Luca Topazio under the gun with K♣10♠ raised to 550,000, Matteo Ricco In the small blind clicked back to 775,000 with A♦9♣ and Topazio called.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♠4♦K♦ and Ricco continued for 500,000. Topazio called and both players checked the 7♥ turn.
The 7♦ river didn't bring more action and Ricco won the hand with two pair.
In another blind versus blind situation, Luca Topazio who limped with K♣8♦ checked a flop of 6♥3♣6♠. Radoslaw Kopec with 9♦5♦ in the big blind bet 250,000 and was called.
Both players checked the 6♣ turn leading to the 4♠ river which was checked by Topazio.
Kopec bet 900,000 but Topazio caught him bluffing by calling and scooped the pot.
Luca Topazio in the small blind limped with A♣K♣ so Radoslaw Kopec in the big blind with 8♦5♠ only had to check his option to find a flop of 4♣5♥A♠.
Topazio bet 300,000 and was called but checked the 3♥ turn. Kopec seized this opportunity to bet 450,00. Topazio called.
The 10♦ river was checked by both players so Topazio revealed his top pair to take the pot.
Level: 30
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Radoslaw Kopec opened to 700,000 from under the gun with A♠4♠ and faced Luca Topazio who defended from the big blind with A♥3♥.
Kopec flopped trips on 4♥2♠4♦ so he continued for 225,000. Topazio check-called and checked the 8♠ turn. Kopec fired a second barrel to 950,000 and Topazio called again.
The 6♣ river was checked by Topazio who saw Kopec bet 4,100,000. Topazio went into the tank for a few seconds but folded.
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Radoslaw Kopec under the gun opened to 500,000 but Luca Topazio in the big blind three-bet to 1,150,000. Kopec decided to four-bet all-in for 6,375,000 and Topazio called.
Radoslaw Kopec: A♣2♣ 
Luca Topazio: J♠J♣
Topazio found jacks again and was on his way to score another elimination on 8♥7♥K♦4♦, but Kopec hit the A♦ river to double up.
Luca Topazio opened to 400,000 from under the gun. Aleksandar Georgiev in the cutoff raised all-in for 1,875,000 and Topazio called.
Aleksandar Georgiev: K♠10♦
Luca Topazio: J♠J♦
Georgiev failed to improve on a board of 8♥9♣A♣A♦5♠ and was eliminated in fifth place.
Luca Topazio raised to 450,000 from the cutoff with 10♦6♦. Aleksandar Georgiev on the button went deep into the tank but folded 4♥4♣. Matteo Ricco in the big blind however called with A♥7♣.
Both players quickly checked a flop of 8♣5♠10♠, and Ricco checked the 5♦ turn as cell. Topazio with two pair bet 525,000 and was called by Ricco who hit the A♦ river.
He checked and won the pot after Topazio checked back.
Alberto Cigliano jammed for 1,825,000 from under the gun. Matteo Ricco on the button called with 9♦9♣ but Lucas van den Belt in the small blind raised all-in for approximately 8,600,000. Facing this raise, Ricco folded.
Alberto Cigliano: K♣Q♠
Lucas van den Belt: A♠A♦
Cigliano ran into aces ut found a straight draw on 8♥J♥10♣. The 7♥ turn and the Q♦ river however didn't help him and he was eliminated.
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