Erwann Pecheux and Lukas Gloor had reached the 7♥4♥6♦A♥ turn. With 11,000 in the pot, Pecheux checked from the big blind to Gloor in the cutoff. Gloor tossed in a bet of 4,000, which Pecheux called.
The K♠ river was then checked to showdown. Pecheux tabled A♦Q♦ for top pair, and won the pot when Gloor added his cards to the muck.
Gary Mamou raised to 700 in the cutoff before Victor Briffard three-bet to 2,200 on the button. Mamou then four-bet to 5,700, and Briffard called.
The flop came 9♥7♣2♦ and Mamou bet 6,000. Briffard called, and the 5♣ fell on the turn.
Both players checked to the 6♥ river, where Mamou bet another 8,500. Briffard again called, and Mamou showed A♥10♠. Briffard turned over A♦Q♠ and took the pot with his queen-kicker.
"Nice call," another tablemate told him after the hand.
Ermanno Di Nicola kicked off the action with a raise to 700 in middle position. It folded to Thomas Haverstad in the cutoff, who three-bet to 2,400. Di Nicola then made it 7,500 to go, and Haverstad called.
Di Nicola picked up the pot on the 6♣8♠2♦ flop, as his continuation-bet of 5,500 received a quick fold from Haverstad.
Shakhabiddin Muradov was all-in for 10,000 from the cutoff. Tokuya Shuto reshoved for 56,400 in the hijack, while Andrew Dickinson had both players covered and at risk from the small blind.
Shakhabiddin Muradov: A♣K♦ 
Tokuya Shuto: K♣K♠
Andrew Dickinson: A♥K♥
More than 120,000 was at stake as Shuto was ahead with his two kings. He needed to avoid one of the last two aces in the deck to take in the massive pot, and he dodged the 5♣10♥3♦6♦9♥ board to earn a double up off Dickinson and send Muradov to the rail.
"Wasn't expecting to see a pair of kings," Dickinson said as he watched most of his stack head across the table.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
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The field has grown to 560 entries so far on Day 1b, with 534 players remaining.
Patrick El Kallas had opened from the cutoff when Rikiya Jinbo pushed in a three-bet to 1,900 from the small blind. El Kallas called to the 5♦A♥10♦ flop, where Jinbo continued for 2,000.
El Kallas quickly called, and continued doing so when Jinbo sized up to 3,100 on the 5♥ turn.
The 2♣ river then saw Jinbo move in his last 7,400 for an all-in bet. El Kallas needed some time for his decision, but eventually he assembled calling chips and tossed them in the middle.
Jinbo showed A♣5♣ for a full house, and El Kallas' cards were returned to the muck face down.
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