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Santhosh Suvarna called 40,000 under the gun with A♣K♦J♣3♥, Naoya Kihara called in the small blind with 10♠9♠6♦5♠, and Daniel Negreanu checked his option in the big blind with K♠8♦8♣4♣.
Suvarna bet 105,000 when the flop came A♠4♦K♣, and Negreanu was the only caller. The 7♠ on the turn saw Suvarna fire out another bet of 370,000, and Negreanu made a quick fold.
Four-way on a flop of A♦5♥9♦, Jeremy Ausmus and Yuri Dzivielevski in the blinds checked but Joao Simao in the hijack bet 80,000 with Q♣J♣10♦6♦. Richard Gryko in the cutoff called with A♣K♦K♠5♣ while both Ausmus and Dzivielevski folded.
Both players checked the 8♣ turn leading to the 9♣ river which saw Simao bet 240,000. Gryko folded the best hand.
Carlo van Ravenswoud called 40,000 under the gun with K♦K♣10♦8♦, Yuri Dzivielevski called in the cutoff with Q♠Q♦7♥5♦, Joao Simao also called in the small blind with 10♣9♦8♥7♣, and Richard Gryko checked his option with A♥A♣K♥3♥.
The flop came 10♥2♦9♠, and Simao led out for 100,000 and all players folded.
With now 18 remaining players for 17 places in the money, the hand for hand procedure is about to start.
Dylan Smith raised to 140,000 from under the gun. Venkat Chivukula in the cutoff called with Q♠10♣9♦7♣, then Youness Barakat on the button three-bet to 620,000. Smith moved all in for 350,000 and Chivukula folded.
Dylan Smith: K♥K♦6♠4♥ 
Youness Barakat: A♦A♣7♦6♥
Smith with kings ran into Barakat's aces and on 9♥2♠10♦J♣6♦, he was eliminated.
After Stephen Chidwick limped from the cutoff, Yuri Dzivielevski on the button raised to 180,000. Chidwick completed.
Chidwick directly potted to 460,000 on the 8♠3♥9♠ flop, but Dzivielevski didn't back down and called.
Chidwick then moved all in for 480,000 on the 8♣ turn and Dzivielevski snap-called.
Stephen Chidwick: K♠K♥8♥4♦
Yuri Dzivielevski: A♦K♣8♦3♣
Chidwick was looking for a four or the last remaining king in the deck, but the 10♥ river didn't help him and he was eliminated.
Naoya Kihara called 20,000 on the button, Aaron Mermelstein called in the small blind, but Daniel Negreanu in the big blind raised to 160,000. Both Kihara and Mermelstein called.
The flop came 7♥6♥2♠, and Mermelstein led all in for 255,000, Negreanu called and Kihara raised to 1,400,000 and Negreanu quickly folded.
Aaron Mermelstein: 8♠8♥7♦6♦
Naoya Kihara: K♥K♣2♥2♦
The 2♣ on the turn ended Mermelstein's tournament, and the 10♠ completed the run out.
Venkat Chivukula with K♠K♣3♠2♣ on the button opened to 140,000. Youness Barakat in the small blind three-bet to 460,000 with A♥A♣10♥3♣ and Chivukula called.
Barakat bet 1,000,000 on the 3♥10♣4♦ flop, and Chivukula with 1,300,000 behind went deep into the tank. He used three time-bank extensions before ultimately folding his kings face up.
Joao Simao in the hijack raised to 100,000 with J♠J♦10♥9♦ but Carlo van Ravenswoud on the button with K♠K♥10♠6♠ three-bet to 360,000. The blinds folded and Simao called.
Simao checked the Q♣3♥5♥ flop and Van Ravenswoud jammed for 370,000. Simao went into the tank but folded.
David Benyamine raised to 140,000 from early position with A♦K♠K♦J♦, Youness Barakat defended his big blind with 8♥5♠3♠3♥.
The flop came 6♠8♠Q♠, and Benyamine bet 60,000 which Barakat with a flopped flush just called.
The Q♥ on the turn saw both players check, and Barakat led for 155,000 on the 4♣ river.
Benyamine quickly called and saw the bad news.
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