Hak-Hyun Lee raised to 200,000 first to act with and Derek Lawless defended the big blind with the . Both players checked the flop and improved to a flush on the turn. Again the action went check, check, and Lawless bet 250,000 on the river.
Lee called and saw the bad news to drop down to 20 big blinds.
Derek Lawless picked up pocket queens right after the break and claimed the blinds and antes.
Then, Christos Xanthopoulos raised to 175,000 with and Lawless three-bet to 375,000 with the . Xanthopoulos called and the flop brought , on which the Greek checked. Lawless bet 525,000 and Xanthopoulos called to see the turn, giving Lawless top set.
Both players checked and the on the river triggered another check by Xanthopoulos. Lawless moved all in and Xanthopoulos asked for a count. The Greek used two time banks and sent his cards into the muck.
Derek Lawless opened to 125,000 with in the cutoff and chip leader Antoine Labat came along out of the big blind with the . On the flop, Labat made it 220,000 to go and Lawless folded.
Right after the hand was over, the players headed into a 10-minute break.
Philippe Souki raised to 110,000 with the and Aleem Kanji defended the big blind with . Kanji checked and called a bet of 90,000 by Souki on the flop and led the turn for 165,000 after improving to a pair of jacks. Souki called and the turn paired the board.
Kanji checked and Souki made it 405,000 to go, which was eventually called by Kanji.
Antoine Labat raised to 100,000 with the and raked in the blinds and big blind ante.
Philippe Souki then raised to 115,000 with in the cutoff and claimed the pot without resistance.
Labat made it 150,000 to go with the and Derek Lawless defended his big blind with the . Labat flopped best on and Lawless checked, Labat bet and that ended the hand right there.
Derek Lawless raised to 135,000 on the button with the and Aleem Kanji in the big blind three-bet to 405,000 with the . Lawless used a time bank and then slid in a four-bet to 1.2 million. Kanji gave it some thought and folded.
Lawless then picked up the and raised it up to 115, Antoine Labat three-bet to 350,000 with on the button. Lawless called and the flop came , which prompted a bet of 360,000 by Lawless despite the two overcards. Labat opted to call and the followed on the turn.
Lawless let his 30 seconds to act run down and checked, and Labat quickly grabbed into his chip stack to see how much he had left. Labat then bet 360,000 with 1.1 million behind and Lawless counted his T-100,000 chips, double-checked his cards and called to create a massive pot of 2.3 million.
After the river, Lawless checked and Labat moved all in for half the pot. Lawless folded.