Mikita Badziakouski had raised under the gun and quickly called off when Samuel Mullur committed his stack of 500,000 from middle position.
Samuel Mullur: 10♦10♣ 
Mikita Badziakouski: A♣Q♦
Muller's tens remained best on the 9♠9♦5♥ flop, but Badziakouski paired up on the Q♣ turn to take the lead. The 8♦ river was inconsequential, sending Mullur to the rail.
Teun Mulder had made it 80,000 in early position when Jeremy Ausmus bumped it up to 200,000 in the next seat over. It folded back to Mulder, who put his neighbor at risk for 1,000,000, and Ausmus quickly called.
Jeremy Ausmus: 8♠8♥
Teun Mulder: A♠Q♥
Ausmus filmed as he remained ahead on the 9♦3♠4♥ flop. The Q♣ turn was in Mulder's favor, however, and he earned the check mark on the K♥ river to score a knockout.
On another table, Jans Arends' cards were already in the muck as he had not been able to beat Ryuta Nakai's A♦J♣ on the 6♠A♥3♦7♥Q♥ runout.
Daniel Rezaei jammed for 610,000 from the button. Christopher Nguyen in the small blind raised all in with a bigger stack, and the big blind folded.
Daniel Rezaei: K♠9♠
Christopher Nguyen: 8♦8♠
Nguyen kept the lead all the way through a board of Q♣6♥4♥4♣7♣, and Rezaei was eliminated.
Meanwhile, Vinny Lingham scored a double elimination by sending both Stanley Tang and Nick Petrangelo to the rail.
Danny Tang jammed for 290,000 from middle position. Bryn Kenney in the hijack called, but Alan Keating in the cutoff three-bet all in for 1,440,000. Kenney went deep into the tank and folded what he later said was sixes.
Danny Tang: A♣10♠
Alan Keating: J♠J♣
Tang was lucky enough to flop top pair on 7♠A♦K♣2♦4♠ to triple his stack.
With late registration now closed, the total 115 entries accumulated a huge $11,040,000 prize pool. Just 18 places will be paid with the minimum cash sitting at $201,754. The top payout it set at $2,841,432.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $2,841,432 |
| 2 | $1,894,282 |
| 3 | $1,326,537 |
| 4 | $950,048 |
| 5 | $696,221 |
| 6 | $522,347 |
| 7 | $401,446 |
| 8 | $316,234 |
| 9 | $255,491 |
| 10-11 | $211,842 |
| 12-18 | $201,754 |
Yosuke Miki got his last 360,000 in from middle position against Vinny Lingham in the cutoff.
Yosuke Miki: A♠J♥
Vinny Lingham: Q♠Q♦
Miki found a pair on the 4♣J♠K♥ flop, but failed to improve further on the 9♥2♦ runout to be eliminated.
Over at another table, Michael Moncek three-bet shoved for 500,000 from the hijack over Thomas Muehloecker's open-raise from middle position, and was called.
Michael Moncek: Q♥Q♣
Thomas Muehloecker: K♦J♦
Muehloecker found a king on the K♣9♥9♦8♠7♥ board to knock Moncek out of the tournament.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 80,000 from early position and was called by Vinny Lingham on the button. Phil Ivey in the big blind moved all in for 460,000. Lichtenberger jammed for 600,000, and Lingham folded.
Phil Ivey: K♣Q♦
Andrew Lichtenberger: 7♠7♥
"Wow," Ivey said as Lichtenberger flopped a set on 6♥7♣8♠4♣3♥. Ivey was sent to the rail, with Chris Brewer bowing out at nearly the same moment.
Bernhard Binder got his remaining stack of 500,000 in from the hijack against Jovan Kenjic in the cutoff, who had already doubled his starting stack since sitting down at the last moment.
Bernhard Binder: A♥3♥
Jovan Kenjic: Q♥Q♣
Binder turned a flush draw on 8♠K♥J♠5♥ for extra outs, but the 7♦ posed no threat to Kenjic's queens. Binder busted, seeing Kenjic chip up even further.
Alex Kulev opened to 80,000 from middle position, and Jovan Kenjic moved all in for his 600,000 stack, having just joined the field. Kulev called, and the players went to showdown.
Jovan Kenjic: 10♥10♠
Alex Kulev: A♠Q♣
Kenjic held on the 5♥4♠8♣9♠2♦ runout to lock up the double.
At another table, Punnat Punsri just secured a double-up through Stephen Chidwick, knocking Chidwick down in the counts.
Punnat Punsri: K♥10♥
Stephen Chidwick: 8♠8♥
Punstri hit the flop and turn to keep his seat after they were dealt the A♦10♦7♦K♦4♠ board.
Alexandros Theologis in the small blind found himself at risk for 520,000 against Vinny Lingham in the big blind.
Alexandros Theologis: A♠Q♦
Vinny Lingham: 8♠8♥
Theologis hit trips on a board of A♣6♠9♥5♣A♦ and doubled up.
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