Aram Oganyan jammed from middle position for 70,000 and Sukhrat Massimov called without looking at his cards from the big blind.
Aram Oganyan: 10♣10♠
Sukhrat Massimov: J♥6♠
Oganyan's pocket tens managed to fade a jack on the 3♣8♠Q♥ flop, but the 6♦ turn gave Massimov some extra outs. A clean 4♦ came on the river, and Oganyan survived.
At another table, Timo Vogt got his stack of 165,000 into the middle with Jesse Lonis trying to send him home just a few spots from the money.
Timo Vogt: A♣Q♣
Jesse Lonis: A♦10♣
Vogt was ahead with the better kicker, and because neither player improved on the 8♥5♣J♦K♠4♣ runout, Vogt's ace-queen high earned him the crucial double-up.
Heads-up to the turn on a board of 6♣9♣5♥J♦ and with around 320,000 in the pot. Jamil Wakil was first to act from the big blind and gathered together a bet of 165,000. Gumz used a time bank, then made the call to see a river.
Wakil opted to check the 10♠ river, and then snap-folded after Gumz put him all in for his stack of 375,000.
[Removed:553] raised from the small blind and called after Adi Rajkovic shoved for around 300,000 from the big blind.
Adi Rajkovic: A♠8♦
[Removed:553]: A♣Q♦
Rajkovic was dominated by Simon's superior ace and looked likely to be eliminated just before the money.
The J♦Q♣6♣ flop put Simon even further in front, having paired his queen.
A 4♦ turn left Rajkovic drawing dead as an irrelevant 5♦ fell on the river. The pot went to Simon, and now everyone was just two spots away from the money.
On a flop of 5♠4♠K♣, there were only around 80,000 in the pot when a series of raises and reraises left Abdullah Ahmad all-in for his stack of 639,000 against Jesse Lonis.
Abdullah Ahmad: 4♥4♦
Jesse Lonis: 7♠6♠
Ahmad had flopped bottom set, but needed to fade a lot as Lonis had an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw. Nothing changed on the 7♦ turn, and the 9♥ river bricked out for Lonis.
"How much is the damage? I was going for the win early on, I couldn't resist," said Lonis after the hand.