Josep Maria Galindo Lopez opened to 200,000 with the 
and was called by Ba Minh Pham with the 
, Vladimir Troyanovskiy with on the button and Antonio Guimaraens in the big blind with 
. On a six-high flop, Pham took it down with a bet of 360,000.
Galindo Lopez opened the 200,000 shortly after again, holding the 
, and Guimaraens flatted with the 
in the small blind. The start-of-the-day chip leader folded to a continuation bet after not connecting with the flop.
Jean-Francois Regis and Denis Vladimirov then clashed in a battle of the blinds and the Russian folded to a bet of Regis on a flop of 
, holding the 
. Regis only had queen-high but a strong draw with the 
.
