Anton Morgenstern opened the cutoff to 40,000 and Jason Mann three-bet the button to 115,000. Morgenstern called, and then both players checked to the river as the final board read 
.
On the river, Morgenstern led for 125,000 and Mann quickly called. Morgenstern tabled his 
, and Mann mucked while slipping to just over 3.3 million as Morgenstern moves to 1,072,000 in chips.
Defending champion Greg Merson, Jivkov, Buckenmayer, Calenzo, Potter, and Malherbe earned $42,990 for their Main Event finish, while the rest collected $50,752. For exact-place finishes, please check the payouts page.
Steven McKoy pushed all in after action folded to his small blind, and Patrick Renkers called in the big blind.
Renkers: 
McKoy: 
The flop came 
, and Renkers' dominating hand stayed well in front. A 
ended things on the turn.
Sylvain Loosli opened to 40,000 from under the gun, Byron Kaverman three-bet to 95,000 in the cutoff, and Loosli four-bet to 250,000. Kaverman called.
The flop fell 
, Loosli led out for the same amount (250,000), and Kaverman tank-called. The turn was the , Loosli announced, "Four-fifty," and Kaverman thought for a bit before mucking.
Anton Morgenstern opened under the gun to 40,000 and Victor Cianelli defended his big blind to see a 
flop.
Both players checked as the 
landed on the turn and Morgenstern led for 45,000 with Cianelli check-calling.
The river landed the 
and Cianelli led for 60,000 as Morgenstern went into the tank for close to two minutes before raising to 200,000. Cianelli instantly called, but when he saw Morgenstern's 
, he mucked his hand and slipped to 2,100,000 as the German climbed to 967,000 in chips.
Brett Richey made it 40,000 to go from the hijack, and Alex Bilokur moved all in 168,000. Once Richey got the official count, he made the call.
Bilokur: 
Richey: 
Richey was drawing very live, and he took the lead when the flop came down 
. Bilokur was now looking for an ace or a jack, and he caught the 
on the turn. Richey could still win the hand with a queen, ten, eight, or seven, but the 
came on the river.
Bilokur upped his stack to 377,000, while Richey took a small hit down to 1.905 million.
Jonathan Jaffe opened to 40,000 in middle position and Yi Fang called on the button. Nikolai Sears three-bet all in for 188,000 from the small blind, Jaffe folded, and Fang called.
Sears: 
Fang:
The board ran out 
, and the two pair of Sears earned him a double up to 463,000. Meanwhile Fang, who came to this table with almost two million chips, is now down to just 315,000.
With the option on Bruno Kawauti, he moved all in for 320,000 from late postion. The action then folded around to Somar Al-Darwich on the big blind. He looked down at his cards, counted his stack, and then made the call.
Al-Darwich:
Kawauti:
Kawauti’s rail erupted with cheers of “ace,” as the dealer began producing the board. It eventually ran out 
to see Kawauti double. Al-Darwich still has over two million in chips after losing that hand.
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