Seth Davies raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and Philipp Gruissem called from the big blind. The flop fell and both players checked to the on the turn.
Gruissem led out for 17,000 and Davies stuck around to see the on the river. Gruissem checked this time and Davies bet 33,000. After thinking for a couple of minutes, Gruissem put in a check-raise to 150,000 and Davies quickly mucked his cards.
Just a few hands after Matt Kirk took his seat two positions to the left of Sean Winter, the two players played a massive pot. On a flop of , the two players got all of their chips in the middle with Winter holding . Kirk also flopped a set but was left drawing to just one out.
The turn and the river changed nothing and Winter doubled up to over 2.1 million, leaving Kirk with under 200,000. Not long after, Kirk flopped two pair but ran into the set of Carlos Chadha and became the first player eliminated.
Kenny Hallaert opened to 13,000 from the hijack and Jack Sinclair three-bet to 40,000 on the button. Philipp Gruissem called from the small blind and Andrey Pateychuk put his new stack to work with a four-bet to 125,000 from the big blind. Hallaert folded while both Sinclair and Gruissem called.
The flop came and Gruissem checked to Pateychuk who continued for 100,000. Sinclair called and Gruissem got out of the way. The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Pateychuk checked again and Sinclair bet 275,000. Pateychuk didn't waste much time before sending his cards to the muck.
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 14,000 from the hijack and Niall Farrell re-raised to 56,000 from the big blind. O'Dwyer called and the flop came . Farrell led out for 66,000 and O'Dwyer called.
The landed on the turn and Farrell continued to fire for 152,000. O'Dwyer wasn't going anywhere as he quickly called and the river brought the . Farrell checked and O'Dwyer tossed in a bet of 400,000. Farrell briefly thought about his decision but elected to fold.