In a battle big blind versus button, a short-stacked Jiachen "Transurfing" Gong was all-in before the flop with the 
and initial raiser Kartik "Mandovi" Ved called with the 
.
On a board of 
, Gong turned a straight to remain in contention.
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,500/7,000
Ante: 900
Wolfgang Strugger defended his big blind against a raise by Elio Fox and check-raised the 
flop, which led to the inevitable showdown when all the chips went in.
Wolfgang Strugger: 
Elio Fox: 
Strugger had a ton of outs and immediately locked up the double on the turn, which made the river a formality.
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 12,600 from under the gun and the action folded to Alex Foxen in the small blind who three-bet shoved for 131,361. Jake Schindler four-bet shoved from the big blind for more for Vogelsang to fold.
Alex Foxen: 
Jake Schindler: 
The flop came 
for Foxen to hit the higher pair.
The turn was the for Schindler to improve to a set and jump back ahead of Foxen and held while the 
completed the board.
In a pot worth nearly 450,000, Brazil's Will "DeniseGrober" Arruda was the player at risk in a flip against big stack Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani and that created the following showdown.
Will "DeniseGrober" Arruda: 
Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani:
Dattani flopped best on 
and Arruda needed a jack or queen to remain in contention. Neither would show up on the turn and river.
"policeman67" was at risk from under the gun against Daniel Dvoress in the big blind and was ahead with 
versus .
However, Dvoress immediately spiked an ace on the 
flop and stayed in the lead throughout the 
turn and river.
Two shorter stacks clashed as Darren Elias got it in from middle position and was called by Jesus Cortes in the small blind, who was ahead by a mere 4,100 in chips.
Darren Elias:
Jesus Cortes:
On a board of 
, the eights held up and Elias was sent to the rail.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 750
Francois Billard raised to 11,000 from the button and Vicent Bosca three-bet to 38,500 from the small blind. Billard four-bet shoved for 102,100 which Bosca called.
Francois Billard: 
Vicent Bosca: 
The board ran out 
for Bosca to flop trips immediately to bust Billard and be the first player to cross the 1 million-mark.
There were 407 entries collected during the registration period which means that 55 players will be in the money today for at least $57,592 which will come out of the $10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The winner at the end of the day on Saturday, August 29, will walk away with $1,800,290, a shiny WSOP bracelet, and a WSOP Europe Package.
This is what the 171 remaining players are still playing for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,800,290 |
| 2 | $1,332,097 |
| 3 | $979,138 |
| 4 | $719,700 |
| 5 | $529,005 |
| 6 | $388,837 |
| 7 | $285,808 |
| 8 | $210,079 |
| 9 | $154,416 |
| 10-13 | $126,773 |
| 14-17 | $104,078 |
| 18-26 | $85,446 |
| 27-44 | $70,150 |
| 45-55 | $57,592 |
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