Lulei Hu in the small blind jammed to apply pressure on Lorenzo Arduini in the big blind, but Arduini decided to call.
Lorenzo Arduini: K♣10♦
Lulei Hu: Q♠5♥
Arduini was lucky enough to hit trips on 2♠9♣10♠5♣10♣ to secure a double up.
Lulei Hu in the small blind jammed to apply pressure on Lorenzo Arduini in the big blind, but Arduini decided to call.
Lorenzo Arduini: K♣10♦
Lulei Hu: Q♠5♥
Arduini was lucky enough to hit trips on 2♠9♣10♠5♣10♣ to secure a double up.
Milan Aloric opened to 695,000 from the button. Manig Loeser to his left three-bet all in, and Aloric called with the 100,000 grey chip he had left.
Milan Aloric: A♠5♠
Manig Loeser: K♠Q♠
Loeser flopped two pair on K♦2♠Q♣10♥4♠ and sent Aloric to the rail.
Tudor Zapsa moved all in for 400,000 from middle position and Marcin Kacprzak called in the big blind.
Tudor Zapsa: Q♠9♠
Marcin Kacprzak: 9♦9♥
Kacprzak had Zapsa looking for a queen to survive, but he couldn't connect with the 5♣K♦2♦A♥2♥ board and was sent to the rail.
Gabriel Rymar opened to 100,000 from the hijack, and was met with a three-bet jam from Viorel Gavrila in the big blind with the covering stack.
Rymar looked pained, and took a bit of time before committing the rest of his 1,130,000 total stack to the middle.
Gabriel Rymar: A♦J♦
Viorel Gavrila: A♠3♠
Rymar had Gavrila dominated, but the 7♠5♠5♣ flop spelled danger, giving Gavrila the flush draw.
The 4♥ turn gave Gavrila further outs to the straight, but the 10♦ river was a brick, much to Rymar's delight.
Lulei Hu raised to 110,000 in early position, Claudio Daffina moved all in for 310,000 in the cutoff, and Hu called.
Claudio Daffina: K♦Q♥
Lulei Hu: 10♣10♠
The flop came K♠9♠8♣ to give Daffina the lead with a pair of kings, while the rest of the board ran out 3♠6♥ and Daffina doubled up.
At the same time at an adjacent table, Eduard Bagrov was all in for his last 400,000 from the button and up against Przemyslaw Szymanski in the cutoff.
Eduard Bagrov: A♥J♦
Przemyslaw Szymanski: 8♥8♣
Bagrov had no such luck against Szymanski's pocket pair as he couldn't connect with the 10♥4♥5♠9♥3♣ board, sending him to the rail.
Lulei Hu opened to 110,000 from the hijack, and was met with a three-bet jam to 700,000 from Mario Scalia in the cutoff.
Action folded back to Hu, who made a quick call.
Mario Scalia: K♥K♣
Lulei Hu: A♥10♠
Scalia was in great shape, but was disgusted when the ace was in the window on the A♠9♣7♣ flop, throwing his hands in the air and looking to the heavens in frustration.
He could not find a two-outer on the 10♥ turn or 6♦ river, and was forced to head to the payout desk.
Robert Seelen shoved the cutoff for around five big blinds and he was put at risk by Zakaria Nadmi on the button.
Robert Seelen: A♠8♥
Zakaria Nadmi: 7♠7♥
Nadmi had a pair of sevens, and when neither player improved on the 4♥K♣Q♦J♣Q♥ runout, he scooped the pot and sent Seelen out.
Heads-up on a flop of 3♠6♥10♦, Zoltan Vrancsik in middle position bet 130,000 and Antonello Ferraiuolo in the big blind check-called.
Both players checked the 6♠ turn leading to the 3♥ river where Ferraiuolo led out for 260,000. Vrancsik had no issues calling with K♦K♥ to scoop the pot.
Bogdan Ilies moved all in for 735,000 in early position and Miroslav Matula reshoved for 1,450,000 in middle position. Action folded to Gabriel Rymar on the button who also moved all in, and the blinds got out of the way.
Bogdan Ilies: A♦Q♥
Miroslav Matula: A♠Q♠
Gabriel Rymar: A♥K♠
Rymar had both opponents dominated and was poised to score the massive double knockout as the flop came 6♠5♠4♣, but Matula spiked the 3♠ on the turn to make the nut flush. The river was the 10♠ and Matula doubled up off Rymar while sending Ilies to the rail.
"Very hot. Spicy," tablemate David Nemes said to Matula after the hand.