Andrey Pateychuk defended big blind against a middle-position raise by Alexandr Merzhvinskii. The flop was 
and Pateychuk checked. Merzhvinskii bet 175,000 and Pateychuk raised to 600,000. Merzhvinskii called and the turn was a 
. Pateychuk jammed for about 2.9 million and Merzhvinskii snap-called.
Andrey Pateychuk: 
Alexandr Merzhvinskii: 
Pateychuk needed a queen or a nine and he didn't get one as the 
hit.
Diego Zeiter (small blind) put in a stack of his chips to put Laurynas Levinskas (big blind) all-in and Levinskas snap-called.
Laurynas Levinskas: 
Diego Zeiter: 
The board ran out 
for Levinskas' pocket jacks to hold and double him up.
Paul Michaelis raised to 210,000 on the button and faced a shove worth 2.39 million from Alexandr Merzhvinskii. He leaned back in thought, said something to his opponent, then slammed in some chips to call.
Alexandr Merzhvinskii: 
Paul Michaelis: 
Michaelis was a favorite to increase his lead even further but the in the window indicated things would likely go otherwise. The rest of the board was 
and Merzhvinskii doubled up.
Artem Kobylynskyi raised to 200,000 from the hijack and was called by Paul Michaelis and Parker Talbot in the blinds.
The flop came 
, Michaelis and Talbot checked, Kobylynskyi continued with a bet of 200,000 which only Michaelis called.
They both checked through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river for Michaelis to pick up the pot with .
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 10,630,000 | 106 |
| 2 | Parker Talbot | Canada | 4,100,000 | 41 |
| 3 | Alexandr Merzhvinskii | Russia | 2,490,000 | 25 |
| 4 | Carlos Branco | Portugal | 2,665,000 | 27 |
| 5 | Diego Zeiter | Argentina | 4,740,000 | 47 |
| 6 | Laurynas Levinskas | Lithuania | 1,420,000 | 14 |
| 7 | Artem Kobylynskiy | Ukraine | 2,520,000 | 25 |
| 8 | Liviu Ignat | Romania | 3,165,000 | 32 |
| 9 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | 3,495,000 | 35 |
Ugo Faggioli got his remaining 1,555,000 in preflop and Paul Michaelis isolated him with a shove on the button.
Ugo Faggioli: 
Paul Michaelis:
The board ran out 
, a whiff for Faggioli, and he hit the rail in 10th, leading to a final table redraw.
Paul Michaelis put in a stack of his 100,000-value chips from the small blind to put Artem Kobylynskyi in the big blind all-in and Kobylynskyi snap-called.
Artem Kobylynskyi: 
Paul Michaelis:
The board ran out 
for Kobylynskyi to hold on with the higher hole cards to double up for the 1,240,000 he had in front of him.
Carlos Branco raised to 180,000 from under the gun and Paul Michaelis three-bet to 620,000 in the small blind. Artem Kobylynskyi got out in the big blind and Branco called after about ten seconds.
The flop came 
for Michaelis to continue with a bet of 460,000 on which Branco folded.
Arten Kobylynskyi raised to 160,000 from under the gun and was called by Carlos Branco in the cutoff and Paul Michaelis in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Michaelis checked, Kobylynskyi bet 250,000 and both Branco and Michaelis called.
They all checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Michaelis and Kobylynskyi checked, Branco now bet 550,000. Michaelis bet 1,900,000 and Kobylynskyi folded immediately. Branco tanked, went through the options in his head, and made the call to then muck when Michaelis tabled 
for the turned full house. Michaelis now has almost 10 million.
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