Andy Taylor and Rok Gosita saw a flop of 
when Taylor bet 400,000. Gostisa then shoved for around 1,500,000 and Taylor called.
Rok Gostisa: 
Andy Taylor: 
The turn and river came 
as Taylor took in the pot and sent the Slovenian high roller to the rail.
Marco Johnson raised to 225,000 with 
and Brian Kim called with 
from the button. The flop was 
and both players checked.
The turn was and Johnson bet 250,000. Kim called and the river was the troublesome .
Johnson counted out 1,250,000 and put it in the middle. Kim went into the tank for several moments before he finally got away from it and gave Johnson the pot.
On a 
board with roughly 1,000,000 in the pot, Kamal Bittar checked the big blind, and Jorge Hou bet 855,000 in early position. Bittar then check-raised to 2,075,000 to send his opponent into the tank. After some time, Hou raised to 5,150,000, only for Bittar to raise yet again, covering Hou's stack of approximately 3,500,000 behind. Hou again went into the tank and ultimately, laid down his hand.
Bittar leapt up from his seat and slammed down 
onto the felt as he walked away from the table while talking to himself, clearly energized from the huge hand which rocketed him into the chip lead.
William Smith opened to 225,000 from the cutoff only to see Mayank Madan three-bet to 580,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way to send the action back to Smith who, after some consideration, made the call to send the two players heads-up to the flop.
Smith checked to the three-bettor on a monotone flop of 
and Madan continued for 350,000. Not yet prepared to resign the pot, Smith flatted
On the turn Smith checked for a second time. Madan was in no mood to slow down and continued his aggression with a hefty bet of 2,000,000. Smith did not appear happy but eventually made a reluctant fold to take a minor hit to his stack.
There were two players on neighbouring tables who essentially pushed all-in and kept a single chip behind while on the pay jump. One of them was Johan Schumacher in the cutoff, who had invested 1,550,000 with 5,000 behind. On the button, Andy Taylor pushed all-in to isolate and Schumacher went into the tank.
While glancing over at the other table and even asking if there was an all-in and call, he grabbed his smart phone and typed a few messages in WhatsApp before then calling it off following the double-up of the other player.
Johan Schumacher: 
Andy Taylor: 
The Brit took the lead on the 
flop and retained it throughout the turn as well as the 
river, sending Schumacher to the rail.
Dingxiang Ong raised to 200,000 and Mack Khan shoved his last 1,116,000 from the small blind. Ong called and action was heads up with Khan at risk.
Mack Khan:
Dingxiang Ong: 
The board ran out 
and Khan made aces and tens to secure the double through Ong.
Frank Funaro opened to 200,000 from under the gun and Robert Minor just called on the button. Espen Jorstad was in the small blind and shoved all in for 2,160,000. Funaro asked for a count before making the call and Minor opted to fold after a minute.
Espen Jorstad:
Frank Funaro: 
"Fair fight," Jorstad pointed out before the flop of 
hit the felt. The on the turn gave Funaro a straight draw but the on the river ensured Jorstad of a double up.
Terence Reid opened the pot for 200,000 before Pierre De Almeida re-raised to 700,000. Action folded around to Espen Jorstad on the button who shoved for around 4,500,000.
Reid quickly folded, but De Almeida went into the tank for several minutes. As he was pondering his decision, the table began filling out bio sheets in preparation for a move to one of the secondary feature tables.
"He's playing Mario Kart," a tablemate said about Karim Rebei.
"He likes Mario, too," Rebei said about Jorstad and the Mario figurine he uses as a card protector, a joke which elicited a smile from the all-in player.
De Almeida eventually folded as Jorstad took in the pot.
David Diaz opened to 210,000 from the hijack and Matija Dobric three-bet to 650,000 on his left. With the action back on Diaz, he called to see a flop of .
Diaz checked to Dobric who dropped in a bet of 500,000. Diaz called and the 
rolled off on the turn. Diaz checked again and Dobric put together a bet of 850,000. That was enough to get the job done as Diaz sent his cards into the muck.
Christopher Kojack had gotten his stack of approximately 1,500,000 in from the button and was at risk against Victor Li in the big blind.
Christopher Kojack:
Victor Li:
The table got louder as a nine appeared in the window, but the dealer fanned the flop to ease the excitement. The 
turn left Kojack drawing dead, and the meaningless 
completed the board.
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