Several minutes into the break, Nicolas Le Floch and Christopher Kinane were involved in a pot that saw Le Floch bluff Kinane.
On the flop, Le Floch fired a bet of 280,000, and Kinane called. Then, the landed on the turn, and Le Floch bet 305,000. Kinane called again. The river paired the board, and Le Floch moved all in. Kinane had 940,000 left and went into the tank for around five full minutes. He eventually folded the for two pair. Le Floch showed him the for a weaker two pair and won the pot.
On the first hand back from the break, Noah Schwartz earned a double-up through Bryan Pellegrino.
The hand saw Schwartz all in and at risk from the small blind with and Pellegrino playing from the button with . The flop came to hit Schwartz's hand, and after the turn and river he survived.
Jorn Walthaus pulled out the rarely-seen under-the-gun limp, and action folded to JC Tran in the small blind. He raised to 300,000, and Walthaus made the call. The flop came , and Tran bet 315,000. Walthaus made the call. The turn was a , and Tran bet 800,000. Walthaus dumped his hand.
Chris Kinane was just now all in and at risk after watching James Alexander open for 130,000 from late position, then three-betting all in for 810,000 from the button and getting a call from Alexander.
Kinane had and was hoping his small pair would hold against Alexander's . The board ran out , and Kinane's deuces held.
Fabian Ortiz limped in from the small blind, Maxx Coleman moved all in for effectively 1.555 million from the big blind, and Ortiz called.
Ortiz:
Coleman:
The flop fell , giving Ortiz two pair, and the turned. Not seeing that Coleman held hearts, Ortiz hopped out of his chair to shake one of his friends hands. The on the river was not a heart though, and Ortiz doubled to 3.19 million chips. Coleman fell to 2.7 million.