Jeff Hakim got his stack of about 260,000 in preflop from the big blind against Hossein Ensan, who had on the button. Hakim dominated him with , and the board ran out king-free for Hakim.
Vicente Delgado opened early to 30,000 and called a three-bet to 80,000 from Moritz Dietrich, who had the button. Both players checked down a runout until Delgado announced he was all in on the river. It was well over twice the size of the pot. Dietrich smiled and folded without delay.
Diego Zeiter bet 77,000 in a blinds battle with Remi Castaignon on a board of . Castaignon pushed all of his chips in, which looked to be 250,000. Zeiter double-checked his cards and immediately called.
Zeiter:
Castaignon:
Castaignon had a pair and a flush draw to go with a straight draw. He improved on the river, but the only gave him lower two pair, not enough.
Dan Smith busted out from the featured table. He got it in there with his last seven big blinds or so in the cutoff and had live cards with against Paul Testud's . The flop was dead for both, but a king on the turn left Smith felted.