On the last hand before the break, which ran over into break time, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier busted Igor Kurganov.
Grospellier raised all in from early position and action folded to Kurganov on the button. He thought for a bit and then called all in for approximately 300,000. Grospellier held the and Kurganov the .
Kurganov pulled ahead on the flop, but the on the turn gave Grospellier a Broadway straight and left Kurganov hoping for just a chop on the river to stay alive. The river was the and Kurganov was eliminated in eighth place.
Will "The Thrill" Failla raised to 100,000 out of the cutoff seat and Sam Trickett reraised all in from the button for 514,000. After the blinds folded, Failla called.
Failla:
Trickett:
The board provided no help for Trickett and he was eliminated in ninth place.
From under the gun, Shaun Deeb raised to 80,000. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier reraised all in for 353,000 from the cutoff seat and action folded back to Deeb. He made the call and rolled over the . Grospellier held a better pair with the .
The flop, turn and river ran out and Grospellier finished with a full house to doubled up.
Hani Awad and Will "The Thrill" Failla got all of the money in preflop. Awad held the and Failla the . A board of followed and Failla doubled back to over a half a million. Awad was left with just 13,000.
On the button, Jason Somerville raised to 80,000. Gus Hansen called from the small blind and Hani Awad called from the big blind. The three players saw the flop come down and Hansen led for 252,000. Both of his opponents folded and Hansen won the pot.
Action folded to Steve Meling in the cutoff seat and he opened with a raise to 100,000. Shaun Deeb was on the button and made it 1.5 million to essentially put everyone left with cards all in. Everyone, including Meling, gave it up and Deeb won the pot.