Taylor Paur raised on the button to 200,000 and Steven Gee called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Gee checked and Paur bet 155,000. Gee called.
The turn was the and paired the board. Gee checked and Paur bet 380,000. Gee check-raised to 780,000 and Paur folded.
David Balkin raised to 225,000 from middle position and was called by Gaelle Baumann from the cutoff and Erik Hellman from the big blind. The flop came down and Hellman checked. Balkin fired 425,000 and Baumann called. Hellman got out of the way and the two were heads up to the turn.
The dealer flipped up a on the turn and Balkin pushed 1,000,000 into the middle. Baumann tanked before calling. The rivered and Balkin moved all in. Baumann snap called and Balkin turned up for a set of tens.
Baumann showed and Balkin started celebrating, thinking Baumann merely had a pair of aces, not realizing that she had the nut flush. Baumann was able to scoop the pot, however, and she's now sitting atop 4,250,000 in chips while Balkin has been crippled to around 1,100,000.
From middle position, Paul Volpe raised to 200,000. Andras Koroknai called from the hijack seat and Amnon Filippi called out of the big blind. The three players took a flop of . Filippi and Volpe checked before Koroknai bet 265,000. Both his opponents folded and Koroknai won the pot.
Russell Thomas raised to 210,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Strelitz defended from the big blind. Both players checked the flop, and then Russell called a bet of 315,000 from Strelitz on the turn.
When the was put out on the river, Strelitz led out for 865,000. Thomas thought for a bit before making the call, but mucked when Strelitz rolled over for two pair.