Both players were all-in preflop. Van der Berg was behind with the as Kim flipped over the . Van der Berg flopped a set on a board of . The turn and river did not help Kim as Van der Berg doubled up his short stack.
Jan Viet (Germany) busted out when he lost a coinflip. His was bested by Norway's Kristian Kjondal and his . Kjondal flopped trips Kings and turned a full house. Viet won €49,770 for 14th place.
Gavin Griffin (USA) 1.61M
Marc Karam (Canada) 977K
Steve Jelinek (UK) 950K
Ram Vaswani (UK) 887K
Andy Black (Ireland) 779K
Kristian Kjondal (Norway) 710K
Josh Prager (USA) 675K
Soren Kongsgaard (Denmark) 658K
Eric Van der Berg (Holland) 650K
Pete Giordano (USA) 648K
David Peters (USA) 550K
Carlos Mortensen (Spain) 494K
Alexander Kim (USA) 491K
Gavin Griffin (USA) raised pre-flop and Eric Van der Berg (Holland) called. The flop was the . Van der Berg checked the flop and Griffin bet 65K. Van der Berg called. The turn was the . Van der Berg checked again and Griffin bet 95K. Van der Berg called. The river was the and Van der Berg checked again. Griffin bet 225K and Van der Berg folded. Griffin dragged a monster pot worth close to 500K.
Gavin Griffin (USA) was the first player to surpass the 2 million chip marker when he won another big pot. His victim this time was Ram Vaswani (UK). Griffin limped with A-A. On a board of Q-10-4-4, Griffin check-raised Vaswani for close to 300K. Vaswani eventually called after thinking about his decision for several minutes. A King fell on the river and Griffin bet 250K. Vaswani made a crying call as Griffin flipped over his pocket rockets. Vaswani tossed his cards into the muck.
Alex Kim (USA) raised pre-flop and Andy Black (Ireland) called from the button. The flop was 10-10-6 with two clubs and both players checked. The turn was another 6 and Kim bet 75K. Black sat and thought for a few moments before he said, "How much do you have left? Can you count them?"
Black must have picked up some sort of read, because he instantly raised to 175K before Kim could finish counting. Kim quickly mucked and Black flipped over 3-3.
Gavin Griffin is the chipleader with 2.35M. Three players are tied for second with 1.1M including Andy Black, Kristian Kjondal, and Marc Karam. Alex Kim is the short stack with 335K.