Valerie Roussel-Galle has been involved in two pots in quick succession in the second half of the final level. The first merely added to day-long chip leader Howard Mash's huge stack, and the second doubled her back into contention for Day 4.

Roussel-Galle, heads up against Mash, had bet out on a flop of and been called, the pot total now reaching 1,650,000. On the turn, she check-raised Mash's 450,000 bet to 1,000,000 straight. Mash thought for a while, then made the call. When she checked on the river, Mash checked straight away behind her and they both showed down pairs of aces: hers had the kicker and his the .

"You put me to the test..." said Mash.

Shortly thereafter she moved all in preflop from the big blind over a preflop button open from Roger Stewart (400,000). He called the 1,390,000 total, turning over , which was only ahead of her until the flop, which paired her nine.