In four-way action to the flop on the feature table, Jon Persent bet 2,000 and was called only by Radoslaw Matyjaszczyk with the for an open-ender. Persent held the for a flush draw and paired up on the turn, betting again to win the pot.
Persent then got involved with the against Alan Sexton, who remained in contention with the in the cutoff. On the flop, Sexton raised from 2,200 to 4,800 for Persent to call. The fell on the turn and Persent check-jammed when Sexton bet 11,000 for half his stack.
Sexton called it off for 20,300 total with the gutshot and nut flush draw but bricked the river to hit the rail.
In a battle cutoff versus button, the turn showed and Lennart Dijkkamp bet 4,600. Tony Westby called from one seat over by tossing in a single T-5,000 chip and the river completed the board.
Dijkkamp now slowed down and checked, which led to a bet worth 14,000 by Westby. That was enough to avoid a showdown as Dijkkamp got out of the way after short consideration.
With around 10,000 in the middle to the turn, Mats Karlsson made it 6,000 to go out of the big blind. Jussi Heikela was his sole remaining opponent and raised it up to 13,000.
That sent Karlsson, a former runner-up of the EPT Malta Main Event at the Portomaso Casino around the corner from this very venue, into a brief tank. He then opted to fold and Heikela raked in the pot.
Karlsson opened to 1,000 shortly after and folded when a short stack pushed. Jenny Israel also got a three-bet shove through on the same table, which she concluded with a smile on the face and "thank you".
Following a heads-up turn of , Sebastian Lohunko check-raised from 1,100 to 3,500 and picked up a call by Levente Szabo. The on the river was checked by both players and Lohunko tabled the for treys and fives with a missed gutshot.
Szabo had that beat with the for superior two pair and raked in the pot.
In the last hand before the break, Daniel Fantoli five-bet jammed into Juho Santala and Baard Dahl. Both Scandinavians were more than happy to get their chips in as Fantoli was in dire shape.
Daniel Fantoli:
Juho Santala:
Baard Dahl:
The board came and the jacks found no help as Fantoli's stack was chopped between Santala and Dahl.