Yake Wu opened the hijack to 250,000 and Aliaksandr Shylko called from the cutoff.
They saw a flop of 5♠J♥3♣ which Wu checked, Shylko bet 200,000, and Wu called.
An A♠ on the turn was checked by both players to the 2♦ river. Wu led out for 440,000, and Shylko took a while before he folded.
Alexander Tkatschew three-bet jammed a short stack of around 2.2 million in the cutoff and was called by Richard Lowe from under the gun.
Alexander Tkatschew: 8♣8♠ 
Richard Lowe: K♦K♠
The inferior pair found no help on the A♣Q♦10♥A♠2♦ runout to send the former WSOP Europe Main Event finalist to the payout desk.
Niklas Astedt opened to 240,000 from the cutoff with A♣5♠, but Brandon Cantu on the button three-bet all-in for 1,435,000. Julio Trimmer in the big blind went into the tank and called, prompting Astedt to fold.
Brandon Cantu: A♥K♥
Julio Trimmer: A♦Q♠
Cantu flopped top pair on K♠5♣10♣9♣8♠ and secured a double up.
Arthur Morris raised to 240,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 600,000 by Joe Serock in the hijack. It was folded back around to Morris, who announced he was all in for approximately 2,700,000 total. Serock snap-called to put Morris at risk and hands were revealed.
Arthur Morris: Q♥Q♠
Joe Serock: A♣A♥
The J♣10♣8♦ flop gave Morris additional outs to a straight, but the 3♥ turn changed nothing.
Morris stood up from his seat and the dealer brought the 9♠ on the river. — filling Morris' gutshot to award him the double up.
"Lets go! Holy shi**!" Morris said. "Biggest suck-out of my life, probably."
In a duel of the French players, Nicolas Vayssieres was all-in in a classic flip against Malo Latinois.
Nicolas Vayssieres: A♠K♦
Malo Latinois: J♠J♥
The 10♦9♣8♦ flop kept Latinois not only in the lead but also gave him a straight draw as well. Nothing changed with the 10♠ turn and Vayssieres got up from his seat. The oldest trick in poker worked once more as the K♣ appeared on the river for the double-up.
"It shouldn't be allowed to stand up in casinos," Aliaksandr Shylko joked and another player chimed in with a joke: "French chip dumping".
Cameron Mixson shoved from the hijack for 1,700,000 and Daniel Kyosev called from the small blind.
Cameron Mixson: A♥8♠
Daniel Kyosev: A♣J♦
Mixson needed a lot of help but never found it on the K♠9♦6♣ flop. There were some backdoor draws for Mixson, who asked for a seven from the dealer but instead a Q♥ fell on the turn.
"One time," said Mixson.
As if by magic, an 8♥ landed on the river which gave Mixson the pot, and kept him alive in the Main Event.
"That's my 'one time' used," joked a jubilant Mixson as he raked in the pot.
Nick Jivkov raised to 250,000 under the gun and Chi Jen Chen called in the big blind.
Jivkov continued for 150,000 on the 6♦9♣9♠ flop and Chen raised to 500,000. Jivkov called.
The turn was the Q♣ and Chen bet 625,000. Jivkov again called and the 10♠ fell on the river. Chen then bet 1,300,000.
Jivkov spent several minutes in the tank as he considered the decision for most of his remaining stack, but he ultimately decided to muck and Chen took down the pot.
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Aloisio Dourado opened to 250,000 from middle position and Nick Jivkov shoved for 1,665,000 total on the button. Action folded back around to Dourado, who tanked for some time before sticking in a single chip to indicate a call.
Nick Jivkov: 10♥10♣
Aloisio Dourado: A♦10♦
The K♠Q♥2♠ flop gave Dourado additional outs to Broadway, but the K♥ turn and 4♠ river bricked out to award Jivkov the double up with his tens.
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