Alex Epstein raised to 650,000 on the button and James Chen called in the small blind. On the flop, Chen checked and called a bet of 750,000 before checking again the on the turn. Epstein now bet 2,250,000 for more than two third of the pot.

Chen moved all in and Epstein snap-folded in the final hand of the level before the players headed into their first 15-minute break of the day.