Isaac Haxton opened to 26,000 from early position and called a three-bet jam of about 130,000 from defending champion Bryn Kenney one seat over.
Kenney: 
Haxton: 
The most classic of races was underway and Kenney quickly lost his advantage when Haxton spiked a king on the 
flop. No help came with the 
run out and Kenney departed in 13th place.
Igor Kurganov raised to 30,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Sylvain Loosli in the big blind. Loosli shoved all in for 103,000 and Kurganov quickly called.
Igor Kurganov: 
Sylvain Loosli: 
It was another race until the flop came 
, giving Kurganov trip aces and a massive lead in the hand. The turn was the 
and the river brought the 
, eliminating Loosli from the competition. Kurganov has been a tirade the last couple levels, knocking someone out in what seems to be every hand he plays.
Niveau: 12
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy got his stack in before the flop from the hijack against Timothy Adams who was on the button. Adams had the smaller of the two stacks by only 20,000 chips.
Yaroshevskyy:
Adams:
Adams had a commanding lead with his aces and Yaroshevskyy needed help in order to send him to the rail. The board ran out 
which missed both players, so Adams took the pot to double up and leave Yaroshevskyy with crumbs.
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The action folded to Igor Kurganov in the small blind who raised to 33,000. Oleksii Khoroshenin was in the big blind and moved all in for around 240,000, which Kurganov instantly called.
Kurganov showed 
and was dominating Khoroshenin's . The board ran out clean for Kurganov and his ace-jack high was good enough to eliminate Khoroshenin, sending him to nearly 1,000,000 chips.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | 1,050,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Dvoress | 290,000 |
| 3 | Jason Koon | 400,000 |
| 4 | Cary Katz | 265,000 |
| 5 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | 280,000 |
| 6 | Nick Petrangelo | 220,000 |
| 7 | Timothy Adams | 165,000 |
| 8 | Chris Hunichen | 425,000 |
| 1 | Igor Kurganov | 756,000 |
| 2 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | 275,000 |
| 3 | Christopher Kruk | 217,000 |
| 4 | Isaac Haxton | 720,000 |
| 5 | Bryn Kenney | 135,000 |
| 6 | Steffen Sontheimer | 305,000 |
| 7 | Benjamin Pollak | 220,000 |
| 8 | Sylvain Loosli | 115,000 |
Chris Hunichen opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Sam Greenwood pushed all in for 155,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Hunichen who quickly made the call and was in great shape to eliminate Greenwood.
Hunichen held 
and was way ahead of Greenwood's . The board ran out 
and Greenwood missed his flopped flush draw, sending his chips to Hunichen.
Oleksii Khoroshenin opened to 25,000 in the cutoff getting called by Isaac Haxton in the small blind. The flop came 
and Haxton check-called a bet of 41,000. Both players checked the on the turn and when the 
hot on the river, Haxton took down the pot with a bet of 120,000.
Mustapha Kanit got his last 43,000 chips in before the flop against Oleksii Khoroshenin, who had him covered by a wide margin.
Kanit:
Khoroshenin: 
Khoroshenin had the preflop edge and Kanit needed to improve to double up. The board ran out 
and Khoroshenin took the pot with a pair of aces to end Kanit's tournament.
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