Gabriel Moura opened to 1,600,000 and Gerardo Hernandez three-bet jammed a stack of 18,000,000. Moura called off with a stack of 14,200,000.
Gabriel Moura: A♥A♣
Gerardo Hernandez: 10♦10♣
Moura picked up aces at the right time and improved on the flop of 6♦A♦7♥. The 8♦ turn left Hernandez with backdoor outs, but the J♠ river bricked off to earn Moura a double.
Charles Russell limped in under the gun before Diogo Coelho raised to 2,800,000 in the cutoff. Jason Sagle then three-bet to 7,300,000 on the button.
Russell came back with a four-bet to 16,000,000 and Coelho moved all in for 26,200,000. Sagle got out of the way, snap-folding A♦K♠ before Russell called to create a more than 60,000,000 chip pot.
Diogo Coelho: A♠A♥
Charles Russell: J♥J♦
Russell had run right into Coelho's aces with most of his stack in the middle. The A♣10♣2♣ flop was a disaster for the Scotsman as Coelho made top set. The turn was the 10♠ and Coelho improved to a full house to leave Russell drawing dead heading to the 9♥ river.
Coelho doubled up in a massive pot, vaulting himself into the chip lead while leaving Russell on an extremely short stack.
Malcolm Franchi opened to 1,600,000 on the button and then called with the covering stack after Yake Wu moved all in for 9,800,000 out of the small blind.
Yake Wu: 5♠5♦
Malcolm Franchi: K♦Q♥
It was a flip with massive implications for tournament equity. Wu maintained his slender lead on the A♣6♣7♣ flop but the K♥ turn paired up Franchi to leave Wu with one foot out the door. The 2♠ river changed nothing, sending Wu to the rail in 20th place.
Joe Serock opened the action with a raise to 1,200,000 and Charles Russell called out of the big blind.
The 3♦2♠2♣ flop was quickly checked by Russell and Serock's bet of 1,900,000 took it down.
One hand later, Russell raised to 1,500,000 out of the small blind and Andres Gonzalez let go from the big blind before they headed off on a 20-minute break.