A three-way all-in and call situation occurred on Table 8 with Samatar Gelle in the big blind at risk for 86,000 against the button and the small blind.
Samatar Gelle: Q♦Q♠ 
Button: A♥10♦
Small blind: 9♠9♦
Gelle flopped a set on 3♥4♣Q♣2♣8♣ and secured a triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
Two times WSOP bracelet winner Ilija Savevski opened from middle position, then Umberto Ruggeri in the big blind three-bet to 41,000. Savevski four-bet all-in for 195,000 and Ruggeri eventually made the call.
Ilija Savevski: K♠K♥
Umberto Ruggeri: J♣J♠
The dealer fanned a board of 7♣7♥6♣10♦7♠ and Savevski doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
399,000
320,500
|
320,500 |
The action was picked up on a board of A♦9♥9♣K♥7♦ with roughly 150,000 in the pot. Marcello Rocca in the small blind moved all-in, and Anatoly Savin in the cutoff quickly called.
Anatoly Savin: K♠K♦
Marcello Rocca: A♠9♦
Rocca jammed with a full house, but Savin hit a better full house on the turn to double his 177,000 chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
120,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
Cars went on their backs on Table 3 with the cutoff at risk for 185,000 against Jean-Marc Chiba on the button.
Cutoff: A♦A♥
Jean-Marc Chiba: J♣10♣
After the flop of 8♠5♦7♣, Chiba was lucky enough to hit a straight with the 9♥ turn to send his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
970,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
1,033,000
|
1,033,000 |
|
|
755,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
735,000
442,500
|
442,500 |
|
670,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
635,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
|
620,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
|
570,000
87,500
|
87,500 |
|
545,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
525,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
510,000
30,500
|
30,500 |
|
500,000
424,000
|
424,000 |
|
|
400,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
|
|
375,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
320,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
|
275,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The 188 remaining players are on a 15-minute break.
A player jammed for 18,000 from middle position and he was called by Moundir Zoughari in the cutoff. Ken Beckers in the big blind raised all-in for approximately 160,000. It didn't take long for Moundir to call.
Middle position player: K♥Q♠
Ken Beckers: A♥Q♥
Moundir Zoughari: 5♦5♥
The middle position didn't hide his joy when he hit top pair on the river to triple up on 3♦10♥9♠4♣K♠. "Take my friend, with pleasure", Moundir said while he was taking the side pot which included all of Beckers' chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
781,500
68,500
|
68,500 |
|
Busted |
Heads-up on a flop of 10♦A♣K♦, Alban Beysson on the button bet 5,000 and he was called by the big blind.
Both players checked the 7♦ turn leading to the 9♠ river.
The big blind checked and saw Beysson moved all-in for 60,000. The big blind went into the tank but folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
After the dealer fanned a board of 7♥3♠J♥A♥8♣, a player in the hijack was seen walking away after he lost his last 112,500 against Claudio Polonia in the small blind.
Hijack: Q♠Q♦
Claudio Polonia: 3♣3♥
Polonia cracked queens with a set and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
126,500
|
126,500 |
