The other tables had already gone off on break when Eyal Saidof moved all in for 125,000 under the gun. Raoul Refos then raised to 250,000 in early position and Juuso Luokkanen called in the big blind.
The flop came 10♣K♦6♥ and Refos bet another 85,000. Luokkanen called and both players checked the 4♠ turn.
The 5♥ fell on the river and Refos bet another 305,000. Luokkanen called with Q♥Q♠, while Refos showed A♦7♦ for just ace-high. Saidof turned over A♥K♠ for top pair as he tripled up, while Luokkanen took down the sizeable side pot.
At the same time at another table, Xhavit Berisha and Ermanno Di Nicola built a pot of around 900,000 heading to the river on a board of Q♣3♣8♥J♥A♥. Di Nicola then bet 700,000 in the cutoff.
Berisha, in the small blind, tanked for several minutes until he called. Di Nicola could only shake his head and muck as Berisha slammed down Q♦9♦ for a pair of queens.
Ermanno Di Nicola opened to 125,000 from under the gun and was called by Bijan Soudmand on his direct left. Xhavit Berisha moved all in for 815,000 from middle position. Di Nicola reshoved and Soudmand folded 10x10x fo cards to go on their backs.
Xhavit Berisha: 8♣8♠
Ermanno Di Nicola: 2♣2♥
Soudmand was not happy about seeing the tabled cards as he would've been ahead. He would've scooped the pot as well as the board ran out with the 6♦5♥K♦K♥7♣. With Soudman out of the way, Berisha scored a big double.
Soudmand and Di Nicola continued to trade words after the the pot was pushed to Berisha.
The following hand, Shawn Stroke opened to 125,000 from the hijack before Zeljko Maric jammed for 475,000 from the cutoff. Ioannis Temekonidis called from the small blind and Stroke also matched the all-in bet.
The Q♣10♦3♠ flop checked through to the 9♦ turn. Temekonidis bet 200,000 and was called. The 7♠ river then checked through to showdown.
Temekonidis tabled 10♠10♥ for a set of tens which angered Maric, who furiously slammed his cracked A♦A♥ onto the felt. Stroke had A♠K♠.
"You go with me?" asked Temekonidis. Stroke agreed that if Temekonidis moved all in, he [Stroke] would've called. Temekonidis then seemed slighted by the fact that he had not collected Stroke's stack as well.
Alain Saka raised to 100,000 from early position, and he was called by Gianluca Gallo in the big blind.
A continuation bet of 60,000 was called by Gallo on the flop 5♠5♣K♦. But on the turn 4♠, both players decided to check.
The 7♥ came on the river, and Gallo took the lead, betting 125,000. Saka called, and won the hand as Gallo directly mucked his cards. Saka revealed A♥10♠.
Three-handed on a flop of 2♣2♠6♣, Mario Ripepi moved all in for 320,000 from the big blind. Tobias Peters was in middle position and gave it some thought before mucking, but Alexandr Dusco snap-called in the cutoff.
Mario Ripepi: K♣6♠
Alexandr Dusco: 8♣8♠
Dusco's eights and deuces were ahead of Ripepi's smaller two pair until the 6♦ turn improved Ripepi to a full house.
Dusco turned away from the table and began muttering to himself as the 3♠ completed the board, sealing a double up for Ripepi.
Cristian David opened to 100,000 from early position before Simon Buchta three-bet to 300,000 on his immediate left. Action folded to Tobias Peters, and he announced all in for around 1,650,000 from the cutoff. David got out of the way but Buchta committed the 600,000 he had behind.
Simon Buchta: A♦A♥
Tobias Peters: J♣J♥
The Q♥10♦10♠ was favorable for Bruchta as was the 10♥ turn. However, the J♠ river gave Peters a superior full house to seal the checkmark.
"Wow, what a river," chimed Peters. "What a river," he repeated.
Xhavit Berisha raised to 120,000 in the hijack and Andreas Paleologos called in the small blind.
The flop came 9♥Q♣4♣ and Berisha continued for 130,000. Paleologos again called as the 9♣ fell on the turn.
Berisha then bet another 160,000, but this time Paleologos slid forward enough chips to put Berisha all in. Berisha, with around 650,000 remaining, tanked for more than three minutes until he tossed his cards away.
