After an open from Grant Pazarka, followed by a 3bet from Danny Kalpakis, a 4bet from Grant, a 5bet all-in from Danny, and a quick call, we could only expect the two players involved in this betting war to open up premium hands – unless of course one of them was up to something funny.
Both players did in fact table monster hands, however it was Grant and his 
who got the best of Danny and his 
, earning him a double-up worth almost 4,500,000. Grant then went on to win another million or so chips from Jessie Wheatley on the very next hand, putting him in the driver seat at this point in the tournament.
Danny was left with 585,000 behind after losing to Grants pair of aces, while Jessie is down to around 2,200,000. Jiachen is second with roughly 4,200,000, Maxime holds around 1,900,000 and Will sits on just shy of 1,500,000.
