Pasquale Grimaldi raised to 65,000 from early position and Damian Salas moved all in for 528,000 out of the big blind. Grimaldi called and had a kicker problem.
Salas: 
Grimaldi: 
The board ran out 
and Salas shot out of his seat and gave the fist pump, taking a big portion of Grimaldi's stack.
Julian Stuer raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Natasha Barbour called on the button, as did Connor Drinan in the small blind. On the 
flop, Drinan checked and Stuer continued for 130,000. Barbour folded and Drinan called.
After the 
turn, Drinan check-called a bet worth 360,000 befoe checking again the 
river. Stuer shoved for around 1.15 million and Drinan gave it plenty of thought, more than three minutes, then folded.
Mike McDonald open-shoved for around 335,000 from the cutoff and the action folded to Pasquale Grimaldi in the big blind. The Romanian, living in Italy for more than eight years already, peeked at his cards and then called.
McDonald: 
Grimaldi: 
The board ran out 
and that was it for McDonald.
Benjamin Pollak raised to 55,000 from early position and was three-bet by Iliodoros Kamatakis for all but 1,000 of his remaining 154,000. The remaining players folded, although some thought long and hard about it, before Benjamin Pollak called.
"You put this one in now?" asked Kamtakis.
"Later," replied Pollak.
Pollak put the 1,000 chip in on a 
board and the cards were turned over. Kamatakis held 
and Pollak 
. The turn was the 
and the river the ensuring the double up for Kamatakis.
Kamatakis was all in the very next hand 373,000, and took down the blinds and antes.
Niveau: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
Davidi Kitai moved all in for 373,000 and Jiri Horak called. The flop was 
and Horak remarked at how many outs Kitai had. The turn was the which wasn't one of them, but the river was the which gave Kitai a straight, which was enough to double through his Czech opponent.
Patrick Leonard opened to 53,000 from the cutoff and Natasha Barbour three-bet to 180,000 out of the small blind. The big blind folded but Patrick Leonard called.
The flop came and both players checked. Barbour led for 180,000 on the turn and Leonard folded.
Shan Huang raised to 55,000 out of the small blind and Joseph Cheong defended the big blind. On the 
flop, Huang shoved for around 230,000 and Cheong called.
Huang:
Cheong:
The 
turn improved Cheong to trips, and he even made a full house on the river to eliminate Huang and reduce the field to the last 30 hopefuls.
Anthony Zinno raised from the cutoff and Oleksii Khoroshenin defended the big blind. On the 
flop, Khoroshenin check-called a bet of 75,000 and checked again the 
turn. Zinno moved all in for 589,000 and Khoroshenin was sent into the think tank. Eventually, the clock was called on the former EPT Vienna champion and with two seconds left, Khoroshenin folded.
One table over, Jean Ferreira checked out of the big blind on the flop of 
. Ari Engel on the button bet 60,000 and Ferreira called. After the 
turn, Ferreira check-called a second bet worth 140,000 and checked again the 
river. Engel announced all in and Ferreira gave him a brief stare down before folding.
Oleksii Khoroshenin raised to 44,000 from the hijack and Aliaksei Boika three-bet all in for his remaining 376,000. Khoroshenin thought before calling.
Boika turned over 
while Khoroshenin held .
The flop was 
, and with the 
on the turn it looked like Boika was going to secure an early double up, but the river was the 
, sending the Belarussian to the rail, and bolstering Khoroshenin's stack.
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