Michael Gehrmann got all of his 46,000 remaining chips in the middle from the cutoff against Michael Sklenicka, who had first raised from under the gun.
Michael Gehrmann: 9♥9♦
Michael Sklenicka: A♣Q♣
Sklenicka turned some extra outs on the 4♣J♠3♦5♠ runout, but the 7♠ was clean for Gehrmann, whose nines doubled him up to return to the starting stack.
Dorian Melchers had two yellow T-5,000 chips out in front in the small blind but then got out of the way when Svajunas Seduikis jammed for 64,500 in the hijack and Bogdan Munteanu went over the top.
Svajunas Seduikis: K♠K♥
Bogdan Munteanu: J♦J♠
The 10♦6♠3♥4♣7♥ board delivered no suckout and Seduikis doubled.
Symeon Alexandridis defended against Armin Rezaei and check-called a bet of 3,500 out of the big blind with the flop showing K♦7♣2♣. The A♦ turn saw Alexandridis with another check-call for 15,500 and he then led the Q♣ river, Rezaei snap-folded.
Maksym Tsyhryk raised to 5,500 in early position and received two callers as action went on Levan Rcheulishvili in the small blind, who three-bet to 34,000. Tsyhryk moved all in for around 100,000 and Rcheulishvili called.
Maksym Tsyhryk: A♣Q♦
Levan Rcheulishvili: 9♠9♥
Rcheulishvili was testing his hot run in the tournament with a pre-flop all-in coin flip, and came out on top as the board ran out 6♦2♦7♣4♠9♦. Rcheulishvili finished with top set, while Tsyhryk was sent to the rail.
Lukasz Golczyk in middle position and Symeon Alexandridis on the button got all of their chips in the middle preflop, with Golczyk's 76,500 stack being at risk.
Lukasz Golczyk: K♥K♣
Symeon Alexandridis: A♦K♠
The 8♦6♦5♦ flop brought Alexandridis a flush draw in addition to his overcard, but the J♣ turn and 9♣ river remained safe for Golczyk, who double up.
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Hans Bergmann limped in from middle position and Armin Rezaei checked his option from the big blind.
Rezaei bet 3,000 on the 9♠6♥5♦ flop before the A♦ turn checked through to the J♣ river. Rezaei bet 5,000 but folded when Bergmann raised to 15,000.
Miklos Zsuffa opened to 5,500 from under the gun and called when Raoul Refos three-bet to 20,000 from the button. Zsuffa check-folded to a bet of 13,000 on the Q♦5♥2♠ flop.
On the next hand, there was 24,000 in the pot on the A♠Q♣8♥2♦ board. Both players checked which brought in the 6♣ river. Zsuffa made an overbet of 30,000, and Refos conceded the pot.
The tournament clock has clicked up to 764 total entries, officially making this the largest World Series of Poker Europe Main Event in history.
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