In a massive pot of 1,200,000, Kohei Arai and Yulian Bogdanov were heads up on a flop of 8♥8♠4♣. Arai fired a bet of 240,000 from early position, which Bogdanov called on the button.
The K♦ turn saw Arai size up slightly to 300,000. Bogdanov spent some time in thought, but he eventually mucked his cards to forfeit the pot to Arai.
Carmino Argiero opened to 40,000 from under the gun and He Zhou called from a couple of seats over. Colin Robinson three-bet to 150,000 on the button and Argiero took a minute before folding. Zhou took well over a minute and decided to call.
The flop fell 8♠4♣2♠ and Zhou checked to Robinson who took nearly two minutes before firing out a bet of 90,000. Zhou took another minute and check-raised to 180,000 which prompted a much quicker fold from Robinson.
"I'm gonna start clocking you guys," Yuriy Boyko said at the table. "I want to play some hands too. That took way too long."
Kenny Hallaert bet 60,000 from under the gun on a flop of 4♣9♥3♠ and Tomas Szwarcberg called on the button.
The turn was the K♠ and Hallaert bet another 170,000. Szwarcberg again called and the 2♥ fell on the river.
Both players slowed down and checked, and Szwarcberg showed A♠7♠. Hallaert mucked and Szwarcberg took the pot with ace-high.
Esther Taylor limped in from the small blind with 5♠4♠ and William Pengelly checked in the big blind with Q♣6♥.
The flop came J♠2♦2♠. Taylor bet 30,000 and Pengelly called.
Taylor continued for 65,000 on the 9♣ turn and Pengelly raised to 200,000. Taylor folded her flush draw and the pot was pushed to Pengelly.
Damien Luis made it 40,000 to go with 6♥6♦ from middle position, and Josselin Gardes called with Q♥J♥ in the cutoff. Santiago Montes also called with K♦10♦ in the big blind.
The flop came A♠8♣K♥, and when it got checked to Luis, he fired 85,000. Gardes called, Montes folded.
A 2♥ landed on the turn, and Luis bet 125,000, which got a call out of Gardes with his combo draw.
All of those draws missed when the 8♠ hit the river, and Luis checked. Gardes checked it back, and Luis' pair of sixes was good for the pot.
By the time the turn showed A♣Q♣2♦A♦, Patrick Mueller in the big blind had most of his short stack in the middle already. Chahn Jung in middle position bet and then called the all-in of Mueller for 130,000.
Patrick Mueller: A♠7♥
Chahn Jung: K♠10♥
Jung needed a jack to send Mueller to the rail but the river was the Q♠, pairing up the board for the second time.
Pablo Almeida made it 40,000 from the button before Nicholas Caouette jammed the button for 385,000. Iman Alsaden moved all in from the small blind for 500,000, causing Almeida to go into the tank. After mulling it over for a while, Almeida folded pocket jacks.
Nicholas Caouette: 7♠7♦
Iman Alsaden: A♦K♠
Caouette managed to find himself a flip after Almeida folded the bigger pair. The dealer produced the flop of J♣2♥9♥, keeping the sevens in the lead. The rest of the board ran out 2♦5♦, which meant Caouette doubled through Alsaden.
Almeida just put his head in his hands after seeing he would have tripled up, if he flicked in the call with his jacks.
With around 250,000 in the pot on a flop of 5♥3♣7♥, Amadeus Janotta bet 100,000 from middle position, and Eddie Blumenthal moved all in for 550,000 under the gun. Janotta snapped.
Eddie Blumenthal: 10♣10♥
Amadeus Janotta: Q♣Q♠
Both players had an overpair, but Janotta was best with his queens, and Blumenthal couldn't find any miracles on the 2♣ turn or 6♥ river as he was sent to the rail.
Adrien Delmas opened from the button with K♥Q♠ and Esther Taylor defended from the big blind with A♦4♣.
The flop came 3♣K♦3♥ and Taylor check-called a 25,000 continuation bet from Delmas.
Taylor led out with a 60,000 bet on the 2♥ turn and Delmas called. On the 8♥ river Taylor checked, Delmas bet 185,000 and Taylor folded after a brief tank.
Michael Vanier raised to the minimum of 40,000 under the gun. Oystein Kristoffersen called in the cutoff, after which David Wintersberger three-bet to 150,000 on the button.
Both Vanier and Kristoffersen called, after which the Q♣6♠8♠ flop was fanned. It checked to Wintersberger, who continued for 125,000. Vanier called, but Kristoffersen got out of the way.
The 5♣ turn and 7♦ river saw both players knuckle the table, and Vanier revealed A♦Q♥ at showdown. His top pair won him the pot when Wintersberger mucked his cards, seeing the table chipleader increase his stack further.
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