Matthew Costanzo raised to 350,000 under the gun and Richard Gryko potted to 1,200,000 in the cutoff. Costanzo then announced pot, putting in a raise to 3,750,000.
Gryko confirmed how much Constanzo had left as he ended up using two time banks before folding.
Eelis Parssinen made it 250,000 to go from the cutoff and Alex Foxen in the small blind potted to 850,000, which the initial raiser called.
On the K♦10♠5♦ flop, Foxen checked and Parssinen asked for the size of the pot which by then was 1,900,000. The Finn checked behind and Foxen checked again the A♥ on the turn as well. Parssinen now made it 1,300,000 to go and that got rid of the chip leader.
Alex Foxen raised to 275,000 under the gun and Matthew Costanzo called in the cutoff.
Foxen continued for 150,000 on the 3♥A♦8♣ flop, and Costanzo called. Both players then checked the J♠ turn.
The river was the J♥ and Foxen bet 365,000. Costanzo took a minute before folding, and Foxen took down the pot.
Ian Matakis made it 220,000 to go from an early position and left one T-5,000 chip behind on a pay jump. Chongxian Yang then raised to 500,000 in the cutoff and Matthew Costanzo used one time bank before he called on the button.
The blinds both folded and Matakis then glanced at his time bank extensions while checking the other table nearby briefly. He ended up using three of them before calling all-in.
Both active players checked the A♥Q♥7♣ flop and J♠ turn, the J♣ river then saw Yang bet 500,000 and Costanzo called.
Matakis tabled his A♣K♣10♦3♣ for broadway and Yang had the equally strong K♦10♣9♣8♦. However, it was Costanzo who had the best of it with the K♠Q♣J♥9♠ for jacks full of queens to score the knockout and pull ahead of Yang. Matakis has earned $82,463 for his effort and all remaining players have locked up a six-figure cash prize.
In a limped pot between the blinds, Sergio Martinez and Jeremy Druckman checked to the turn on a board of A♠10♠3♠9♦. Druckman then bet 175,000, and Martinez called.
The river was the 10♥ and Druckman bet another 550,000. Martinez then raised to 1,850,000, and Druckman called.
Martinez showed 10♣9♣8♦4♦ for a full house, and Druckman mucked.
Richard Gryko raised to 350,000 in the hijack, and Ian Matakis three-bet to 1,200,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Gryko, who called.
Gryko checked over to Matakis on a 7♣4♣5♣ flop, who bet 250,000. Gryko responded with a check-raise all in for 1,300,000, and Matakis beat him into the pot with a call.
Richard Gryko: A♠7♦5♦4♠ 
Ian Matakis: A♣K♣8♦6♦
Matakis had flopped the ace-high flush and looked set to eliminate Gryko, but the deck had other ideas. The 4♦ turn improved Gryko to a full house, with the A♥ river giving him an even better boat.
Once Matakis paid the double-up, he was left with just a couple of big blinds.
Jeremy Trojand raised to 350,000 on the button and Biao Ding called in the small blind. Steven Sarmiento then reraised to 1,400,000 in the small blind and Trojand quickly folded, while Ding angrily tossed his cards away.
A few hands later, Ding raised to 350,000 in the hijack and Levon Kharchatryan called in the small blind, as did Aaron Mermelstein in the big blind. Ding bet 1,150,000 on the A♠7♥3♦ flop and Kharchatryan folded, while Mermelstein called for his last 210,000.
Aaron Mermelstein: J♠8♣6♠3♣
Biao Ding: A♥K♦8♥5♣
Ding was ahead with top pair, but Mermelstein hit two pair on the 6♥ turn. The river was the J♣ and Mermelstein finshed with jacks and sixes to win the pot and double up.
In a multi-way limped pot to the Q♠10♦3♠ flop, the action was checked to Richard Gryko in the cutoff and he made it 175,000 to go. Only Chongxian Yang in the under-the-gun position called before Gryko then asked the dealer for the size of the pot on the K♠ turn after his opponent had checked.
He then bet 425,000 into 850,000 and Yang opted to flat-call, checking again the 2♣ on the river. Gryko's time to act ran down once to trigger a time bank extension and he eventually knuckled it down with five seconds to spare. Yang tabled his A♦J♠8♦6♠ for the flush with the jack to win the pot.
Barrett Threadgill limped in from early position, Chongxian Yang raised to 300,000 one seat to his left. The action folded back to Threadgill, who called.
When the dealer dealt the 5♣10♦J♠ flop, Threadgill led out for 800,000. Yang gave it serious consideration, but ultimately chose to fold.
Level: 24
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
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