James Obst opened the action with a raise to 235,000 from under the gun. To his left, Ricky Pyne three-bet to 655,000. Michael Dyer four-bet to 2,400,000 in middle position and everyone folded to Pyne. He gave it some thought before calling, already creating a pot of 5 million before the first community cards were even dealt.
The flop was 
and Pyne check-folded to a 2,000,000 bet from Dyer.
Volodymyr Drokin moved all in from the cutoff with a shove for 1,240,000. Action folded to the small blind where Hari Bercovici called. The big blind folded so it was off to the races.
Hari Bercovici: 
Volodymyr Drokin: 
The flop was as exciting as it could possibly be when it came 
giving Drokin bottom set but giving Bercovici the nut straight. The turn was the 
which changed nothing, but the river was the 
pairing the board and keeping Drokin alive for a bit longer as he made a full house to survive.
Michael Fail raised to 210,000 from early position and Alex Lynskey called on the button. Brent Ballentine moved all in for 1,435,000 in the small blind, and Antoine Labat in the big blind asked for a count, then announced the call. Feil moved all in for just over 7.5 million to force an instant fold from Lynskey. Labat called in a heart beat.
Brent Ballentine: 
Michael Feil: 
Antoine Labat: 
"This is so sick," queens versus kings and aces, Feil said when he flashed his own cards high for his rail to see. The board came 
and the stacks were counted. Labat had more than 8 million in chips, thus confirming a double knockout and vaulting the Frenchman into the top spot.
Ivan Luca opened the action with a raise to 215,000 from the cutoff before Benjamin Pollak three-bet to 730,000 from the small blind. Ricardo Souza was in the big blind and moved all in for 1.8 million. Luca quickly folded and Pollak needed a couple of minutes to think before he called.
Benjamin Pollak: 
Ricardo Souza:
Board: 
When the ace hit the flop to give Souza the lead, there was a loud cheer from the main stage. And when the board completed and Souza won the hand, the cheers erupted once more as he moved up to 3.9 million.
Alexander Haro was celebrating a double when we arrived at his table. He was in the big blind and had shown down 
for jacks full on a completed board of 
. Randall Lack was less than pleased with the outcome, having made trips with 
on the turn. He paid off 4,355,000 in the end, with about 2.5 million having already been in the pot.
Aram Zobian raised to 230,000 in the hijack and Chanracy Khun made it 800,000 on the button. Zobian came back with a four-bet to about 2.3 million and Khun quickly mucked. Zobian showed the 
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According to the clock, there is 47:30 left in the level and the players are back in their seats.
With some 48 minutes left in the level, the remaining 66 players have been sent into a 15-minute break.
Just prior to that, [Removed:502] has been eliminated on the outer feature table.
Nishant Sharma raised to 225,000 from the button and got calls from Michael Dyer and Ming Xi in the blinds.
The flop came 
and Dyer bet 315,000. Xi folded and Sharma called. The turn was the 
. Dyer checked and Sharma bet 575,000. Dyer quickly check-raised all in putting Sharma to the test. Sharma called.
Michael Dyer: 
Nishant Sharma: 
Dyer had turned a open-ender to go along with his treys while Sharma had turned two pair. Sharma was all in for 4,470,000 and the river came meaning he doubled up.
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