Action folded around to Anatoly Filatov in the cutoff and he raised to 30,000. Barny Boatman called from the button and the blinds both got out of the way.
The flop came and Filatov checked. Boatman bet 40,000 and Filatov called.
The turn brought the and Filatov checked. Boatman bet again, 200,000 this time, and Filatov called.
The fell on the river and Filatov checked a third time. Boatman threw out a bet of 1,000,000, putting Filatov to a decision for the vast majority of his remaining chips.
"I'd still have chips!" Filatov said with a wide smile, counting out the 40,000 he would have left if he called and lost. "It looks like you're bluffing. With this hand, I should call."
Eventually, Filatov called and Boatman quickly tabled for the flopped nut flush. Filatov mucked and Boatman took the pot.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team was also informed that a few minutes prior to this hand, Boatman had eliminated Andy Bacon in a confrontation wherein both players flopped straight draws on a board. Bacon held for a gutshot and Boatman had for the top of the open-ended straight draw. The on the turn changed nothing, the arrived on the river to complete both players' draws, and Boatman, with the ten-high straight, had the best of it and got all of Bacon's chips. Following these hands, Boatman appears to be the chip leader by a fair margin.
With about 240,000 chips already in the middle and the completed board reading , the big blind bet 110,000, a player in middle position called, and Samantha Abernathy raised to 300,000 from the cutoff. After a few moments of consideration, the big blind folded, and the middle-position player went into the tank. After over two minutes, he ultimately called. Abernathy instantly flipped over for nines full and her opponent mucked.
With a substantial pot of about 600,000 already brewing and the board reading , Barny Boatman bet 300,000 from the small blind and Andy Bacon called from middle position.
The fell on the river and Boatman tossed out 300,000 again. After some consideration, Bacon folded and Boatman took the pot, putting his stack over the 4,000,000-chip mark.
The next hand, Bacon opened to 25,000 from middle position and partypoker ambassador Anatoly Filatov three-bet to 65,000 from the cutoff. Boatman called from the button and Bacon called, as well.
The flop came and all three players checked.
The turn brought the and Bacon checked. Filatov checked, Boatman bet 115,000, both of his opponents folded, and he took the pot.
With a substantial pot of about 400,000 already brewing on a flop of , Maria Ho checked from the cutoff to her lone opponent on the button who checked behind.
The turn brought the and Ho bet 130,000. Her opponent called.
The fell on the river and Ho checked. The button bet 255,000 and after a few moments of thought, Ho called.
"You win," said Ho's opponent as he tossed his cards into the muck. Ho took the pot and slid her unshown cards into the middle.
With 122,000 already in the middle on a flop of , action checked to Luke Brereton in middle position and he bet 35,000. Andrej Desset called from the button and the big blind called, as well.
The turn brought the , the big blind checked, Brereton checked, and Desset bet 92,000. The big blind folded and Brereton called.
The fell on the river and Brereton checked. Desset bet again, 212,000 this time. After some consideration, Brereton called. Desset flipped over , having flopped a flush draw and paired his jack on the river. Brereton mucked and Desset took the pot.