Simone Andrian raised to 160,000 under the gun and Marcello Manganiello shoved from middle position for for 800,000. After getting a count from the dealer, Andrian made the call.
Marcello Manganiello: A♣K♥
Simone Andrian: 7♣7♠
A flip that Manganiello had to win. The flop of J♥5♠4♥ kept Andrian ahead with his sevens. The 6♥ turn gave Manganiello a flush draw to go with his overcards, but the 5♦ river didn't help Manganiello, and he was out in twentieth place.
Michael Dick opened to 200,000 from the cutoff and was called by Fabian Gumz on the button before Gerald Karlic three-bet shoved from the small blind for 1,380,000. Dick re-shoved with a covering stack and Gumz got out of the way.
Gerald Karlic: K♠Q♦
Michael Dick: Q♣Q♥
Dick's Queens held up on the A♣A♦7♦6♥3♥ runout and he took the pot while Karlic made his exit from the tournament area.
Daniel Rezaei raised to 160,000 on the button. David Hochheim tossed in 480,000 in the small blind for a three-bet, which Rezaei clicked back to 880,000.
Hochheim did not deem that enough, however, and put Razaei all-in for 2,815,000. Razaei snap called the five-bet and the cards were tabled.
Daniel Rezaei: Q♠Q♥
David Hochheim: A♠8♣
Hochheim had tried to pull a move but was a big underdog against Rezaei's queens. However, the 5♠9♥A♣ flop brought him top pair to reverse the situation.
Neither the 6♣ turn nor the 2♠ river could save Rezaei, who was sent to the exit after a brutal bad beat.
Simone Andrian opened to 160,000 from under the gun and Urmo Velvelt three-bet to 500,000 from the next seat over. Matei Lupascu four-bet shoved for 3,340,000 from the small blind and Andrian re-shoved, covering Velvelt who had about 4,500,000 behind. Velvelt went deep into the tank, burning through a few time extensions before opting to fold leaving Lupascu at risk against the chip leader.
Matei Lupascu: A♥K♠
Simone Andrian: K♦K♣
Lupascu was on the wrong side of a massive cooler and couldn't crack Andrian's pocket kings on the 7♦7♣2♠3♠2♦ runout. Lupascu was sent to the rail while Andrian passed 15,000,000 chips and currently holds 20 percent of the total chips in play with 22 players remaining.
A pot of 545,000 was in the middle between Simone Andrian in the hijack and Valentin Schramm in the big blind on a flop of 9♠7♠9♦. Schramm then pushed in his final 600,000 and was snap called by Andrian.
Valentin Schramm: A♠3♠
Simone Andrian: Q♥Q♣
Schramm could not hit flush draw on the 4♣ turn or J♥ river, leaving him in 24th as the final elimination before the three table redraw.
Andrea Ricci jammed all in for 1,060,000 in the hijack and was called by Anson Tsang in the cutoff.
Andrea Ricci: A♥Q♠
Anson Tsang: Q♥Q♦
Ricci could not find an ace on the 7♠8♥7♥8♣8♦ runout to stay in the tournament. He was eliminated in 25th place as the tournament officials called for a pause in play to get the three-table redraw started.
George Tomescu shoved from the small blind and Andria Gogelidze made the call for his last 400,000 from the big blind.
Andria Gogelidze; 8♠7♠
George Tomescu: A♣K♥
Gogelidze needed to hit something if he was to remain in contention in the Main Event. The dealer put out a board of 3♣A♦6♠8♦A♠ to give Tomescu the winner with trip aces, sending Gogelidzto the rail.
On the feature table, Sirzat Hissou was seen exiting the tournament area and was eliminated.
Sirzat Hissou pushed all in for 1,150,000 and was looked up by Anson Tsang in the small blind.
Sirzat Hissou: A♠10♥
Anson Tsang: 8♥8♦
The 4♣J♥5♠ flop did not help Hissou, although the Q♠ turn did give him a gutshot. It did not come in on the 9♠ river, however, and the Day 1 and Day 2 chipleader was sent home in 26th.
Pavel Svach raised to 125,000 in the cutoff. Simone Andrian defended his big blind and then check-raised on the 10♥8♥5♣ flop. Svach had continued for 175,000, which Andrian made 525,000 to go.
Svach called to the Q♦ turn, which they both checked. Andrian picked up the aggression again and fired 450,000 on the 4♦ river and was snapped off by Svach.
Andrian tabled Q♠J♦ for top pair, eliciting a sigh from Svach as he paid his opponent.
The next hand, Andrian open-jammed from the small blind and Alberti Sanaia instantly called off his stack of 1,200,000 in the big blind.
Alberti Sanaia: A♠K♣
Simone Andrian: 5♥5♣
"I think it's going to be hard for you," Andrian said before the 8♥K♠4♦ flop was dealt.
It turned out Andrian was right, as the 10♣5♦ runout rivered him a set, beating the flopped top pair of Sanaia. Sanaia immediately left the tournament floor as Andrian stacked up an enormous pile of chips.
With two players seeing a board of 8♦5♥2♦ and around 325,000 in the middle, Andria Gogelidze checked from the big blind and Pavel Svach bet 110,000 from under the gun. Gogelidze made the call.
Gogelidze check-called another bet from Svach on the 3♠ turn, this time for 315,000.
On the J♣ river Gogelidze checked and Svach bet 600,000. Gogelidze burned through two time banks before opting to call.
Gogelidze had ace-high with A♠Q♠ while Svach had a wheel straight with A♥4♥ to take down a massive pot.