Joshua Stewart raised his button to 800,000, and Nicholas Palma called in the big blind. The duo checked through the Q♠J♠8♣ flop, prompting Palma to fire 1,500,000 on the 6♥ turn.
Stewart called to the 9♣ river, which quickly checked to showdown. Palma showed Q♦8♥ for two pair, and Stewart mucked his cards in defeat.
Phil Hellmuth limped in from the cutoff, tempting Darren Rabinowitz to do the same in the small blind before Nicholas Palma checked in the big blind.
When the action checked over to Hellmuth on a 4♠10♥8♣ flop, he fired out a 1,000,000 bet. Rabinowitz called, but Palma folded.
Rabinowitz checked a second time on the A♠ turn, but this time folded when Hellmuth announced a 2,700,000 bet.
Nick Pupillo called for his last big blind from the cutoff before Nicholas Palma raised to 1,075,000 from the button. Joshua Stewart three-bet to 5,000,000 from the big blind, forcing Palma to fold.
Nick Pupillo: A♠10♥ 
Joshua Stewart: A♣K♦
Pupillo was dominated and needed some assistance from the dealer to survive.
Neither player improved on the 9♦Q♣8♥4♣7♥ runout, leaving Stewart's ace-king high as the best hand and sending Pupillo to the rail in fifth place.
Darren Rabinowitz open-shoved for 6,000,000 on the button. Nick Pupillo reshoved in the small blind, and Nicholas Palma instantly called off for 9,625,000.
Darren Rabinowitz: A♦10♦
Nicholas Palma: J♠J♥
Nick Pupillo: A♣10♠
It was a great spot for Palma, and his jacks remained ahead on the 2♦8♣8♦ flop and Q♥ turn. The 6♦ river completed Rabinowitz's flush, however, shipping him the massive main pot.
Palma still won the side pot, which meant that Pupillo's stack had been diminished to just one big blind.
When it folded to Darren Rabinowitz in the small blind, he jammed for 2,600,000, and Nick Pupillo made the call from the big blind.
Darren Rabinowitz: A♥8♦
Nick Pupillo: K♥6♣
Rabinowitz was ahead with ace-high, and that never changed as the board ran out 7♠3♠4♠A♦2♣, improving him to a pair of aces.
Rabinowitz doubled to more than ten big blinds, while Pupillo dropped to just under eight figures.
Level: 33
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
The 5 remaining players are going on a 20-minute break.
Nick Pupillo raised to 800,000 in the cutoff. Small blind Victor Li then jammed all in for roughly 4,000,000 from the small blind, and Pupillo quickly called.
Victor Li: A♦9♦
Nick Pupillo: A♣K♦
Pupillo paired his king on the K♠6♠10♣ flop for a massive lead. The Q♠ turn brought some chop outs on the table, but the 7♦ river did not change anything.
Li was eliminated in sixth place, just before the remaining five players were sent on break.
Nicholas Palma raised to 600,000 from under the gun, and the action folded to Phil Hellmuth, who had devoured a large chocolate-flavored Pop-Tart in just a few bites during the previous hand, called from the cutoff.
The flop fell J♣6♣4♣, and Palma led out for 400,000. Hellmuth called.
The 10♣ turn prompted Palma to check, allowing Hellmuth to fire 1,200,000. Palma called.
Palma checked for a final time on the 6♦ river, and Hellmuth bet 600,000. Palma called, only to be shown A♣K♠ for the ace-high flush. Palma mucked, and Hellmuth dragged in the pot to a round of applause from his rail.
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