Daniel Negreanu raised to 15,000 from under the gun with and Christian Christner called from the small blind with . The flop came and Negreanu forced Christner to fold the best hand with a bet of 24,000.
In the next hand, Christner raised to 14,000 from the button with and Negreanu called from the big blind with . Both players checked the flop and on the turn card, Negreanu fired 40,000 to earn himself the pot.
In a blind vs blind situation, it was Daniel Negreanu holding against Seth Davies with . The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Negreanu made a small bet of 12,000 and Davies called to see the hit the river. Negreanu fired out 37,000 with two pair and Davies raised to 130,000 after rivering a straight. Negreanu sat up in his chair and ended up making the call. Davies tabled his cards and took down a sizeable pot.
From the cutoff, Fedor Holz opened with a raise and both Justin Bonomo and Brian Rast called from the button and big blind respectively.
The flop landed and Holz fired out a continuation-bet of 24,000 as Bonomo folded, and Rast check-called.
The turn landed the , and following a check from Rast, Holz bet 29,000. Rast tossed in five 25,000-denomination chips amounting to a raise of 125,000, and Holz made the call as the river landed the .
Rast cut out a bet of 260,000, and after using his second time extension button, Holz pushed all in. Rast quickly folded and dropped to 470,000, while Holz motored his stack up to 1.2 million; good enough to contend for the chip lead with Steffen Sontheimer.
Stefan Schillhabel raised to 16,000 on the button with and was called by Christian Christner in the big blind with . The flop came and Christner checked it over to Schillhabel who fired 15,000.
Christner floated to the on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Christner seized the opportunity to take a shot at the pot with a bet of 85,000 and Schillhabel folded to the big bet.
Christian Christner opened to 16,000 from the hijack with and was called by Steffen Sontheimer in the cutoff with . The flop came and Christner continued for 17,000 which Sontheimer called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Christner went for a small value bet of 22,000 and Sontheimer paid him off.