Wolfgang Kruschack shoved from the button for around 250,000 and Quentin Pecheur called out of the small blind for his remaining stack of 144,000.
Quentin Pecheur: 6♣6♠ 
Wolfgang Kruschack: A♣Q♣
Kruschack picked up a world of outs on the J♠10♥J♥ flop but couldn't connect with any of them as the 3♦4♠ runout kept the pocket sixes of Pecheur in the lead.
Antonio Fragale kicked off the action from early position with a raise to 25,000. Victor Dota, sitting on the button, made the call, while Christian Voss, in the small blind, moved all in for 237,000. The action returned to Fragale, who took his time contemplating the decision. After the floor was called to put him on the clock, Fragale finally folded.
It was now up to Dota. He glanced at Voss and asked if he wanted a call. Voss nodded, and Dota took it as a ‘yes,’ prompting him to make the call, and they went to showdown.
Voss confidently revealed A♣A♦, while Dota showed a much weaker 3♦3♠.
Initially, Voss seemed pleased with the matchup, but his confidence quickly faded as the dealer turned the flop: J♣3♥K♦, giving Dota a set of threes. The turn and river didn’t change Voss’ fortunes, and his aces were cracked, leading to his elimination from the tournament.
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There were already around 400,000 chips in the middle with a full board of 2♣7♠2♦A♣K♣ showing when Nazar Diachok checked it over to his opponent in the hand, Besnik Lalinovci. After some thinking, Lalinovci grabbed a stack of chips and bet 392,000 into the pot. Before the dealer could even finish counting out the bet, Diachok had tossed in a chip and called at lightning speed.
Lalinovci was hesitant to show, perhaps shocked at the speed at which Diachok called, but he eventually rolled over 9♦8♦ for just nine-high. Diachok had that beat with his A♦7♦ and raked in the big pot, which sent his stack soaring to around 1,500,000.
Kai Polotzek moved all in for 210,000 from the big blind and Robert Saffran put him at risk in middle position.
Kai Polotzek: 8♠8♥
Robert Saffran: A♣Q♣
Polotzek was racing for his tournament life but held up on the 9♦2♦5♦6♦4♠ board to win the pot and double up.
Franz Doblinger, sitting in middle position, decided to push all-in with his remaining 57,000 chips, and Arturo Paduano, in the big blind, made the call.
Doblinger revealed Q♣Q♦, while Paduano turned over Q♠J♥.
As the board came down 9♠4♠2♣6♦5♣, it provided no help to Paduano's hand, allowing Doblinger’s pocket queens to hold strong.
Heads-up on a flop of 10♥3♠4♥, Davide Calvaresi bet 55,000 from the cutoff before Daniel Budin raised to 120,000 in the small blind. Calvaresi moved all in for 180,000 and Budin called.
Davide Calvaresi: A♦10♦
Daniel Budin: Q♣4♣
Calvaresi was ahead with his pair of tens, while Budin needed to improve with just a pair of fours. The J♥ turn left Calvaresi a card away from a double up, but Budin spiked the 4♦ on the river to make trips and send Calvaresi to the rail.
"I was hoping he was just c-betting and missed. I miscalculated completely," Budin said after the hand.
Amza Cantec opened from the cutoff then Samuel Ju shoved from the button for a little over 200,000. When it got back to Cantec, he called off his stack of 204,000.
Amza Cantec: A♠K♠
Samuel Ju: A♦J♠
Ju was in danger of losing the majority of his stack and got no help from the 2♣Q♠2♥ flop. Cantec paired his king on the K♦ turn, which also gave Ju a Broadway draw, however the 9♦ river didn't change anything.
Around 200,000 was already in the middle as Josef Snejberg and Stefan Schoss went heads-up to a flop of A♦7♠5♣. Snejberg then bet 30,000 from the button and Schoss called in the small blind.
Both players checked the A♣ turn. Schoss also checked the 3♥ river and Snejberg bet 140,000.
Schoss called and Snejberg turned over A♥6♥ for trips to win the pot.
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