After some raising back and forth between Giorgi Barabadze and Andrei Spataru, Barabadze got his stack of 200,000 into the middle with Spataru making the call to try and eliminate him.
Giorgi Barabadze: Q♥Q♣ 
Andrei Spataru: K♣K♠
Both players held premium pocket pairs, but it was Spataru with cowboys who was ahead. Barabadze was unable to find a queen on the J♣4♣4♦A♦7♥ runout, and all of his chips were sent over to Spataru.
Aliaksandr Shylko raised to 16,000 under the gun before Carlos Spoddig three-bet to 73,000 in the big blind. Shylko called and they saw a flop of K♥4♦2♣.
Spoddig then bet 32,000 and Shylko called. Spoddig checked the K♣ turn and Shylko bet 57,000. Spoddig called and the 3♦ fell on the river.
Spoddig checked over to Shylko once more, and this time Shylko took several minutes before announcing all in for 149,000. Spoddig snap-called and turned over Q♣Q♠, but Shylko had A♥A♦ to win the pot and double up.
Renji Mao was getting up out of his chair, looking slightly stunned as his A♣K♦ came off worst against Elias Vaaraniemi's 4♥4♣ on a board of 3♠3♥2♦5♦4♦.
Mao had rivered a straight, but the river was also good to Vaaraniemi, who was ahead the whole way, and had improved from two pair to a full house.
Mario Colavita opened to 16,000 from early position, and Michael Adam defended the big blind.
On the Q♦6♥3♠ flop, Adam check-called versus a bet of 30,000 from Colavita.
That was the end of the action as the 2♣ turn and 6♠ river were checked through, and Colavita mucked when Adam tabled Q♣9♦ for two pair, queens and sixes.
Robert Ashelm raised to 16,000 under the gun and Roberto Manfredi called in early position. Luigi Pignataro then three-bet to 46,000 in middle position, and both opponents called.
The flop came K♦9♥3♥ and Pignataro bet 51,000. Ashelm called, but Manfredi then moved all in for 349,000. Pignataro called for his last 70,000, while Ashelm shot up from his seat and asked the dealer to confirm Manfredi's stack before he also slammed in a tower of chips to call.
Luigi Pignataro: A♦A♣
Roberto Manfredi: 3♦3♠
Robert Ashelm: K♥Q♥
Ashelm had top pair with a flush draw, Pignataro showed two aces, but Manfredi was in the lead with a set. The Q♦ turn gave Ashelm additional outs with two pair, but Manfredi held on through the 10♣ river to scoop the pot. Pignataro was eliminated, while Manfredi earned the double up off Ashelm.
Pascal Pflock raised to 16,000 from the cutoff and Pascal Pflock three-bet out of the small blind to 65,000. Once the big blind folded, Calamusa four-bet to 160,000. Pflock five-bet ripped it, and Calamusa called for his stack of 551,000 total.
Pierre Calamusa :K♥K♠
Pascal Pflock: A♥K♦
It was a cooler that would see either Calamusa or Pflock win a seven-figure pot. Calamusa's cowboys remained ahead on the 8♥5♥Q♠9♦4♣ runout and he doubled up, while Pflock was left with under 20 big blinds.
Alessio La Francesca jammed from the small blind for around 39,000, and was looked up by Timofey Asmolov in the big blind.
Alessio La Francesca: A♠4♥
Timofey Asmolov: K♦2♦
La Francesca was ahead, but the king was in the window on the K♣7♥6♥ flop, and he could not find an ace on the 9♣ turn or Q♥ river.
Heads-up on a flop of 2♣J♥4♣, Ratmir Kesidis bet 36,000 from the big blind and Simon Wilson called in middle position.
The turn was the 9♠ and Kesidis bet another 50,000. Wilson again called and the 6♠ fell on the river. Kesidis then bet 80,000.
Wilson slammed his chips on the table and went deep into the tank, taking nearly five minutes before flicking in a chip to signify a call. Kesidis showed A♦5♣ for ace-high, while Wilson turned over A♥A♣ and took the pot.
Luka Bojovic jammed from the button for around 65,000 and Vlastimil Pustina made the call out of the big blind.
Luka Bojovic: A♦J♥
Vlastimil Pustina: 4♦4♣
Bojovic's ace-jack remained unimproved on the K♣8♦10♦5♦4♥ runout, and Pustina's set of fours won the pot, sending Bojovic to the rail.
At a nearby table, Axel Bayout was seen leaving his seat and hd also been eliminated.
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