Billy Argyros opened the action from early position and didn’t seem best pleased to pick up three callers including Mike McDonald in the button.
The flop of 
saw Argyros continue for 2,800 and reduce the field to just him and McDonald. The turn 
was checked but on the river 
a bet from Argyros of 4,200 saw McDonald lay it down.
Connor Drinan faced off against Simon Deadman in a pot that had grown to near 30,000 as they reached the river of a board showing 
.
Connor bet 18,000 after some thought and Deadman now faced a vital decision. If he called and got it wrong he would be left with just over 2,500. He weighed it up and called, grimacing when he saw Driunan’s 
.
Deadman’s cards went in the muck along with most of his hopes for this tournament.
The completed board read 
when we found Joseph Cheong and Xuan Liu engaged in the hand. With about 18,000 already spread in the center of the table, Cheong checked over to Liu. Liu wasted no time announcing that she was all in for her last 13,300.
Cheong thought for a moment but ultimately decided to release his cards. Liu pulled the pot and now has about 31,000 to her name. Despite this hit, Cheong is still sitting among the leaders with around 88,000 in chips.
Ken Demlakian opened the action for 800 and both Bing Xu and Sam Cohen on the button made the call. In the small blind, from a stack of just over 15,000, Sorel Mizzi three-bet to 2,100. Demlakian and Xu folded but Cohen placed out enough chips to put Mizzi all in and he quickly called.
Cohen showed 
and was against the of Mizzi taking away his flush outs. A final board of 
saw Sorel hit his pair to survive and put a hefty dent in the stack Cohen had recently built up.
We arrived to find Takashi Ogura and Igor Kurganov looking down at a completed board of 
. Ogura moved all in on the river for a bet totaling 14,375. Kurganov flung out a few chips, signifying a call.
Ogura rolled over 
for top two pair, prompting a quick muck from Kurganov. Ogura scored the double while Kurganov's stack dropped to right around 11,000.
Ken Demlakian opened the action and found calls from Eugene Katchalov on the button and Sam Cohen in the small blind. Sorel Mizzi in the big blind decided to exert some pressure with a raise and Demlakian put out the calling chips. The Team PokerStars Pro had other ideas though and with Katchalov now making it 7,200 only Damlakian made the call.
There was no further action as it was checked down with the final board showing 
.
Cards on their backs and the 
of Demlakian was no good versus the 
of Katchalov.
Steve O'Dwyer opened the action with a middle position raise to 1,075. Action folded over to Gabriel Le Jossec in the big blind and he made it 3,125 to go. O'Dwyer called and the two saw a flop of . Le Jossec checked the flop, prompting O'Dwyer to bet 2,650. Le Jossec called and the 
hit the river. Le Jossec check-called 3,800 on this street, allowing the to finish the board.
Both players checked the river and Le Jossec tabled a winning for top pair. O'Dwyer flashed 
to the table as he threw his cards into the muck. With this hit, O'Dwyer's stack is down to just around 8,000.
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