Eelis Pärssinen raised to 300,000 and then folded when Liran Twito three-bet the pot.
Soon after, Pärssinen raised to 300,000 and Anuj [Removed:550] defended his big blind. They checked to the Q♥3♣3♦A♦5♠ river on which [Removed:550] checked again. Pärssinen bet 175,000 and [Removed:550] called.
The Finn shook his head and tabled J♦10♥9♥7♣ for a bluff, [Removed:550] won the pot with the 9♠7♦5♦4♥ and Pärssinen tapped the table.
Brian Rast made it 325,000 to go from the button and then called when Eric Garma raised the pot to 1,035,000 in the big blind.
"You have around one million behind?" Rast inquired and Garma nodded.
The flop brought J♦10♣9♠ and Garma jammed, Rast folded without asking for an exact count.
Liran Twito opened to 300,000 from middle position and received calls from Anuj [Removed:550] in the cutoff and David Eldridge on the button.
The flop came A♥K♣6♦ and Twito fired a 440,000 continuation bet that was called by [Removed:550] while Eldridge got out of the way.
Both players checked the 9♦ turn leading to the 6♥ river. Twito checked and [Removed:550] bet 1,500,000. Twito used two time extensions before opting to fold and [Removed:550] took the pot without showdown.
Brian Rast opened to 325,000 from middle position before Joni Jouhkimainen three-bet to 1,055,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back around to Rast, who four-bet to 2,725,000. Jouhkimainen had less than that behind and did make the call to put himself at risk.
Joni Jouhkimainen: A♠K♥Q♥3♠ 
Brian Rast: A♦J♥9♠7♦
Jouhkimainen had the greater equity heading to the flop but Rast ended up hitting the nut flush on the 5♦J♠K♦Q♦A♥ runout to send Jouhkimainen to the payout desk in 12th place.
David Eldridge won a pot off Eelis Pärssinen when no betting action took place on a Q♥3♥3♣K♣9♠ board as he tabled A♥A♠8♦5♠ for the winner.
Liran Twito then raised to 300,000 first to act and Eldridge called on the button. On the 6♠4♠4♣ flop, Twito bet 225,000 and folded to Eldridge's raise of 600,000.
In the next hand, Eldridge made it 300,000 to go in the cutoff and Billy Tarango called on the button. Eldridge bet the A♦10♦8♥ flop for 300,000 and Tarango raised it up to 1,000,000.
After briefly checking the stack of his neighbour, Eldridge opted to fold.
Anuj [Removed:550] opened to 350,000 from under the gun and Maxi Lehmanski raised to 1,120,000 from the big blind. [Removed:550] made the call.
The flop came A♥J♠10♥. Lehmanski moved all in for 1,600,000 and after taking a minute to weigh his options [Removed:550] opted to muck.
David Eldridge opened to 350,000 from the button and Eelis Pärssinen defended from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of 10♣10♦8♥K♦8♣. Pärssinen bet 735,000 and Eldridge snap called.
Pärssinen had trips with J♥10♠7♥7♣ while Eldridge had a full house with A♠K♣Q♥8♠ to take the pot.
Brian Rast opened to 325,000 in the cutoff and Eric Garma defended the big blind. On a flop of 10♣6♣4♣, Garma checked and then folded when Rast continued for 280,000.
Juha Helppi then made it 360,000 to go on the button and Yang Wang called from the big blind. They checked to the 4♦3♠2♠J♠Q♦ river on which Wang's bet of 550,000 won the pot uncontested.
Brian Rast opened to 325,000 on the button only to see Juha Helppi three-bet to 1,035,000 out of the big blind. After some consideration, Rast flatted to see a flop.
The flop came 9♣7♥A♠ and Helppi continued for 2,250,000. Rast did not take long to muck his holding, conceding a sizable pot to his opponent.
The penultimate level before the dinner break recommences with a shortest stack of 20 big blinds and a chip leading 108 big blinds.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | 3,200,000 | 27 |
| 2 | 2 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 4,100,000 | 34 |
| 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 4 | Eric Garma | United States | 2,400,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 5 | Yang Wang | China | 6,700,000 | 56 |
| 2 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | 7 | Ethan Cahn | United States | 6,400,000 | 53 |
| 2 | 8 | Brian Rast | United States | 13,000,000 | 108 |
| 3 | 1 | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | 8,000,000 | 67 |
| 3 | 2 | Liran Twito | Israel | 5,800,000 | 48 |
| 3 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Maxi Lehmanski | Germany | 3,140,000 | 26 |
| 3 | 5 | Anuj [Removed:550] | United States | 9,705,000 | 81 |
| 3 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | 7 | David Eldridge | United States | 4,825,000 | 40 |
| 3 | 8 | Billy Tarango | United States | 4,100,000 | 34 |
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