It went four-way to the flop after an open from Ludovic Riehl.
The flop was 
and it checked around. They saw a turn card 
and Andrea Benelli bet 41,000. Riehl folded and the only caller was Raul Mestre.
The river was the 
. Both players checked and Benelli’s 
took it down.
Jorma Nuutinen opened the small blind for 40,000 and Stephen Chidwick shoved allin for 408,000 total. Nuutinen wasn't too happy about it, but he did call reluctantly.
Nuutinen had the best hand with 
as neighbor Chidwick showed 
.
The ace-high flop was good for Chidwick and the rest of the board blanked out: 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
823,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
271,000
461,000
|
461,000 |
VIcky Coren opened from under the gun for 45,000 and was called by Alex Kravchenko defending his big blind. Kravchenko then check called a bet of 45,000 from Coren on a flop of 
.
The turn card saw Kravchenko again check, and a bet of 100,000 from Coren met no further resistance as Kravchenko folded.
Jordan Westmorland raised under the gun and got both blinds to come along.
Both blinds checked to Westmorland on 
and he made a continuation-bet. Just Jeffrey Hakim in the small blind made the call, Andreas Goeller folded his big blind.
Hakim check-called another bet on the 
-turn and checked again once the 
hit the river. Westmorland bet out 255,000 and Hakim went into the tank. He thought about it for a long time but eventually made the call.
"Full house" said Westmorland while he showed his 
. Hakim mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,050,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
462,000
438,000
|
438,000 |
Andrea Benelli opened for 32,000 and Federico Cipollini moved all in for 98,000. VIcky Coren then re-raised to isolate which worked and she got Cipollini heads up.
Cipollini
Coren 
The final board read 
and Cipollini was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,537,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
|
|
1,236,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
||
|
1,126,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
940,000
283,000
|
283,000 |
|
|
||
|
598,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
386,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Jennifer Robles caught up with Jeff Hakim at the break and he discusses the caliber of the remaining field.
Raul Mestre opened under the gun for 32,000 and Alex Kravchenko three-bet to 73,000 on button. Mestre made the call.
The two players saw a flop of 
which was checked and they saw the turn card 
. Mestre led for 85,000 which Kravchenko called.
The river card was the 
and Mestre bombed with a bet of 400,000, over the size of the pot. Kravchenko made the call.
Mestre had 
for the full house and won against the two pair 
of Kravchenko.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
574,000
|
574,000 |
|
|
330,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
|
|
||
Giacomo Fundaro opened under the gun and Raul Mestre called in the big bind.
Mestre checked and Fundaro bet 28,000 on the flop 
and Mestre called. The turn was the and Fundaro bet 46,000 when it was checked to him once more.
Mestre asked for a count of Fundaro’s stack before he made the fold.
Again when both players were in the blinds, they got their chips in.
Again Nuutinen had the best hand, but this time it would held up. His 
stayed on top of Chidwick's this time around.
The 
board blanked out and Nuutinen doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
|
620,000
349,000
|
349,000 |
As the break was called a hand developed.
Ludovic Riehl opened for 32,000 from the Hijack and there was three-bet from Andrea Benelli in the small blind to 89,000. Alex Kravchenko folded the big blind and Riehl made the call.
The flop was . Benelli continued for 85,000 and Riehl folded fairly quickly to take advantage of the rest of the break.
