Lou Garza raised to 1.3 million from the button with A♠A♥8♦6♥, and Arthur Morris defended his big blind with A♣J♥7♥7♦.
The flop came K♥9♥9♦, giving both players a flush draw. Morris checked to Garza, who also checked.
The A♦ hit the turn, giving Garza aces full and Morris aces up. Morris again checked, and Garza again bet 1.3 million. Morris came along.
The 10♥ came on the river, completing Morris' flush. Action was checked to Garza, who bet 3.3 million. Morris counted out the chips for a call as he thought about his next move. Checking his cards one last time, Morris called.
Garza revealed his full house, and Morris showed his flush cards to his rail as his hand was no good.
Lou Garza limped in from the button with J♥9♥8♦6♥. Arthur Morris then raised to 1,750,000 from the big blind holding A♦A♣9♣2♥. Garza decided to come along.
The flop came 9♦5♦K♣, and Morris tossed in a bet of 3,000,000. Garza folded, and Morris moved closer to the top of the leaderboard.
In a limped pot, Lou Garza with the J♥8♦6♦5♣ and Stanislav Halatenko with the J♦8♥6♥5♥ checked to the K♠10♠6♣8♠6♠ river. Garza bet the pot and Halatenko called as they chopped it with sixes full of eights.
In the meanwhile, Arthur Morris had earned several pots and taken over a narrow lead ahead of Halatenko.
Stanislav Halatenko limped in from the button with K♥K♦8♦4♦, and Lou Garza checked his option with 10♥9♦8♠2♥.
Garza checked the 10♠3♦7♥ flop, and Halatenko put out a bet of 1,000,000 with his overpair. Garza decided to come along.
The turn came A♥, and Garza again checked. Halatenko fired again, betting 1,800,000. Garza then raised the pot, forcing an immediate fold from Halatenko.
In a limped blind battle, the J♦9♦5♣ flop was checked and the K♦ followed on the turn. Lou Garza bet 700,000 with the 10♠10♣8♠3♦ and Stanislav Halatenko called with the A♥4♦4♣2♠. The Q♦ fell on the river and Garza checked.
Halatenko bluffed with a bet worth 2,300,000 and Garza tank-called with the queen-high straight to further extend his lead.
After the hand was over, Garza started dancing towards his rail which kept chanting for the entire room to hear.