The prize pool of $2,231,460 will be divided among six players, with the minimum cash being $156,200 and the winner taking home $769,860 to accompany his trophy.
Pablo Silva opened to 25,000 from the button and Steve O'Dwyer moved all in from the small blind for approximately 200,000. Silva made the call with a covering stack.
Steve O'Dwyer: A♥8♥
Pablo Silva: 10♠10♣
The board ran out K♠J♥7♠Q♥2♠. O'Dwyer failed to pull ahead of Silva's pocket-tens and he was sent to the rail while Silva took down a healthy pot.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau opened to 22,000 from the hijack and Gregoire Auzoux three-bet to 82,000. Vaskaboinikau used two time banks before putting in a four- bet to 225,000. Auzoux responded with a five-bet shove for 733,000, putting Vaskaboinikau deep into the tank.
"I have ace-queen" Vaskaboinikau told his opponent. "I feel like you're bluffing".
"Then call" replied Auzoux. "I can tell you one thing. It's not a flip"
Vaskaboinikau used several more time banks before eventually folding. Auzoux revealed that he had A♥Q♥ before collecting a huge pot without having to see a flop.
Chipleader Vicente Delgado raised to 20,000 from under the gun and faced a three-bet to 75,000 from Maher Nouira in the small blind. Delgado put in the extra chips for a call and the two went off to a flop of 6♦2♣A♣.
Nouira made a small bet of 40,000 and Delgado called. On the 2♥ turn, Nouira increased his sizing to 75,000 but again Delgado called.
The 2♦ river put a third deuce on the board and saw Nouira slow down with a check. Delgado then put his opponent all in for 250,000 chips and Nouira went into the tank.
After spending several time bank extensions, he emerged with a call. Delgado showed K♣Q♣ for trip deuces with ace-king as kicker, and Nouira tabled K♥9♥ for the same hand. They chopped the pot, much to the relief of Nouira.
Jules Dickerson was in the big blind and faced with a shove from Vicente Delgado, who covered Dickerson's stack of roughly 600,000. Dickerson made the call and was at risk.
Jules Dickerson: 9♦9♥
Vicente Delgado: 4♦4♥
Dickerson was in great shape to double up with the higher pocket-pair but was left drawing to only two outs which Delgado spiked a set on the Q♣7♣4♠ flop. From there Dickerson was unable to find a nine on the 2♥ turn and 6♠ river, resulting in his elimination while Delgado dragged in a pot worth over one million chips.
In the tail end of the previous level, Sam Greenwood raised to 20,000 from the cutoff before Paulius Plausinaitis three-bet all in for 246,000 from the small blind. Greenwood made the call and a showdown was had.
Paulius Plausinaitis: 10♥10♣
Sam Greenwood: 7♦7♣
No miracle seven appeared for Greenwood on the 8♠3♦J♥K♦K♠ runout and Plausinaitis secured the double up.
The very next hand, Greenwood went all in himself for the mere 18,000 chips he had left after the encounter with Plausinaitis. Quan Zhou called from the cutoff, as did Pablo Silva in the big blind.
The two active players checked the 7♠5♥7♥ flop, as well as the 6♠ turn. Silva checked once more on the K♦ river, seeing 25,000 from Zhou thereafter. Silva quickly folded and Zhou tabled K♠J♠ for rivered top pair.
However, Greenwood was sitting on a full house with his K♥K♣ and took the first step in his comeback story.
With three players seeing a board of A♣J♥9♥ and roughly 100,000 in the middle, Sam Greenwood checked from the big blind and Quan Zhou bet 31,000 from under the gun. Paulius Plausinaitis called from middle position and Greenwood called as well after using one time extension.
Action checked around to Plausinaitis again on the 7♣ turn and he bet 100,000. Greenwood called off for his last 30,000 and Zhou also called.
On the 4♠ river Zhou checked and Plausinaitis bet 75,000. Zhou put in a check-raise to 300,000 and Plausinaitis got out of the way.
Greenwood tabled 4♥2♥ for a missed flush draw and rivered pair of fours while Zhou showed down A♥K♦ for top pair, top kicker to score the knockout and take down a nice pot.
In a preflop confrontation Leon Sturm found himself all in and at risk for roughly 325,000 against Pablo Silva.
Leon Sturm: A♦K♥
Pablo Silva: J♦J♠
The board ran out 3♠Q♣Q♠5♣A♥. Sturm's rivered ace was good for the winner and he took down a nice pot, extending his tournament life in the process while leaving Silva with just over ten big blinds.
Pablo Silva opened to 24,000 rom the cutoff and Gregoire Auzoux three-bet to 74,000 from the small blind. Silva used one time extension before moving all in for roughly 150,000. Auzoux called to put Silva at risk.
Pablo Silva: K♥Q♣
Gregoire Auzoux: J♦J♥
The board ran out A♠9♣2♣3♦10♠. Silva could not pull ahead of the pocket-jacks resulting in his elimination while Auzoux took down a decent pot.