On a flop of J 6 2, Hafiz Khan checks to David Pham, who bets out $340,000. Khan flat-calls and the turn is the 9. Both players check and the river is the K, prompting a $900,000 wager from Khan and, after a moment, a call from Pham. Khan shows 6 4 for the rivered flush and Pham mucks his hand, conceding the pot to Khan. Khan is now second in chips behind only Bertrand Grospellier.

The U.K.'s Craig Hopkins has been the shortstack at the table for some time but has seen his stack dip into critical condition in the last level. He's now sitting on a little less than $800,000 and has switched into all-in or fold mode, moving in once every orbit.

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raises to $225,000 and Joseph Elpayaa moves all-in over the top for about $1.5 million. ElkY makes the call, showing A Q to Big Egypt's K J and after the board comes 8 4 3 2, Joseph Elpayaa has been eliminated in 6th place. He earns $300,000 for his efforts this week.

Joseph Elpayaa limps-in and is joined in the pot by Hafiz Khan, David Pham and Bertrand Grospellier, the latter two in the blinds. The flop comes J 7 2 and action checks to Elpayaa, who bets out $210,000. Khan and Pham call and Elky gets out of the way. The turn is the Q and Pham and Elpayaa check to Khan, who makes it $350,000 to go. Pham makes the call and Big Egypt gets out of the way, and the river card is the J. Pham checks to Khan, who bets out $800,000 and the Dragon lays it down, giving Khan the pot.

Here are the latest counts.

Seat 2	Kris Kuykendall	$2,290,000
Seat 3	David Pham	$6,040,000
Seat 4	Bertrand Grospellier	$8,835,000
Seat 6	Joe Elpayaa	$2,125,000
Seat 7	Craig Hopkins	$865,000
Seat 8	Hafiz Khan	$2,710,000

 

Joe "Big Egypt" Elpayaa opens the pot to $225,000 and gets a call from David Pham in the big blind. The flop comes down T J J and Pham quickly fires $240,000. It only takes Elpayaa a moment to muck his hand and the Dragon reels in the pot.

Hafiz Khan raises to $225,000 and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier makes the call before Joseph Elpayaa moves all-in for his last $1.5 million. Khan lays it down and Elky follows suit, giving Big Egypt the pot. He shows Big Slick as he rakes his winnings.

Bertrand Grospellier has just taken down another pot, extending his lead even further. It was folded to David Pham in the small blind who completed and ElkY checked his option in the small blind. The flop came down T T 7 and Pham led out for $125,000. Grospellier made the call and the 5 hit the turn. Pham checked this street and Grospellier fired $260,000 and after a bit of thought and chip-shuffling the Dragon let it go.

Craig Hopkins moves all-in for his last $1 million and nobody wants to bust him. He takes down the blinds and antes.

We're back from the break and the players are back in their seats for another level of poker-pandemonium. $40,000/$80,000 with a $10,000 is the new price.