The action was folded to Alexandru Papazian in the small blind who limped in with . Jonathan Little raised to 850,000 with out of the big blind and Papazian called. The flop came and Papazian check-called a bet of 700,000 from Little.
The peeled off on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Papazian led out for 1.8 million but Little raised to 5.0 million. Papazian thought for a couple of minutes but then elected to fold.
Kenny Hallaert limped in from the small blind with and Alexandru Papazian checked his option with . The flop fell and Hallaert led out for 500,000. Papazian called and the paired the board on the turn.
Hallaert fired another 1.1 million and Papazian stuck around to see the on the river. Both players checked and Hallaert took down the pot with two pair.
Sam Greenwood raised to 550,000 on the button with and Pascal Lefrancois pushed all in for his short stack of 4.1 million with in the small blind. Greenwood made the call and the two hands were tabled.
The flop came leaving Lefrancois in the lead and the on the turn changed nothing. However, the river brought the and Greenwood made a pair of aces to eliminate Lefrancois in sixth place.
Alexandru Papazian opened to 550,000 from the cutoff with and was called by Preben Stokkan in the big blind with . The flop came and Stokkan checked to Papazian who continued for 675,000. Stokkan check-raised to 1.6 million with his flopped flush and Papazian called.
The turn was the and Stokkan checked when the board paired. Papazian fired another 675,000 and Stokkan just called. The river was the and Stokkan checked one more time. Papazian bet 1.5 million with the nut flush and Stokkan laid his hand down.
Preben Stokkan limped in from the small blind with and Kenny Hallaert checked his option with . The flop came and Stokkan led out for 300,000. Hallaert made the call and the peeled off on the turn.
Stokkan checked his flush draw and Hallaert fired 950,000 after making trip deuces. Stokkan called and the double-paired the board on the river. Stokkan checked again and Hallaert bet 2.0 million. Stokkan instantly mucked his hand and Hallaert took down the pot.
Jonathan Little raised to 700,000 from under the gun with and Sam Greenwood called from the cutoff with . The flop came and Little led out for 800,000. Greenwood made the call with the weaker two pair and the landed on the turn.
Little checked this time and Greenwood fired 1.2 million. Little called rather quickly and the completed the board. Both players checked and Little earned himself another pot.
Jonathan Little raised to 700,000 from the cutoff with and Kenny Hallaert defended his big blind with . The flop came and Hallaert check-called a bet of 700,000 from Little.
The turn was the giving both players a gut-shot straight draw, Little with the larger one. Both players checked and the landed on the river. Hallaert led out for 2.25 million and Little pushed all in. Hallaert made the call for his remaining chips and found out the bad news, being eliminated in fifth place.