sardal in the small blind. The big blind folded and Mokni called.
Sardal continued with a bet of 7,000 on the 7♣3♣7♥ flop and Mokni folded.
Davide Brancale opened to 2,100 under the gun and was faced with a three-bet to 5,500 from Francesco Unguendoli in the next seat. Action folded back to Brancale, who called.
On the J♠7♦6♦ flop, Brancale checked to his opponent. Unguendoli reached for chips and fired out a big bet of 12,000. After about a minute's thought, Brancale let his hand go.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The players have been sent on their second 15-minute break of the day.
Adrian Chua opened to 2,100 and received calls from Francesco Unguendoli in the cutoff, Azzouzi Zakaria on the button, and Sahil Chuttani in the big blind.
On the Q♦9♥3♠ flop, Chuttani checked to Chua, who fired out a bet of 2,500, receiving calls from Unguendoli and Zakaria.
The 7♦ rolled off on the turn, and Chua continued with the aggression, sliding out a bet of 9,700, leading to swift folds from both of his opponents.
Action folded to Teddy Ascenzi on the button, who moved all in for 12,000. Irish Open ambassador Chris Dowling was in the big blind, and after asking for a count, made the call.
Teddy Ascenzi: K♥Q♦ 
Chris Dowling: A♠9♣
Ascenzi was behind, but the Q♣9♠6♦ flop but him into the lead with top pair queens, while Dowling had second pair nines.
The A♣ rolled off on the turn to propel Dowling into the lead with two pair, and Ascnezi tapped the table and was out of his chair. However the Q♥ hit on the river to give Ascenzi trip queens and send him a timely double-up.
The board read K♦6♠9♥10♠5♠ and around 31,000 was in the middle in a hand between Paul Runcan and Herve Gouzil.
Runcan fired out a bet of 16,000, but was met with a three-bet jam from Gouzil for around 40,000. After some thought, Runcan folded. His opponent smiled and assured him it was "a good fold".
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Jay Patel opened to 1,200 under the gun and was called by Isabel Baltazar in the next seat, and Roberto Armato in the big blind.
On the A♠8♦3♥ flop, Armato checked to Patel, who fired out a bet of 1,600. Baltazar called and Armato folded.
The 2♣ rolled off on the turn, and Patel check-folded versus a bet of 2,500 from Baltazar.
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