With around 35,000 in the middle to the K♣6♣2♥ flop, Yunho Choi got a short stack in with the A♦K♦J♣7♠.
Martin Kabrhel looked him up and was well ahead with A♥A♣4♣3♦.
The J♦ turn improved Choi but the A♠ river propelled Kabrhel back into the lead with a set of aces.
Quan Zhou was eliminated once more and didn't opt to buy back in with several other contenders following suit.
On Zhou's last table, Fahredin Mustafov bet big for 75,000 on the A♠K♠Q♠A♣5♣ river and took it down uncontested.
Harry Casagrande then arrived on a re-entry before Leonid Yanovski bet the K♠J♥8♥3♥10♦ river for 10,000.
"To give to you or not ... " Mustafov murmured and settled on "I fold a set and straight," flashing 10x10x9x7x.
Martin Kabrhel on the button elected to call a pot-sized raise by Piero Alioto, who had bumped it up to 19,000 from the big blind.
Alioto bet the pot for 43,500 on the A♠8♠5♣ flop for Karbhel to call and got his last 16,000 in after the 4♣ turn, earning a silent call from Kabrhel without any speech play.
Piero Alioto: A♥K♦K♣8♥
Martin Kabrhel: K♠J♦9♠6♠
Kabrhel had a gutshot and flush draw, both of which he hit on the 7♠ river.
The cards were already turned over with Oleksandr Sadovyi all-in and at risk holding the A♦K♣Q♣10♥. He was up against Inaki Gonzales with the A♥K♥K♠J♥ and picked up various straight outs on the J♦10♦7♥ flop.
However, nothing changed on the 3♦ turn and 3♣ river to knock out Sadovyi.
While the late stages have been quite frantic unlike the earlier levels, one particular aspect has remained the same. Massimiliano Zanasi reigns atop the leaderboard by some margin and maintains the lead without engaging in any major pots.
The latest hand saw him bet 5,000 on the 7♠7♥2♦ flop and Nikolaos Lampropoulos folded.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Dario Alioto went from bigger stack to re-entry while Mats Nylander and Giorgio Donzelli became the new big stacks on his former table. Others came, left and re-appeared in quick succession as the final stages propelled the field to 122 entries in a hurry.
Quan Zhou was all-in with an ace-queen-ten combo and ahead versus Lautaro Guerra, who tabled the A♦J♠8♦4♦.
Guerra flopped best on the A♥J♥2♠ flop when the chips went in and remained ahead on the 7♦2♥ runout.
Zhou appeared in the field again moments later.
The dealer announced a triple knockout and Tim Grau raked in the pot.
He was responsible for the eliminations of Leonid Yanovski, Onur Unsal and Mikkel Plum. The A♦A♣K♦5♣ of Plum were up against A♥K♠4♠3♥ and pocket kings but Grau's squeeze with 10♦9♥7♦5♥ got there onthe Q♣9♠2♦6♥7♥ runout.
Yanovski bought back in almost immediately.
Duarte Baptista got it in with the K♥8♠6♥5♣ and was up against Thanh Trung Tran with the A♠K♠Q♠7♣.
The board ran out Q♥9♣9♠3♦6♣ and Baptista re-entered almost immediately.
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