Gerard Carbo Santamaria in the small blind and Mahmut Sanli in the big blind had their chips in the middle preflop, with the latter at risk for his stack of around 7,200,000.
Mahmut Sanli: A♣10♠
Gerard Carbo Santamaria: 9♣8♥
Sanli fell behind on the 7♦9♦7♥ flop, but made an emphatic comeback as the A♥A♦ runout gave him a full house and the double-up.
Gerard Carbo Santamaria opened the button to 1,000,000 and Zhugralin called in the big blind.
The flop came 6♣2♥8♣, where Zhugralin check-called a bet of 925,000 from Santamaria.
A J♣ hit the turn and again Zhugralin checked, and again Santamaria bet, this time for 2,400,000. Zhugralin took some time and eventually called.
When the Q♠ hit the river, Zhugralin checked for a third time and Santamaria went for the trifecta of bets with a sizing of 5,700,000. Zhugralin burned through a time bank before he made it 16,500,000, leaving himself just 75,000 behind.
Santamaria looked to have the covering stack and around a minute later, he shoved. Zhugralin snap-folded, leaving himself with a speck in his stack.
In the next hand, Zhugralin had his chips in from the small blind and was up against Santamaria again, who was looking to finish the job.
Damir Zhugralin made it 1,000,000 from under the gun and everybody called, creating the first family pot of the final table.
All four checked the 2♥10♦3♦ flop to the J♥ turn, where it got to Zhugralin, who bet 3,500,000. Xiaosheng Zheng called on the button, and both Gerard Carbo Santamaria & Mahmut Sanli folded in the blinds.
The river brought a 4♣ and both quickly checked it down, with Zhugralin showing Q♥4♥ for a pair of fours. Zheng had that beat, though, as he showed Q♠J♦ for a pair of jacks to scoop the pot.
Mahmut Sanli raised the button to 1,000,000 and Xiaosheng Zheng defended his big blind.
They saw a flop of 10♦9♥K♠, where Zheng check-called a bet of 550,000 from Sanli to see the K♥ fall on the turn.
Both checked it through to the 2♥ river and after Zheng checked, Sanli fired 1,200,000. Zheng thought for a while, but decided on a fold after around 30 seconds.
Damir Zhugralin raised the button to 1,000,000 and Gerard Carbo Santamaria called in the big blind.
Santamaria check-called 525,000 on the 4♣A♣9♦ flop and then checked to showdown on the 5♥8♠ runout, where he showed J♥9♠ for a pair of nines to win the pot.
Gerard Carbo Santamaria opened from under the gun to 800,000 and Xiaosheng Zheng called from the big blind.
Zheng check-called a bet of 600,000 on the 2♥K♠6♠ flop from Santamaria to the A♦ turn, where both checked.
A 4♦ filled out the board and after Zheng checked, Santamaria bet 2,225,000. Zheng thought it over for some time, but ultimately elected to fold, earning Santamaria the pot.
Damir Zhugralin raised the button and Gerard Carbo Santamaria three-bet to 2,500,000 from the big blind. Zhugralin called.
They saw a flop of 4♣Ax2♦, where Santamaria's continuation-bet of 650,000 got the job done as Zhugralin folded.
Not long after, Xiaosheng Zheng raised to 800,000 on the button and Santamaria three-bet the small blind to 2,400,000. Zheng then shoved, and Santamaria quickly folded.