Rui Ferreira raised to 6,000 from early position and was called by Martin Stausholm on the button, Rui Milhomens in the small blind, and Dario Dimmagio in the big blind.
The flop came and action was checked to Ferreira who bet 6,000. Stausholm was the only caller.
The turn was the and was checked around to the river. Ferreira checked again but Stausholm bet 20,000. Ferreira went deep into the tank for a couple of minutes, but chose to let it go.
Vahe Martirosyan raised to 6,000 in the cutoff and was called by defending champion Simon Brandstrom on the button and Peter Jaksland in the big blind.
The trio checked the flop, but on the turn, Jaksland led out for 10,000. Both opponents called to see the on the river.
Everyone checked again, with Brandstrom showing for a pair of aces, which was good to boost his stack back to near 200,000.
Daniel Kyosev opened to 6,000 from the hijack and Kyriakos Papadopoulos three-bet jammed from the big blind. Kyosev snap-called with a stack of 73,500.
Daniel Kyosev:
Kyriakos Papadopoulos:
Kyosev was in good shape to double and did so as the board ran out a safe .
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With over 15,000 in the pot on a board, Atanas Kodinov bet 7,000 in the small blind, and Rafael Moraes called in the big blind.
The landed on the river and Kodinov bet 26,000. His Brazilian PokerStars Ambassador opponent sent his cards into the muck to concede the pot to Kodinov.
Leo Margets opened to 6,000 on the button and Sergio Coutinho three-bet jammed from the big blind. Margets took a moment and called off with around 105,000.
Leo Margets:
Sergio Coutinho:
The flop of kept Margets ahead and the runout of improved her to a set to double through her opponent.