Philip Joyce raised to 30,000 in middle position. Dick Postel called in the cutoff, after which Bobby James defended his big blind.
The 8♦2♥A♦ flop saw the action check to Postel, who bet 45,000. Both James and Joyce called. The 9♣ turn and 2♦ river were then checked down.
James showed 6♦4♦ for a flush, causing Joyce to muck his A♣5♣. Postel's A♥J♣ was no good either as James reclaimed some lost chips.
A pot between Lander Lijo and Georgios Tsouloftas had already swelled to around 900,000 on a full board of 9♥Q♥9♠4♦8♣ when Lijo fired a huge bet of 775,000 on the river. Tsouloftas only had 575,000 behind and dumped all of his time-bank cards into the pot, which indicated he had a tough decision.
Surprisingly, Tsouloftas didn't actually need to use any of them as he shrugged his shoulders and quickly announced a call.
Lijo showed J♥5♥ for a missed flush draw, and Tsouloftas had trips with A♦9♣ to scoop the pot, which sent his stack toward the two-million mark.
Roeland Peeks found K♥J♠ under the gun and was called by Yisha Chen in the big blind, who had Q♠8♦. The flop fell Q♥9♥A♥. Chen checked to Peeks, who fired the minimum of 15,000.
Chen quickly let go of her middle pair and Peeks was awarded the small pot.
Andriy Lyubovetskiy opened to 35,000 from under the gun. Ranno Sootla and Hubert Matuszewski called from the hijack and button.
Lyubovetskiy checked on the A♦Q♦3♦ flop, prompting Sootla to bet 20,000. Matuszewski folded ahead of Lyubovetskiy calling. The latter then check-called for 90,000 on the 8♥ turn before the 9♦ river checked through to showdown.
Lyubovetskiy tabled A♠Q♣ for aces and queens, and Sootla mucked his hand.
Fahredin Mustafov opened to 30,000 from the button and Adrien Quetelart defended his big blind. Quetelart check-called for 25,000 on the A♠K♦2♠ flop but was folded out by Mustafov's bet of 130,000 on the 9♦ turn.
Georgios Skarparis moved all in for 260,000 under the gun and Georgios Tsouloftas called on the button. "He's your friend," tablemate Halil Tasyurek told Tsouloftas as the two Cypriots waited to turn over their cards.
Georgios Skarparis: 10♠10♣ 
Georgios Tsouloftas: A♦J♥
The K♦10♦7♦ flop gave Skarparis a set, while Tsouloftas picked up straight and flush draws. The 3♠ turn was safe for Skarparis, while the 7♠ river improved him to a full house and earned him a double up.
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Anton Wigg raised from under the gun to 35,000 and Fahredin Mustafov three-bet to 105,000 out of the hijack. When it got back to Wigg, he called.
On the 2♠4♣Q♥ flop, Wigg check-called a bet of 40,000 from Mustafov and saw the 8♥ drop on the turn, which went check-check.
The 3♣ river drew a tiny bet out of Wigg for 35,000, and Mustafov released his cards.
Daniel Jackson opened in middle position for 30,000. The action folded to Bobby James in the big blind, who called. James check-called Jackson's bet of 25,000 on the 2♥A♥7♠ flop as well as the 110,000 he put in on the Q♦ turn.
The 4♦ then fell on the river. Jackson completed his triple barrel with a pot-sized bet of 360,000. James pondered a call as he tossed in a time bank. Eventually, he gathered the required chips and put them in the middle.
Jacosn tabled 5♠5♣ for a pair of fives. James showed down 8♠7♣ for a daring call with a pair of sevens. He collected the large pot and crossed the three-million mark as a result of his heroisms.
On a flop of 8♥J♥10♣, Nichan Khorchidian had committed his stack of around 250,000 to the pot, and had been put at risk by Ukraine's Andriy Lyubovetskiy.
Nichan Khorchidian: Q♥10♥
Andriy Lyubovetskiy: A♥7♥
Both had flopped flush draws, but it was Khorchidian who held the lead with his pair of tens and was the favorite to double up. However, things took a turn for the worst for Khorchidian on the A♠ turn, as Lyubovetskiy improved to top pair. Only a king, queen, ten, or a nine could save Khorchidian, and despite improving to a flush on the 4♥ river, Lyubovetskiy's flush was bigger.
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