Warm Up

Preflop raise war leads to both players all in. Marc Joseph with 9♦ 9♥ , Jonald Garcia at risk with A♦ 4♦ . The board runs T♦ 6♠ Q♦ 8♦ 7♠ for a flush over straight to Garcia.

Chips in play: 24,450,000

Button Marc Joseph raises 850,000, big blind Jonald Garcia calls. Joseph c-bets the flop Q♦ 8♦ K♠ , Garcia calls, then both check the turn 8♣ . On the river J♥ , Joseph bets 1,000,000, Garcia check-calls then mucks to Joseph’s A♦ K♣ .

For the first time today, Jonald Garcia has grabbed the chip lead. On a raised pot, flop comes 7♦ 9♥ 5♦ . Both players check to the turn 3♦ . Joseph bets 600,000, Garcia calls. On the river 4♣ , another 600,000 by Joseph, Garcia raises to 1,600,000, Joseph calls then mucks to Garcia’s 5♥ 6♠ straight.

Button Jonald Garcia limps, Marc Joseph raises 700,000, Garcia three-bets to 2,000,000, Joseph calls. At the flop A♥ K♦ 3♠ , Garcia bets 1,400,000, fast fold by Joseph.

On a flop 7♠ 5♦ 6♦ , big blind Jonald Garcia bets 450,000, Marc Joseph check-calls. Both players check the turn J♦ . On the river 6♣ , Garcia bets 975,000, Joseph calls. Garcia shows T♠ 8♥ missed draw, Joseph wins the pot with 2♥ 5♥ bottom pair.

Button Marc Joseph opens 500,000, Jonald Garcia calls, flop is T♦ 9♦ 6♥ . Garcia check-calls 700,000. Both check the turn K♣ and river 3♦ . Garcia shows 6♦ 8♠ , Joseph wins it with K♠ Q♣ .

Jonald Garcia is closing in on evening up with two sizable pots dragged in. The first hand was a straight beating top pair. The second hand saw a larger pot initiated by Garcia. From the button, he raised to 600,000, Joseph defended. Both checked the flop 8♦ 4♣ 8♥ . Joseph bet the turn 1,275,000, then both checked the river 6♣ . Joseph had J♥ T♥ , Garcia with Q♠ 9♥ .

Chips in play: 24,450,000

On a board 6♦ 5♥ 4♥ 4♣ and 1,075,000 in the pot, big blind Marc Joseph bets 875,000, button Jonald Garcia calls. On the river J♠ , Joseph fires 2,000,000, Garcia calls. Joseph takes the pot with 4♦ 3♦ trips.

Chips in play: 24,450,000

Chips in play: 24,450,000

From utg, Jonald Garcia raises 325,000, big blind Marc Joseph calls, flop runs Q♥ 7♠ 2♠ . Garcia c-bets 325,000, Joseph check-calls. On the turn A♣ , Garcia bets 400,000, again Joseph flat. The river 5♥ , Garcia bets 575,000, Joseph check-raises 2,100,000, Garcia tank-folds.

Jonald Garcia has taken command of the table, winning several pots in succession to rise to 10,000,000. His latest pot was a battle of the blinds against Samuel Adams. On a raised pot preflop, Garcia bet 250,000 on a flop 5♥ A♦ J♠ then called Adams’s 800,000, raise. Both players checked the turn J♥ . Garcia bet 1,225,000 on the river 7♦ , Adams folded.

Yuwen Pan earns his third double up of the day, this time through Jonald Garcia with A♥ K♠ dusting 6♠ 9♣ on a board 4♥ 7♣ A♦ J♦ 3♣ .

After knocking out Xin Zhao, Jonald Garcia picked up another two pots to take over the chip lead. Defending his big blind against raiser utg Samuel Adams, the board completed 7♣ 8♣ 3♥ 8♠ 4♠ . Garcia bet 425,000 onto a 1,400,000 pot, Adams called then mucked to 7♦ 4♥ two pair.

Next hand, Yuwen Pan defended his big blind on a raise by button Garcia then called a flop bet. On the turn 5♦ 3♦ 9♠ Q♦ Pan lead out 450,000, Garcia pushed, Pan folded with 1,000,000 behind.

All in preflop, Xin Zhao needing help with 6♦ 6♥ dominated by Jonald Garcia’s J♣ J♦ . With the board running 8♥ J♥ K♦ T♦ 5♠ , Zhao was out in 5th place.

From utg, Jonald Garcia raises 275,000, cutoff Samuel Adams calls, button Xin Zhao shoves (for the fourth time - no callers on the previous three), Garcia calls, Adams gets out of the way.

Zhao is ahead with K♥ K♠ , Garcia with 8♥ 8♠ , no improvement for Garcia on the board to pay the double up.