Charlie Chiu

The two shortest stacks on the table belonged to Japan's Ryota Shinde and Natural8 Ambassador Charlie Chiu.

Action fell to Ryota Shinde on the cutoff and he shoved all-in for 240,000.

Chiu, who was at the next seat on the button, made the call, risking his last 120,000.

Ryota Shinde: 8 8

Charlie Chiu: J J

Board ran 4 T 7 2 4

Chiu's fish hooks held and was able to snag a very critical double up while denting Shinde to the shortest stack.

Tobias Schwecht

Wayne Lam and Tobias Schwecht got involved in a heated hand when the dealer peeled the turn 6 9 5 T .

After Lam checked, Schwecht fired an enormous overbet of 206,500 into a pot of only 50,000. Lam called to see the 3 fall on the river. He checked again, and Schwecht bet 310,000 this time.

Lam looked uncomfortable but was not ready to surrender the hand. He stacked 310,000 chips aside and slid a time bank to the dealer for an extra 30 seconds of thought.

He eventually called, only to face the unpleasant surprise when Schwecht revealed 7 8 . The German player had flopped a straight and calmly executed his plan to scoop the massive pot, worth over one million in chips.

Asish Ghosh

Roman Hrabec opened for 32,000 from the hijack. Trong Hieu Ngo called on the cutoff and Asish Ghosh jammed all-in on the button.

The dealer counted 167,000.

The blinds stepped out of the way. Hrabec stayed away, but Ngo made the call.

Trong Hieu Ngo: 8 8

Asish Ghosh: 9 9

Board completed K T 6 5 7

Ngo found no improvements and Ghose stayed ahead to complete the double up.

Sriharsha Doddapaneni

Min Weng Tan was on the big blind and was heads-up against Sriharsha Doddapaneni on the button.

Both players had a monster pot of around 300,000 - maybe even more - in front of them.

The board showed 3 T 5 9 T

Tan threw in a dramatic time bank and announced "250" before the clock expired. Just as he was about to push the chips above the line, Doddapaneni flicked the cards to the dealer, surrendering the gigantic pot to Tan.

Nikolai Mamut

Michael Egan opened to 32,000 from early position, and only Nikolai Mamut called from the button.

The two players, dominating table #79 with massive stacks, checked the flop J 7 2 .

Egan checked again on the turn 2 .

Mamut tried to steal the pot with a bet of 60,000, and his strategy worked perfectly, as Egan chose not to continue the heavyweight battle and folded. He kept the biggest stack at the table, while Mamut closed the gap behind him.

During the break, we scanned the room for some big stacks. These counts are just an approximate based on semi-expert accurate eyeballing.

There are 35 players with some chips and a seat and will head out for a quick 15-minute break.

Paulius Plausinaitis

Sriharsha Doddapaneni of India was on the small blind. Min Weng Tan was under the gun and Paulius Plausinaitis was on the next seat at UTG+1.

The three players had built a preflop pot of 80,000.

The flop arrived 5 5 Q and all of them checked to open a 2 on the turn.

Action checked to Plausinaitis, who bet a modest 21,000. Doddapaneni stepped down, but Tan stayed on.

The river came 3 .

Tan checked. Plausinaitis fired 75,000. Tan then declared "All-In" and Plausinaitis sent his cards back to the dealer before Tan could push a chip forward.

Justin Steinbrenner

Barely arrived at his new table, the Roman Hrabec hurricane had already struck, and Justin Steinbrenner saw his entire stack get wiped out.

Sitting behind a seven-figure stack, Hrabec could afford to call preflop shoves without necessarily holding a premium hand. And that was exactly the luxury he allowed himself against Steinbrenner.

Justin Steinbrenner: A T

Roman Hrabec: Q J

The hierarchy of starting hands held… but only for a few seconds.

The Board: A T J K 2

The first two board cards gave Steinbrenner two pair, although he was still far from safe. When a king rolled off on the turn, Commander Hrabec completed his straight and sent Steinbrenner overboard.

Steinbrenner’s tournament ends here, while the Hrabec cruise continues.

Anthony Hu

Stephen O'Dwyer of Ireland, who has over USD 46 million in total live earnings from big wins in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event and the PartyPoker Million Main Event among many others, was defending the big blind.

O'Dwyer was defending against Anthony Hu of the United States, who was positioned under the gun.

O'Dwyer checked his option on a board that showed 6 8 T 7 2 beside a pot that had around 110,000 chips.

Anthony took the opportunity to fired a bet of 65,000.

O'Dwyer decided to look him up with a call.

Hu peeled open a very formidable A A

O'Dwyer mucked and tossed him the 65K.