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Peng Shan limped in and then folded when Ap Garza raised the pot to 480,000.
Travis Pearson raised to 400,000 and Shan potted to 1,480,000, earning the chips without resistance.
Pearson raised again and Sam Soverel defended his big blind to then check-fold the A♣J♦7♣ flop to a bet worth 550,000.
Pearson made it 400,000 to go and Stanislav Halatenko called on the button. The K♣7♠2♣ flop was checked to Halatenko, who bet 500,000 and earned a call. Both checked the 5♠ turn and the J♠ river brought a potential back door flush.
Pearson checked again and Halatenko bet 2,000,000 in order to force a fold from his opponent.
Shan then limped in and Halatenko raised to 700,000 in the cutoff, forcing folds all around.
After the hand, there was a brief break to race off the T-5,000 chip denominations ahead of the final level on Day 3.