On a flop of A♣K♠4♣, Elie Nakache reluctantly called the shove by Benny Glaser for what appeared to be around 280,000 and they headed into the following showdown.
Benny Glaser: A♥A♠9♣3♦ 
Elie Nakache: K♦J♥J♠10♦
Glaser's top set were up against second pair and a gutshot, the latter of which instantly hit on the Q♥ turn. The 8♥ river failed to pair the board and Nakache added to his growing stack.
Max Lehmanski opened to 85,000 from early position and Jared Bleznick called from the cutoff. Matthew Kolibas then potted it from the button to 375,000, which got the blinds to fold. Lehmanski shoved all in for around 1,000,000 total, which sent Bleznick into the tank.
"I don't think I can fold this hand," remarked Bleznick to himself.
"This is how you win PLO tournaments," Bleznick said before he shoved his stack of around 600,000 into the pot.
Kolibas also called off his remaining 95,000 chips which meant all three players were all-in.
Jared Bleznick: K♣8♦6♣4♦
Matthew Kolibas: A♠Q♥3♠2♥
Max Lehmanski: A♥A♣5♣2♦
Bleznick had the middling cards but it was Kolibas who was propelled into the lead after the Q♦Q♠4♣ flop gave him trips. The 6♦ improved everybody to some kind of draw but the 10♥ river was a brick which meant Kolibas tripled up, Lehmanski took the small side pot, and Bleznick was eliminated.
The field has already dropped to fewer than 60 hopefuls and below are the first contenders who headed to the payout desk.
Phil Ivey opened to 70,000 from early position and was called by Richard Gryko in the cutoff. John Beauprez squeezed to 290,000 from the big blind and both Ivey and Gryko called.
Beauprez shoved for 610,000 on the K♣8♥3♣ flop and Ivey called all in for 320,000. Gryko got out of the way and a showdown was held.
Phil Ivey: 10♥9♥7♣4♣
John Beauprez: A♠K♦Q♦J♦
The 4♠7♥ runout paired Ivey twice and he doubled up through Beauprez.
Caleb Furth raised the pot to 85,000 in the cutoff and Matt Shepsky repotted in the big blind. The shove by Furth followed and Shepsky called with the covering stack.
Caleb Furth: A♠A♦K♣5♦
Matt Shepsky: A♥K♥J♠9♦
The A♣3♥2♦ flop gave Furth a commanding lead and he locked up the double with the J♣ turn to make the 8♣ river a formality. Furth's double was for 355,000 and that left Shepsky short.
Matthew Kolibas limped in and Tom-Aksel Bedell raised to 110,000 on the button. It folded back to Kolibas and he limp-raised the pot to 365,000 total for Bedell to call.
On a flop of 7♣6♥3♠, Kolibas checked and then folded once Bedell bet 225,000.
Elie Nakache raised from under the gun and Benny Glaser got in his last 150,000 chips from the next seat. When it got back to Nakache, he made the call.
Benny Glaser: A♠A♦5♦5♥
Elie Nakache: K♠J♠J♥7♥
The runout was never a sweat for Glaser as he hit top set on the 5♠A♣3♣2♥10♦ runout to survive.
Tom Dwan opened to 70,000 from under the gun and Dylan Linde defended his big blind.
Linde checked to Dwan on the Q♦A♥9♠ flop and he continued for 75,000. Linde shoved all in for approximately 200,000 and Dwan called to put Linde at risk.
Dylan Linde: Q♠J♠9♥7♦
Tom Dwan: A♠Q♣5♣5♦
Linde held bottom two pair, but was in rought shape against Dwan's top two pair.
Tjhe J♦4♣ runout kept Dwan best and Linde was eliminated.
Gus Hansen raised to 85,000 first-to-act and was called by Tom-Aksel Bedell in the cutoff.
Hansen shoved for his last 160,000 on the A♠K♥6♣ flop and Bedell called to put Hansen at risk.
Gus Hansen: A♣J♥10♣8♥
Tom-Aksel Bedell: K♣K♦10♠8♣
Bedell had flopped top set and left Hansen needing some type or runner-runner to double up.
The 5♣ turn gave Hansen a flush draw, but the 8♦ river bricked out and Hansen was eliminated.
Toby Joyce and Elie Nakache had survived the money bubble with short stacks on a table with big stack Kahle Burns. Once the bubble burst, Joyce pushed for 85,000 from the button and Nakache called.
Toby Joyce: J♥10♦9♥6♥
Elie Nakache: A♠8♠7♦2♥
The Q♥Q♠7♥K♣6♠ board missed Joyce's double draw and Nakache earned the knockout by virtue of his kicker advantage.
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