On the first hand of the new level, Mark Newhouse had the button.
Felix Stephensen raised to 1.1 million from the hijack seat, and play folded to William Tonking in the big blind. He reraised to 3 million, and Stephensen folded.
Jorryt van Hoof opened the button to 1 million and Andoni Larrabe defended from the big blind to see a flop fall.
Larrabe checked and van Hoof bet out 1.4 million with Larrabe quickly calling as the landed on the turn.
Larrabe opted to lead out with a bet of 3.35 million which van Hoof called as the dealer completed the board on the river with the .
Larrabe checked, and after a few moments van Hoof announced he was all in for effectively 17,350,000. Larrabe quickly folded and van Hoof scooped the pot to move back into the chip lead with over 40.1 million.
Will Tonking opened to 900,000 from middle position and Dan Sindelar called next to act as the flop landed . Tonking led out for 1.35 million and Sindelar made the call as the landed on the turn.
Tonking went deep into the tank for several minutes before eventually sliding out a stack of chips amount to a bet of 2.3 million with Sindelar releasing fairly swiftly to slid down below 25 million.