On the tail end of a Q♦5♣2♥4♠9♦ board in a battle of the blinds, Michail Manolakis check-called a bet of 155,000 by Gerald Karlic. The latter showed 9♣6♠ for a rivered pair of nines and Manolakis won the hand with the Q♣6♣.
Roberto Manfredi then got it in with the A♦K♦ and was up against Bastian Gallitzendoerfer on the button with the A♣Q♠. The J♠7♠7♣9♠J♦ board ensured the split pot.
Teemu Jaatinen opened to 50,000 from early position, before Florian Thumm produced a three-bet to 160,000 from the cutoff.
Michael Adam was in the small blind, and he took some time for thought before four-bet jamming for 515,000. Jaatinen quickly folded, and Thumm, who was just covered by Adam, got the rest of his stack in the middle.
Florian Thumm: A♦K♠ 
Michael Adam: K♦K♥
Thumm had a premium but he was in bad shape, and he could not connect with the Q♥5♥5♦2♣Q♣ runout.
Adrian Cazacu made it 50,000 to go from middle position and Bastian Dohler called on the button. Max Neugebauer squeezed to 170,000 out of the small blind, and once the big blind folded, Cazacu four-bet jammed for 545,000. Dohler folded, but Neugebauer took another look at his cards before making the call.
Adrian Cazacu: Q♠Q♥
Max Neugebauer: A♣A♠
Neugebauer had Cazacu crushed and would see his stack soar to over a million if his aces held up.
Neugebauer kept the lead on the J♣10♣4♦ flop and K♣ turn. Cazacu couldn't find any of the cards he needed on the 2♣ river as Neugebauer improved to the ace-high flush.
Cazazcu headed to the cashier's desk and Neugebauer's stack grew to roughly 1,400,000.
Martin Kabrhel raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Jan-Willem Nijmeijer called in the big blind.
Kabrhel continued for 30,000 on the 8♠4♣3♥ flop and Nijmeijer called.
The turn was the 5♥ and Kabrhel bet another 310,000. Nijmeijer again called and the Q♦ fell on the river. Kabrhel then bet 560,000. Nijmeijer tanked for a moment but eventually folded.
Serkan Kuru flashed a triangle symbol to indicate he was moving all in for 320,000 under the gun, and Alberto Speranzoni called in the big blind.
Serkan Kuru: A♠A♣
Alberto Speranzoni: A♥Q♥
Kuru showed two aces and was a big favorite to double up as the Q♣4♣8♥ flop gave Speranzoni some hope with a pair. The rest of the board ran out 3♣5♣ and Kuru doubled up.
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
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Georgios Tsouloftas raised to 40,000 on the button and Ran Ilani and Bastian Dohler called in the blinds.
The flop came K♣J♦4♣ and Tsouloftas bet another 40,000. Only Dohler called this time.
The 7♦ fell on the turn and Tsouloftas bet 225,000. Dohler again called and the 2♥ fell on the river.
Both players checked and Dohler instantly mucked his cards, allowing Tsouloftas to win the pot without showing. Adrian Cazacu then burst out laughing.
"Why are you laughing?" Ilani asked him.
"I don't know. He might have had five-high," Cazacu replied as Tsouloftas simply flashed a smile.
Leon Veehof raised to 40,000 in the hijack and Martin Kabrhel called in the cutoff. Pierre Calamusa then moved all in for 175,000 on the button.
Jan-Willem Nijmeijer put in a four-bet to 300,000 in the big blind, and only Kabrhel called. The flop came 10♦8♦3♦ and Nijmeijer bet 175,000. Kabrhel quickly folded.
Pierre Calamusa: A♥K♥
Jan-Willem Nijmeijer: A♦K♦
Nijmeijer had flopped the nut flush to leave Calamusa already drawing dead. The rest of the board came J♠Q♦ and Calamusa was sent to the rail.
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