Marco Regonaschi, who had taken the seat of the eliminated Lukas Benkovic, raised to 800 from early position and Adrian Strobel three-bet to 2,600 from middle position.
Eros Calderone then made it 7,000 to go from the hijack and received quick successive folds from his opponents.
Nível: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Efstathios Kavoukis raised to 600 from under the gun. Dan Borlan, to his direct left, three-bet to 2,100 and Kavoukis made the call.
Kavoukis check-called a bet of 1,000 from Borlan on the K♠7♠7♥ flop.
The J♣ turn checked through to the K♣ on the river. Kavoukis checked again and Borlan bet out 3,500, to which Kavoukis check-raised to 8,000.
After some time in the tank, Borlan clicked it back to 13,500 and Kavoukis chose to fold.
Andrzej Powalka raised to 800 from under the gun, Andre Sammour three-bet to 1,800, Julien Sitbon called in late position, and Powalka called.
The flop came Q♦9♠Q♣. Action checked to Sitbon, who bet 2,000. Both Powalka and Sammour called.
The turn was the 10♣. Powalka checked and Sammour bet 6,000. Sitbon had a think before folding, then Powalka check-raised all in for 21,000. Sammour made the call and was covered as players turned their cards.
Sammour showed A♥Q♠ for trip queens. Powalka, however, flipped Q♥9♥ for a flopped full house.
The river came the 7♣. Powalka held to win the pot and near-double his stack, while Sammour was eliminated early.
"Nice flop!", said Sitbon.
On a completed board of 7♦10♥A♠A♦9♥, Masato Kashiwabara bet 11,000 chips from the small blind into the pot of 17,000. Jean Autran was the opponent and he pushed all in, playing only slightly more than Kashiwabara.
Kashiwabara quickly called and showed A♥5♥ for trip aces.
That was crushed by Autran's 10♦10♣ for a full house, however, and he doubled up while Kashiwabara took the most direct route to the reentry desk.
Sebestyen Csoti and Pascal Frezza were heads up on a flop of 5♣Q♥9♣. With around 10,000 chips already in the middle, the players got their chips in, with Csoti's 23,100 stack being at risk.
Sebestyen Csoti: A♠A♦
Pascal Frezza: A♣Q♣
Frezza needed more help to crack Csoti's aces. The 7♥ turn eliminated any backdoor draws, and the 10♠ did not bring another queen on the table.
Csoti doubled up to almost twice the starting stack, while Frezza was left with around 30 big blinds.
PokerNews caught the action at the tail end of a preflop-raising war that concluded with Ivan Banic, in the hijack, being all in and at risk for this last 22,000, against Michael Rahm, in the cutoff.
Ivan Banic: J♠J♥
Michael Rahm: A♠K♣
The board ran out 5♥A♥4♦2♣8♣. This classic flip fell in the favour of Rahm as he paired his ace on the flop, ultimately eliminating Banic.
Patrick Berger raised to 700 from late position and Toni Kaukua three-bet to 2,800 from the button. Berger four-bet to 8,200 and Kaukua moved all in for 32,900. Berger got the count and then made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Kaukau at risk.
Toni Kaukua: A♠3♠
Patrick Berger: A♣K♣
The board ran out 5♥8♦2♥8♣3♥. Kaukua was dominated, but the the three on the river gave him a pair and secured him a huge early double up.
Berger had already won some chips in previous hands and so avoided elimination. He stoically took his bad beat as his stack dropped down to around 15,000.
Mark Gerstmann raised from the hijack and received a call from Christoph Rapf, in the big blind.
Rapf played out of flow on the 6♦10♠8♠ flop, leading for 700. "That was going to be my size, so I agree!" Gerstmann said as he made the call.
Rapf chose to check on the 9♥ turn. "That was going to be my size as well" Gerstmann explained as he checked back.
The river landed the 6♠ and Rapf bet again for 2,100. Gerstmann was no longer in agreeance with Rapf's chosen bet size and chose to fold.
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