Marius Kudzmanas opened to 8,000 from early position and was called by Mathew Frankland from the hijack.
Frankland called a bet of 11,000 on the K♥10♦7♠ flop before the 7♣ turn checked through to the A♦ river. Kudzmanas check-folded to a bet of 32,000.
Vikentios Fisentzou opened to 8,000 from the cutoff before Martin Surovec made it 36,000 from the small blind. Fisentzou reraised to 56,000 after using a time bank, and Surovec made a quick fold.
Andrej Cintula opened to 8,000 from early position. Annette Obrestad defended her big blind.
The first ever WSOP Europe Main Event winner check-called for 7,000 on the A♣Q♦4♦ flop but folded to a bet of 16,000 on the Q♥ turn.
Blaz Zerjav in middle position ended up moving all-in for approximately 90,000 against Safwane Bahri in the blinds.
Blaz Zerjav: K♣K♥ 
Safwane Bahri: Q♠Q♥
Bahri flopped a set on 7♣Q♦9♥3♠7♥ to crack Zerjav's kings and send him to the rail.
Toni Zengovski opened to 8,000 from early position and was called by Manuel Fritz from the button.
Zengovski bet 5,000 on the K♦J♦4♠ flop and called when Fritz made it 20,000. The 2♦ turn checked through to the 10♦ river. Zengovski fired out 40,000 and Fritz folded.
Anh Do opened to 8,000 from the cutoff. Vladislav Donchev and Dmytro Smyrnov called from the blinds.
The 6♠5♥3♠ flop checked through to the A♣ turn where Smyrnov bet 12,000. Only Do called.
Smyrnov fired out 160,000 on the 3♣ river, gunning for Do's last 122,000. After some thought, Do folded.
As Egor Sukhov nears the million-chip mark, action at the next table saw Oleksii Kovalchuk raise to 8,000 from the button, with Marcel Grubinger defending his big blind.
Kovalchuk continued for 7,000 on the 10♣4♦Q♣ flop, and fired a second barrel to 17,000 on the A♣ turn. Grubinger check-called both times.
Grubinger checked the 9♣ river. Kovalchuk quickly checked back but lost to Grubinger's nut flush with K♣2♣.
Heads-up on a flop of 5♥8♥K♠, Jasper van Putten on the button saw his 46,000-chip stack being called by Davit Mikhanashvili in the big blind.
Jasper van Putten: J♠J♣
Davit Mikhanashvili: 10♣8♠
Mikhanashvili flopped a pair but it wasn't enough to eliminate Van Putten who's jacks held on the 2♦ turn and the Q♥ river.
Sebastian Schulze, the 23rd place finisher in the 2025 WSOP Main Event, opened to 8,000 from the hijack. David Mzareulov called from the cutoff before Paulius Vaitiekunas three-bet to 30,000 from the button. Schulze used a time bank before moving all-in for around 340,0000. Mzareulov folded but Vaitiekunas snap-called as the slighly bigger stack.
Sebastian Schulze: 10♥10♣
Paulius Vaitiekunas: A♣K♦
The pot was worth almost 700,000 and Schulze had one hand on it after the J♣7♦5♠ flop. However, the A♠ turn gave Vaitiekunas the lead and Schulze's exit was confirmed after the 2♣ river.
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