Evgenii Katymaev Eliminated in 9th Place ($18,200)
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Evgenii Katymaev raised to 400,000 from early position with 
and John Doe called from the button holding 
.
The 
flop gave Katymaev top pair, but Doe had hit a set of fours. Katymaev bet 550,000 and Doe just called to see the 
turn.
Katymaev moved all in for 2,075,000 and Doe snap-called. "Dead," Katymaev said after seeing Doe's set. The meaningless river was the 
and Katymaev was the first casualty of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,100,000
3,100,000
|
3,100,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
and Recep Aydemir called in the cutoff with 
. Eli Saad also defended the big blind holding 
and they went three-handed to the 
flop.
on the turn improved Aydemir to two pair as both players checked to the 
river.
and Ryan Mandara defended his big blind holding 
.
and Mandara checked over to Guerrini, who continued for 250,000. Mandara moved all in with his top pair and Guerrini snap-folded his middle pair.
as action folded around to Helmut Phung in the big blind. He used some of his time bank cards before he shoved all in for 1,885,000 with 
.
to double up.
and Paul Browne defended his big blind holding 
.
turn and river to hit the rail in eighth place.
and Browne led out, this time, putting in a bet of 1,200,000. Hu quickly folded.