There were 18 hands at the Stud 8 level. Bruno Fitoussi won five out of the first six hands before chopping the seventh hand. However, Freddy Deeb had taken over the chip lead. Deeb would then lose the largest pot in the tournament when Hanson rivered a straight against him to win the 4.4M pot. At that point, Fitoussi leapfrogged back into the lead with 6.4M.