Gabriel Tavares raised to 50,000 in middle position, and Lei Yu jammed the big blind for 60,000. Tavares happily called.
Lei Yu: A♦9♠ 
Gabriel Tavares: Q♥10♥
Yu was the shortest stack in the tournament and just had to hold with ace-high to begin his spin-up.
Although Tavares flopped a straight draw on the 5♦9♣J♥5♣4♠ runout, he was unable to end with more than queen-high, and Yu earned the much-needed double-up.
Level 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Fabricio Nociolini opened to 40,000 in early position. Kalman Dohany moved in his last 110,000 on the button, and Nociolini looked him up.
Kalman Dohany: K♠Q♠
Fabricio Nociolini: A♠8♣
The 9♣10♣5♠2♥7♥ runout improved neither player, sending Dohany to the exit.
Toni Kaukua raised to 50,000 from under the gun and had no hesitation calling when Victor Angelescu moved all-in for 380,000 from the small blind.
Victor Angelescu: A♣K♣
Toni Kaukua: 10♥10♦
Angelescu received immediate service on the A♥7♥A♠ flop, with the 6♠ turn and 9♠ river ensuring he remained in the Main Event.
Level 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Sebastian Malec raised to 40,000 in the cutoff. Raffael Brum flat-called in the small blind, and Henok Tekle Mariam defended his big blind.
After two checks, Malec continued for 45,000 on the 4♦Q♥K♣ flop. Brum called, and Tekle Mariam folded A♦6♦. Malec sized up to 230,000 on the K♥ turn. Brum was not convinced yet and called again, seeing the 8♥ river complete the board.
The players decided to check it to showdown. Brum tabled Q♣J♦ for two pair, and Malec tossed J♣10♠ into the muck in response.
Arnaud Enselme raised to 85,000 from the small blind and Romain Lewis defended from the big blind.
Enselme bet 65,000 on the 3♣2♠5♥ flop, and Lewis called.
The 8♥ came on the turn and Enselme fired a second barrel of 300,000. Again, Lewis called.
The 10♠ arrived on the river and Enselme unloaded the clip, firing a third barrel by putting Lewis all in for his stack of 650,000.
Before the hand, Lewis had seemingly been in a trance-like state, enjoying a soothing back massage in his own little utopia. Enselme's river shove quickly sent him into a cacotopia, leaving him agonizing over how to proceed.
With the cameras all fixed on him, Lewis burned through every single one of his nine time banks. As the clock ticked down on the last one, Lewis elected to fold, and Enselme pulled in the huge pot, leaving Lewis to wonder whether he had made the right decision.
Level 21
Blinds: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Alexander Luciani found 10♣4♣ in the cutoff and raised to 30,000. John Juanda responded with a three-bet of 80,000 on the button, holding K♦J♠.
It folded back to Luciani, who spent one time bank before shoving all in for 485,000. Juanda quickly folded the best hand, sending the pot Luciani's way.
Vasyl Pidhrusnyi raised to 50,000 from under the gun, which both Matas Cimbolas and Xiaosheng Zheng called from the button and the big blind.
All three players checked on the 9♠2♠J♥ flop, but when Zheng checked again on the K♦ turn, Pidhrusnyi bet 80,000. Cimbolas called, but Zheng folded.
The Q♠ river put four to a straight on the board but also completed the flush draw, and Pidhrusnyi responded to that by checking. Cimbolas opted to check back and tabled 10♦10♣ for a straight. Pidhrusnyi flipped over A♣K♥ before the pot was pushed to Cimbolas.
Level 21
Blinds: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
On the stream table, John Juanda raised to 30,000 in early position. Hugo Soares defended his big blind, and he check-called when Juanda continued for 25,000 on the 2♠5♦Q♦ flop.
The 4♥ turn then checked through to the 5♠ river. Soares bet 30,000, and after spending one of his time banks, Juanda called.
Soares showed 7♦7♣, prompting Juando to send his A♣10♥ to the muck.
Espen Sandvik raised the button to 50,000 and Ersin Ical defended from the big blind.
Ical started with a check on the Q♠J♥J♠ flop, and Sandvik fired a continuation-bet of 25,000. Ical instantly check-raised to 90,000, which Sandvik called.
The 10♥ joined on the turn and Ical jammed, covering Sandvik. Sandvik snap-called for his 420,000 and the cards were tabled.
Espen Sandvik: A♥K♦
Ersin Ical: K♣J♣
Ical had flopped trips, but Sandvik turned a Broadway straight and looked likely to double up.
No help came for Ical on the 3♥ river, and Sandvik's stack climbed to over a million.
Raphael Bilger moved all-in for 60,000 in early position and was at risk when Toni Kaukua called in the big blind.
Raphael Bilger: A♠8♣
Toni Kaukua: 9♥4♣
Kaukua took the lead on the 3♣4♥6♠ flop, prompting Bilger to stand up and put on his backpack. However, the J♥ turn and A♥ river saw Bilger reclaim his lead and retake his seat.
A couple of hands later, Vasyl Pidhrusnyi raised to 50,000 from under the gun, which Toni Kaukua called on the button before Bilger completed in the big blind.
On a J♣Q♣9♠ flop, Bilger moved all-in for 80,000, which both Pidhrusnyi and Kaukua called.
The 8♦ turn was checked through, but Pidhrusnyi bet 50,000 on the K♦ turn, and Kaukua folded.
Bilger tabled J♦9♥, showing a flopped two pair. However, the river had given Pidhrusnyi a better two pair, as he revealed his K♣Q♦, sending Bilger to the rail.
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