Christian Alilovic opeend to 1,600 from middle position and was called by Mohamed Mamouni in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The A♣9♥7♠ flop was checked through to Alilovic, who slid out a bet of 2,500. Mamouni called and the big blind folded.
The 9♠ turn was checked through. The A♠ river completed the board, and Mamouni check-folded versus a bet of 4,500 from Alilovic.
Around 28,000 was in the middle on a completed board of 8♣K♣6♥9♠4♣ , and Roberto Ghidini fired out a bet of 17,200. His opponent, Vincenzo Suriano went into the tank.
After about 90 seconds of thought, Suriano folded, showing A♠K♠ for top pair kings as he did so.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Around 20,000 was in the middle on a board of 4♥3♥4♦10♣9♣, with a short-stacked player all-in and betting on the side between Gaspare Triolo and Tomas Patka.
On the river, Triolo led out with a bet of 8,000 and Patka called.
Triolo had 4♣2♥ for trip fours, Patka had K♥10♠ for a pair of tens and the all-in player had A♠7♦ for ace-high, sending him to the rail and a decent pot to Triolo.
Giulio Di Salvo opened to 1,200 from the cutoff, and was faced with three-bet by Yoann Gimenez on the button to 3,700. Joey Sint cold-called in the small blind, and after some thought, Gimenez called as well.
The J♥9♣6♦ flop was checked through by all players.
On the K♦ turn, Sint led out with a bet of 2,000, which only Di Salvo called.
The 4♥ river completed the board and Sint led out with a bet of 5,000. After some thought, Di Salvo raised to 17,000. Sint called but was shown the bad news when Di Salvo turned over J♣J♦ for top set.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
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The players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
David Sallan opened to 800 in early position and was faced with a three-bet to 2,600 by Richard Hare in the next seat. Lukas Van Eeden cold-called in middle position, as did Rusen Mat in the big blind. Sallan also made the call.
The A♣J♠K♥ flop was checked through by all players.
On the 5♥ turn, Mat led out with a bet of 4,000, Sallan folded, Hare called and Van Eeden folded.
The 6♦ river completed the board, and Mat fired out a bet of 13,000, but instantly mucked when he was called by Hare.
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