Tomoki Matsuda opened to 120,000 and was called by Stephen Song in the big blind.
Song checked to Matsuda on the 10?5?Q? flop and he continued for 115,000. Song then check-raised to 375,000 and Matsuda called.
Matsuda called a 650,000 bet from Song on the 2? turn and Song announced he was all in on the 6? river, which was enough to put Matsuda all in for his last 1,700,000.
Matsuda went deep into the tank and the clock was called after about eight minutes.
The floor counted Matsuda down from five seconds and Matsuda stuck in a call at the last moment.
Song turned over Q?10? for top two pair and Matsuda showed he called with A?K? for just ace-high — eliminating him from the tournament and sending the massive pot Song's way.
In a massive preflop showdown, Iaron Lightbourne was the player at risk for 2,385,000 against Luigi Curcio to unleash the following coin flip.
Iaron Lightbourne: A?K?
Luigi Curcio: Q?Q?
The A?9?8? flop vaulted Lightbourne into the lead, but he had a sweat to endure on the J? turn, as Curcio picked up a gutshot. No ten or queen came on the 8? river, and the Brit doubled to join the bigger stacks in the penultimate level of the night.
Brian Rast raised to 115,000 from an early position with A?2? and Manuel Machado defended A?10? in the big blind.
The 4?8?10? flop gave Machado top pair and Rast was looking at a nut flush draw. Machado checked and Rast bet 155,000, Machado made the call.
The 6? turn got another check from Machado and Rast raised to 440,000. Machado called, taking the players to the river.
The diamond came in on the river for Rast, with the 6? completing the board. Machado checked and Rast bet 1,000,000. After just over a minute of tanking, Machado called with the pair of tens, giving the stack to Rast.
Kenneth Kim had a three-bet of 300,000 in front of him from the button before Niklas Astedt four-bet to 900,000 in middle position. Kim five-bet to 1,800,000, and Astedt called.
Both players checked the 6?Q?J? flop. The turn was the 5? and Astedt led out for 800,000.
Kim quickly folded, and Astedt took the pot, building his stack up close to 8,000,000.
Steven Ayoub opened to 80,000 from early position and called when Aloisio Dourado three-bet to 250,000 from middle position. Ayoub check-called for 175,000 on the K?9?8? flop and then check-called Dourado's jam of 850,000 on the 9? turn. Ayoub tabled 6?6? but was behind his opponent's A?K?, who took in the double up after the K? river.
On the next deal, Ayoub put in his last 285,000 from under the gun and Hiroki Nawa called on his direct left. Ayoub turned over A?6? and was dominated by Nawa's A?Q?. Ayoub paired up on the 8?6?2?10?3? runout to stay in contention.
Then, in a limped pot between the blinds, Daniel Zadok and Ayoub checked action through to the river for the final board to read 4?J?8?Q?4?. Zadok bet 150,000 and Ayoub called. Zadok had trips with 6?4? to take the pot. Ayoub flashed the 8? and lamented about letting Zadok get there.
The following hand, Michael Jagroo raised to 300,000 from middle position, leaving 45,000 behind. Ayoub jammed from the small blind as the slightly bigger stack and Jagroo put in the rest of his chips. Ayoub, with QxJx, was flipping against 8?8?. Ayoub paired up on the Q?6?4? flop to take the lead and looked to send Jagroo out after the 5? turn. The 8? river saw Jagroo improve to a set of eights, leaving Ayoub with 95,000.
Ayoub folded his hand on the next shuffle but the last of it went in when he was in the cutoff. Dourado and Boris Kolev called from the blinds. Dourado led out for 150,000 on the Q?J?10? flop and then check-called for 305,000 on the 10? turn. The 5? river then checked through to showdown.
Dourado tabled K?9? for a king-high straight, besting Kolev's Q?9?. Ayoub turned over Q?7?, and wished the table good luck before he headed to the payout desk.
Luis Dorneles raised to 80,000 in early position, and Abdullah Al-Shanti called in middle position. Jonathan Tamayo then three-bet to 350,000 in the cutoff, Dorneles moved all in for 800,000, and Al-Shanti folded. Tamayo, though, snap-called.
Luis Dorneles: Q?Q?
Jonathan Tamayo: K?K?
Tamayo had woken up with kings, leaving Dorneles at risk of elimination. The board ran out 2?7?J?5?8?, and Dorneles found no help on his way to the payout desk.
"You're on fire, bro," Al-Shanti told Tamayo after the hand.
Action was followed from the 7?10?3? flop when Apple Landerman raised from the small blind to 250,000 with A?Q?. Kristen Foxen called from the big blind with A?10?, who was ahead with a pair of tens.
The turn came A? which kept Foxen ahead, now sat with two pair, but Landerman also paired his Ace. Landerman bet 250,000 and Foxen called behind.
The 9? river prompted Landerman to bet 325,000 and Foxen opted to raise to 1,500,000. Landerman eventually called and Foxen took a huge pot.
Taras Sopotnytskyi raised to 80,000 in early position before Jerome Zerbib moved all in for 1,020,000 in the small blind. Sopotnytskyi confirmed the amount before calling.
Jerome Zerbib: Q?Q?
Taras Sopotnytskyi: A?K?
Zerbib's queens remained ahead on the 6?10?9? flop, but Sopotnytskyi picked up a flush draw to go with his overcards. The 8? turn completed his flush and left Zerbib drawing dead by the 2? river and on his way to the exit.
