Dermot Blain was in the big blind and got his stack in against James Chen on a flop of 
. Blain had checked, Chen bet 50,000 from the button, Blain check-raised, and all the chips went in the middle in a flurry of activity.
Dermot Blain: 
James Chen: 
Blain was ahead with top two and Chen needed to improve in order to stack him. The 
turn and 
river gave Blain the nut flush and he doubled up.
After an elimination of Matt Stout in 19th place, the remaining players were assigned new seats.
| Seat | Table 620 | Table 621 | Table 622 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant Wall | Jonathan Depa | Jan-Peter Jachtmann |
| 2 | Dermot Blain | Ryan Lenaghan | [Removed:321] Abedi |
| 3 | Ronald Keijzer | Christopher Frank | Evangelos Kokkalis |
| 4 | Brock Parker | Tommy Le | Romain Lewis |
| 5 | Scott Bohlman | Ben Palmer | Ardit Kurshumi |
| 6 | James Chen | Blake Whittington | Martin Kozlov |
Jan-Peter Jachtmann raised 40,000 from the button and James Chen called in the small blind. The next round was checked and Chen took the betting lead on the turn reading 
. He fired 75,000 and Jachtmann called.
The river was the 
and Chen potted for 246,000. Jachtmann spent a few minutes tanking.
"Very close," he turned towards Chen and talked but Chen remained quiet. Then someone called the clock on Jachtmann who made the call during a five-second countdown.
Chen showed 
for a full house and Jachtmann mucked his hand in defeat.
With about 100,000 in the middle and the board reading 
, Martin Kozlov bet 83,000 from the big blind into his lone opponent, Scott Bohlman, who was in the cutoff. Bohlman called after a brief consideration.
The 
fell on the river and Kozlov checked. Bohlman bet 75,000, and after a bit of thought, Kozlov folded.
"Good bluff," said Kozlov as the dealer pushed the pot Bohlman's way.
There were 116,000 chips in the pot and the board read 
when we got to the table. Richard Hu bet 76,000 from the big blind and Romain Lewis made a pot-size raise to 344,000 from the cutoff. Hu shoved for about 100,000 more and Lewis quickly called with a covering stack.
Richard Hu: 
Romain Lewis: 
Lewis had the edge with trips and Hu needed to improve to survive. The river missed both players and Lewis took the pot as Hu began to make his way to the payout desk.
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
James Chen was in the big blind, checking on the river of the 
. Ronald Keijzer bet 90,000 into 126,000 and Chen check-raised pot, making it 396,000. Keijzer thought for over two minutes and then he released his hand. Chen was about to show one card but Keijzer stopped him.
"Show three or show nothing," he said.
Chen then picked three of his hole cards, turning up the 
.
Martin Kozlov made it 36,000 in the small blind and Ryan Lenaghan defended his big. Kozlov check-called 40,000 on 
before they tapped the 
turn. The river fell 
and Kozlov checked, letting Lenaghan fire 80,000. Kozlov tanked for a while and then made the call but Lenaghan had him beat with 
for aces up.
Brock Parker made it 32,000 from under the gun, Tommy Le called next to act, and everyone else got out of the way.
The flop came and Parker shoved for his last 66,000. Le quickly called to put Parker at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
Brock Parker: 
Tommy Le: 
Le had the best of it with two pair and an open-ended straight draw and Parker needed help from the deck to survive. The turn and river gave Parker tens full of aces to win the pot for a double-up.
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