Leo Margets opened to 25,000 from the hijack and was called by Adam Wagner on the button. Grigorii Rodin then squeezed to 75,000 from the small blind, which got a fold from Margets and a call from Wagner.
Both players checked down on the 9♠Q♣7♠ flop and 7♦ turn. Rodin checked a final time on the 7♥ river and Wagner fired 200,000 into the middle.
Rodin quickly folded and Wagner added to his stack.
Steve O'Dwyer raised from middle position and Max Neugebauer called in the big blind.
The flop came Q♣8♦7♥. Neugebauer checked and O'Dwyer bet 45,000, which Neugebauer called. The turn was the K♥ and both players checked.
The river came the A♥. Neugebauer checked, O'Dwyer bet 160,000, and Neugebauer check-raised all in for 577,000. O'Dwyer took less than 30-seconds to make his call, flipping over J♠10♣ for a straight. Neugebauer, however, showed 9♥8♥ for a rivered flush. He won the pot and doubled up his stack.
Mark Helou opened to 27,000 from middle position, but saw Marco Regonaschi going all-in for 209,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Helou asked for the count before calling.
Marco Regonaschi: 10♥10♦
Mark Helou: A♦K♠
On a board of 4♦5♠J♣2♦Q♣, Regonaschi's tens held and he secured a double up.
Jon Kyte raised to 25,000 under the gun and Ramon Colillas called in the small blind.
The flop came J♥6♠3♦ and Kyte bet 19,000. Colillas called.
The 2♥ fell on the turn and Kyte bet another 38,000. Colillas again called and the A♠ fell on the river.
Colillas then led out for 105,000 and Kyte used a time bank before giving up his hand.
Heads-up on a flop of 6♥3♦2♣, Jiri Kocab bet 23,000 from under the gun and Ettore Esposito called in the big blind.
The turn was the 4♠ and Esposito led out for 32,000. Kocab called and the 2♠ fell on the river. Esposito then moved all in for 231,000.
Kocab used a time bank before calling as Esposito turned over A♥2♥ for trip deuces. Kocab showed K♣K♥ and stormed out of the room while Esposito raised his arms in the air to celebrate his double up.
Action folded around to Bleron Maliqi, who pushed all in from the small blind for 171,000. Teun Mulder called in the big blind and has his opponent well covered as players flipped their cards.
Bleron Maliqi: A♠2♠
Teun Mulder: K♦J♠
The board ran out Q♥3♥6♣3♦2♦. Maliqi made two pair with his deuce and the threes on board. He won the pot and doubled up his stack.
"I wish that would happen to me," said a neutral player.
Diogo Coelho opened the action to 24,000 from early position and was raised by Ferdinando D'Alessio in middle position. Teun Mulder, sitting in the cutoff, then four bet to 215,000. Coelho folded and D'Alessio made the call to go heads up in what was already a huge pot.
D'Alessio checked the 5♥Q♠K♦ flop and Mulder made it 65,000. D'Alessio folded instantly and the German Dutchman showed the 9♦. He chipped up to over 1.1 million with Day 4 on the horizon.
Adam Wagner raised to 25,000 from middle position and Jose Gonzalez Zaragoza called on the button.
The flop came A♠3♣9♣. Wagner continued for 25,000 and Zaragoza called. The turn came the 2♠ and both players checked.
The river was the 2♠ and both players checked again to showdown. Wagner showed 10x9♥ for a pair of nines and Zaragoza had A♥J♦ for a pair of aces to win the pot.
Nearly 100,000 was in the pot as Leo Margets and Vincent Meli went to the turn on a board of 2♦5♦6♣5♥.
Margets, in the big blind, then bet 50,000 and Meli called on the button. The river was the 10♥ and Margets bet 130,000.
Meli used two time bank cards before calling as Margets turned over Q♣9♣ for a bluff. Meli showed 7♥6♥ for two pair as he took down the pot.
Steve O'Dwyer opened to 30,000 from the cutoff and was called by Govert Metaal on the button.
Metaal called a 26,000 bet from O'Dwyer on the Q♠6♥Q♥ flop and then a 75,000 bet from O'Dwyer on the A♣ turn.
Both players checked down on the 4♦ river and O'Dwyer tabled A♦4♠ for aces-up. Metaal turned over A♠J♠ for the same two pair with a jack kicker and was sent the pot.
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