Fabio Sperling raised to 45,000 and was called by both Stephen Graner and Anton Bertilsson to see the flop of . Sperling continued for 70,000 and both opponents called to see the on the turn, where another barrel worth 175,000 by the German was called by Graner and Bertilsson.
The river was checked through and Bertilsson showed for trips seven, Sperling claimed the pot with a pair of sixes for a full house.
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After a preflop raising war, Vanessa Selbst three-bet to 104,000 out of the small blind and called the four-bet of the Swede to 222,000 and they headed to the flop of . Selbst check-called a bet of 171,000 and the turn was checked through. On the river, Selbst bet 360,000 and Kroon tank-called before mucking to the of the Team PokerStars Pro.
After a preflop raise by Stephen Graner, Thomas Butzhammer moved all in for 177,000 and Graner called from the button with . Butzhammer was ahead with and doubled up with the board running out .
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In the first hand back from the break, Pablo Sanz Quiles was all in for less than 300,000 with and Stephen Graner looked him up with . The board ran out and Sanz Quiles, who had bought into the event with FPP's on PokerStars, headed to the payout desk for probably the best cash conversion ever.
In the last hand before the end of the level, Francesco Grieco bet 44,000 on a flop of and Artem Metalidi check-called before doing so again on the turn for 60,000. Metalidi also checked the river and Grieco led for 131,000, which was called by Metalidi with and the Italian mucked.
Over on table three, Stephen Graner raised to 35,000 and Pablo Sanz Quiles three-bet to 70,000, which was called by Graner. On the flop, Graner check-called a bet of 50,000 and the turn as well as the river were checked down. Graner showed the and that won the pot.
Ilkin Amirov opened the action and Oscar Kroon sat next to him three-bet to 100,000. Amirov made the call and it went heads up to a flop of .
Amirov continued for 123,000 and Kroon made the call to see the turn card come the . Another bet from Amirov, for 135,000 this time, was called again by Kroon.
The river completed the board and Amirov bet out for a third time for a total of 180,000. Kroon moved all in and Amirov mucked his hand.