John Reiter raised to 44,000 from late position. Punal Patel and Itai Levy called from the cutoff and big blind. All three players revealed their hands.
Itai Levy: 8♠10♠ 
Punal Patel: J♣J♦
John Reiter: A♥10♥
The board ran out 9♣A♠K♥6♠A♦ for Reiter to find the double elimination.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Damien Luis raised to 35,000 and Kaied Barkho three-bet to 135,000. Luis four-bet to 235,000 and Barkho called.
The flop came 7♦2♦3♣ and Luis continued for 235,000. Barkho moved all in and was snap-called by Luis. Both players revealed their hands.
Kaied Barkho: K♦K♠
Damien Luis: A♦A♣
The board completed with the Q♦8♦ for Luis to send Barkho to the rail.
Michael Moncek—better known under his moniker "Texas Mike" and frequently seen in the highest cash games—was one of the top stacks in this tournament. The emphasis here is on 'was,' as suddenly, Moncek was seen making his way to the payout desk with David Guay stacking up more than 3 million in chips.
According to Guay, Moncek had opened two seats to his right and Sebastion Toro, seated between them, put in a three-bet. Guay picked up pocket queens and put in a cold four-bet, which brought the action back on Moncek.
"Texas Mike" five-bet shoved all in for around 1,500,000, and Guay called. Moncek had pocket eights and didn't find help against the queens.
Sundiata Devore raised from middle position to 32,000 and Christopher Staats made the call from the cutoff.
The flop came A♣K♠Q♥ and both players were quick to check.
While the turn peeled the 5♠, Devore fired for 35,000 and receive a fold from Staats.
Action was caught after the flop of K♦10♦7♠ and both players were quick to check.
While the turn peeled the J♣, Andre Akkari checked from the big blind.
Sergi Reixach fired for 85,000 and received a fold from his opponent.
Pavlo Veksler moved all in for 87,000 from middle position and was called by Kyriakos Papadopoulos from the button. Chongxian Yang jammed for 840,000 from the small blind, folding out the big blind. Papadopoulos, who started with 660,000, called off the reminder of their stack and the cards were tabled.
Pavlo Veksler: K♣10♦
Kyriakos Papadopoulos: A♦Q♦
Chongxian Yang: A♠J♦
Papadopoulos had the best of it, and was the favorite for the main pot alongside the much larger side pot.
However, Veksler made trips on the 10♠10♥2♠ flop to become the favorite. The A♣ turn and 3♥ river confirmed his triple up while Papadopoulos added to his stack thanks to his superior ace.
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