Joshua Jones checked from the big blind to Simon Mattsson on the button who bet 9,000 on a 
. Jones then check-raised to 25,000 and Mattsson called.
Jones continued for 35,000 on the 
turn and the Swede called. The river was the 
.
Jones checked and Mattsson bet 85,000. Jones re-checked his hand and eventually folded allowing Mattsson to increase his chip stack above 1.2 million.
Adrian Lazar moved all in for 60,000 with 
and was called by Ermo Kosk on the button with 
who only just covered him.
The board came 
with the rivered three not enough for Kosk to send Lazar to the rail, and the Romanian doubled up.
The 
of Gonzalo Pelaez were already in the muck and he paid off the shorter stack of Lander Lijo, who had doubled with 
on a 
board thanks to his superior kicker.
The following players have been eliminated in the first 30 minutes of the day.
Jeremy Palvini raised to 14,000 from middle position and Jack O'Neill three-bet shoved for 150,000. Palvini let it go.
Over on the feature table, a battle of the blinds saw Boris Velev all in and at risk against [Removed:551] and it was a flip for the tournament life of the Bulgarian.
Boris Velev: 
[Removed:551]: 
[Removed:552] flopped a full house on 
, the turn and 
river run out gave Velev an inferior flush.
Oleg Nikolaenko was all in and at risk for around 100,000 and Ryhor Karapanau was ready to score the knockout.
Oleg Nikolaenko:
Ryhor Karapanau: 
The 
board proved of no avail to Nikolaenko and he had to settle for a cash of €11,090.
A hand was in progress between [Removed:499] and Ramiro Petrone. With around 180,000 in the middle already on a 
board, Slobodskoy checked to Petrone who bet 180,000.
Slobodskoy used a time extension before moving all in for 381,000. Petrone wasted no time in calling with 
for a full house.
However, Slobodskoy had that beat with 
for a larger full house and doubled to over 900,000 in chips. Petrone, meanwhile, who started the day with over 700,000 falls below the average which currently stands at 312,000.
Peter Chien jammed for around 75,000 on the button and was called by Gianfranco Iaculli in the big blind.
Peter Chien:
Gianfranco Iaculli:
The board came 
and Iaculli hit a full house to send Chien to the payout desk.
Several people started the day off very short-stacked including Kaspars Kalnozols, who came back with just 45,000. Despite tripling up just moments ago, he had all his newfound chips in the middle again with 
on a 
board.
Alexander Ivarsson, who won the €2,200 EPT National High Roller for nearly half a million just days ago, had 
open in front of him and sent Kalnozols to the payout desk in the early stages.
At an adjacent table, Moldovan star [Removed:510] was all in with 
against on 
and doubled up through Andrew Leathem for 188,000. Leatham, left with 67,000, doubled up a few hands later with himself, finding quads on 
versus Silvio Costa.
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