Alexandros Kolonias raised to 6,000 and Anton Astapau as well as Mike McDonald in the blinds called. On the flop, Astapau led for 2,400 and both opponents called.
After the turn, all three checked before Astapau then bet 13,000 on the river. McDonald quickly folded, as did Kolonias, awarding the pot to Astapau.
Andreas Goeller started the action with a raise to 6,000 from the button and Sylvain Loosli three-bet to 21,000 from one seat over in the small blind. Goeller called and they headed to the flop. Loosli bet 18,000 and Goeller called.
On the turn, Loosli checked and Goeller checked behind. The river brought a fourth club and Loosli bet 42,500. After very brief consideration, Goeller called and Loosli turned over his . Goeller had that beat with and won the last hand before heading into the break.
Anthony Zinno opened to 5,500 from middle position, Martin Kozlov called from the cutoff, and Murad Akhundov called on the button. Byron Kaverman three-betted to 22,000 from the big blind, getting Zinno out of the way. Kozlov and Akhundov committed the extra chips, creating a three-way pot.
The flop came and Kaverman checked. Kozlov bet 16,500, Akhundov snap-folded, and Kaverman called after some deliberation. On the turn, Kaverman checked again. This time, Kozlov casually flicked three 25,000 chips, totaling 75,000, in the middle.
Kaverman seemed aghast by the situation, mulling over his decision for the better part of four minutes. With a grimace on his face, the American eventually elected to let it slide, sending the big pot to Kozlov.
Manuchehr Ahadpur Khangah limped from middle position and Koray Aldemir raised to 7,500 from the button. Former EPT Main Event champion Adrian Mateos three-bet to 25,000 from the big blind. Khangah folded and Aldemir called.
The flop came and Mateos lead for 25,000. Aldemir called. The turn was the and Mateos bet again this time for 70,000. Aldemir called.
The river was the . Mateos checked and Aldemir checked behind. After Mateos clarified that his opponent did indeed check, he turns over and Aldemir mucks.
On the three-way flop of , a bet worth 15,000 is in front of Aidyn Auyezkanov in the small blind and Vladimir Troyanovskiy folds, while Nick Petrangelo calls.
On the turn, Auyezkanov bet 6,000 and Petrangelo quickly called before doing so again on the river, when Auyezkanov had made it 15,500 to go. Once called, Auyezkanov shook his head and then showed , while Petrangelo claimed the pot with .
On a board of we witnessed Christopher Kruk check-calling a bet of 7,500 from the big blind. Kurk checked again on the river and Anton Astapau, seated in the cutoff, made it 12,500. Kruk thought about it for just a bit before he called. Astapau showed for nothing much, Kruk took it down with the .
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 5,200 from the hijack, Julian Stuer three-bet to 16,200 from the button and Moritz Dietrich in the small blind then cold four-bet to 45,000. Both O'Dwyer and Stuer called and created a massive pot to the flop of .
Dietrich bet 35,000 and O'Dwyer called, while Stuer folded. After the turn, Dietrich bet 150,000 and left himself with very few chips behind. O'Dwyer gave it plenty of consideration and folded eventually.