Blaz Zerjav opened to 60,000 in early position and Samuel Ju defended out of the big blind.
Ju checked on the flop of 5♣A♥6♠ and Zerjav continued for 65,000. Ju called. Ju checked again on the K♣ turn and Zerjav checked back.
The 3♣ river completed the board and Ju led all in with his opponent covered. Zerjav folded to hang on to his remaining stack of around 350,000.
Omar Del Pino opened the action to 60,000 from the cutoff and both Angelo Sisto on the button and Ewen Trevidy in the big blind made the call.
The flop came 6♥6♦2♦ and all three players checked their options to the A♣ turn. Trevidy checked again and Del Pino bet out 55,000, which only Sisto called.
On the J♣ river Del Pino checked and Sisto eventually checked back to a showdown. Sisto quickly rolled over A♦10♦ for top pair and Del Pino tossed his cards into the muck.
Jeremy Palvani had 375,000 chips left and decided to push them all in from the cutoff. The action folded to Ignacio Puebla Alija in the big blind who quickly made the call.
Jeremy Palvani: A♠Q♦
Ignacio Puebla Alija: 6♥6♠
The players were flipping and Palvani finished the race as the winner when the 10♥5♥Q♣3♦2♥ board ran out.
Nível: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Aram Sargsyan was in the hijack and made a raise to 60,000. It folded to Adel Rahou in the big blind, who made the call.
The flop came 3♣4♥2♥ and Sargsyan put out a continuation-bet of 100,000 after Rahou checked. Rahou made the call and the 9♣ turn rolled off. Rahou checked again, but Sargsyan put him to the test by betting all of his chips, amounting to roughly 450,000.
Rahou mucked his cards after a quick think and the pot was awarded to Sargsyan.
Benjamin Spragg was in middle position in a heads-up pot against Abedel Douair in the big blind on a board of 3♠5♠9♠2♣.
Douair checked on the turn and Spragg checked back. The 2♦ river completed the board and Douair led out for 105,000 to send "Spraggy" deep into the tank. After more than a minute, Spragg called.
Douair tabled J♠J♦ for an overpair and the PokerStars Team Pro mucked in defeat.
"I did not expect that," commented Spragg.
In a heads-up pot with 135,000 in the middle on a flop showing J♣9♣8♠, Matthias Roth checked from the big blind to Jeremy Palvini in the cutoff who bet out 35,000. Roth elected on a check-raise to 125,000 and Palvini made the call.
On the 10♣ turn both players checked their options to the 3♣ river. Roth checked again and Palvini sized to 170,000. Roth went deep in the tank, thinking for several minutes, until the clock was called and he had 30 seconds to act.
The tournament director counted down until the clock hit zero and declared Roth's hand dead, awarding the pot to Palvini.
Biao Ding opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Renat Bohdanov three-bet to 125,000 from the next seat. Ding called.
Ding checked on the flop of 3♣9♣4♦ and Bohdanov continued for 80,000. Ding laid it down without further fight.
Short-stacked Alessio Di Cesare was first to act and put his 235,000 remaining chips in the middle. Big stack Djamel Ouaret called from the hijack, then Andrea Belmessieri upped the ante to 640,000, his entire stack. Ouaret got a count but ultimately felt priced in as he made the call.
Alessio Di Cesare: Q♠J♠
Andrea Belmessieri: K♠K♣
Djamel Ouaret: 5♣5♥
Di Cesare had one foot out the door, but the flop of Q♣Q♦8♦ saw him leap into the lead. The other two players were looking to make a full house on the turn or river, but the 7♠ and 9♣ were safe for Di Cesare, who let out an audible cheer.
Meanwhile, Belmessieri also made a profit on the hand as he scooped the sizable side pot.
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