Nicolas Burtin opened from under the gun with A♥8♥, and was called by Lulei Hu in the small blind with 6♠6♦, and Dario Quattrucci in the big blind with 10♣7♦.
The 9♦6♣2♣ flop was checked through to the 5♥ turn, where Hu led out with a bet of 325,000, which only Burtin called.
The 7♣ river gave Burtin the one-card straight. Hu check-called a bet of 1,000,000 from Burtin, and saw the bad news that his set had been rivered.
Nicolas Burtin raised from 320,000 from the small blind, and Henrik Veldhoen three-bet to 850,000 from the big blind.
Burtin jammed with the covering stack, and Veldhoen called off for his total stack of 3,885,000.
Henrik Veldhoen: A♠K♦ 
Nicolas Burtin: A♣Q♦
Veldhoen was in great shape, and the J♠8♦7♥2♥2♣ runout confirmed his double-up. Veldhoen now takes the chip lead.
Stan Van Dijk opened to 160,000 from the hijack, and called a three-bet to 650,000 from Sebastien Guinand in the big blind.
Guinand continued with a bet of 375,000 on the A♥5♥4♦ flop, which failed to shake off Guinand.
The J♣ hit on the turn, and Guinand checked. Van Dijk probed with a bet of 500,000, and Guinand called.
The K♣ river completed the board. Guinand took a bit of time to think, before he jammed for 4,955,000 with the covering stack.
Van Dijk let out a sound of pain, and went into the tank. After about 90 seconds he called for his 1,965,000 stack.
Guinand tabled 7♦3♥, and Van Dijk took a big pot with A♠J♠ for two pair.
"I was targeting ace-queen or ace-ten" said Guinand. "I'm not good enough to fold" responded Van Dijk.
Level: 30
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break, with coverage due to restart at 8.55 p.m local time.
Manuel Schnur opened to 125,000 from the hijack, and was faced with a three-bet to 380,000 from Nicolas Burtin on the button.
Action folded back to Schur, who four-bet jammed for 3,575,000, and Burtin snap-called.
Manuel Schnur: A♣K♥
Nicolas Burtin: K♦K♣
It was a horrible cooler, and there was no escape for Schnur on the Q♠8♣2♥9♦3♠ runout, propelling Burtin into the chip lead.
Tobias Peters opened to 425,000 from early position, leaving himself 100,000 behind, and received a call from Anuar El Bakkali.
On the A♠10♣6♠ flop, Peters check-called off for his remaining stack in the face of a bet of 500,000 from El Bakkali.
Tobias Peters: Q♥Q♣
Anuar El Bakkali: A♥6♥
Peters had a premium but El Bakkali had flopped two pair, and there was no two-outer on the 4♣3♣ runout.
Remarkably Peters finished precisely 13th in this event last year.
Anuar El Bakkali jammed from the cutoff for 815,000, and was called by Tobias Peters in the big blind.
Anuar El Bakkali: A♠Q♦
Tobias Peters: K♠J♦
El Bakkali was ahead, and his double-up was confirmed by the Q♠J♣4♦8♦4♥ runout.
Nicolai Striewe jammed from the button for 1,375,000, and was looked up by Andrew Hulme in the big blind.
Nicolai Striewe: A♦4♣
Andrew Hulme: A♣K♣
Striewe had run into a monster, and Hulme made a full house across the A♥K♠3♥J♥K♦ runout.
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