Marcos Exterkotter got his last 1,400,000 in the middle from the hijack as Arthur Conan quickly called in the small blind to put him at risk.
Marcos Exterkotter: A♦Q♥
Arthur Conan: A♣Q♣
Both players had the same hand and were poised for a chop as the 4♣5♦6♣ flop gave Conan a flush draw. The J♠ fell on the turn, but the river was the 9♣ and Conan spiked his flush to send Exterkotter to the rail.
Nazar Buhaiov moved all in for 400,000 in the cutoff and Stoyan Madanzhiev called on the button.
Nazar Buhaiov: A♦3♦
Stoyan Madanzhiev: Q♥Q♠
Madanzhiev had picked up queens to leave Buhaiov looking for an ace to survive, but no help arrived on the J♦5♠10♠9♠2♦ board and the Day 1 chip leader was sent to the rail.
A massive pile of chips was already in the middle as Michael Soyza and Abdelhakim Zoufri went to the river on a board of 5♣J♦8♦5♠8♣.
Soyza then bet 600,000 from the big blind and Zoufri moved all in under the gun. Soyza had around 1,200,000 remaining and tanked for a minute before calling.
Zoufri turned over A♠8♠ for a full house and Soyza tossed 5♦4♥ into the muck as Zoufri raked in the enormous pot to send Soyza to the rail.
Johannes Straver opened the hijack to 100,000 before Jose Fernandes Scarano jammed for 545,000 from the cutoff. In the big blind, Igor Pihela rejammed covering and Straver snapped it off for 1,150,000.
Jose Fernandes Scarano: A♦10♣
Johannes Straver: Q♥Q♦
Igor Pihela: 7♠7♣
Straver was in good position to win a huge one and it stayed that way on the J♦5♠5♣ flop. Nothing changed on the 2♦6♦ runout as Scarano hit the rail and Straver put a huge dent in Pihela's stack.
Anatoly Filatov raised to 100,000 under the gun and Abdelhakim Zoufri called in the cutoff. Gregoire Auzoux then moved all in for 700,000 from the big blind and Filatov folded, but Zoufri snap-called to put Auzoux at risk.
Gregoire Auzoux: A♦5♦
Abdelhakim Zoufri: A♠Q♣
Zoufri hit top pair on the Q♥8♣6♦ flop, and Auzoux was already drawing dead after the 3♥ turn. The river was the 3♦ and Auzoux was sent to the rail.
Young Sik Eum opened the hijack to 100,000. When it folded around to Taylor von Kriegenbergh in the big blind, he jammed for 740,000 effective as the covering stack, and Eum snapped it off.
Young Sik Eum: K♠K♣
Taylor von Kriegenbergh: A♦10♥
"That's okay, fair fight," joked von Kriegenbergh.
Eum was in good shape to find the double on the Q♠Q♥J♣ flop. The J♠6♠ runout secured the double for Eum.
Martins Adeniya moved all in for 600,000 from the cutoff and Arthur Conan called on the button.
Martins Adeniya: K♣J♠
Arthur Conan: A♠J♣
Adeniya was dominated going to the flop, which came A♥4♥7♠ to give Conan a bigger lead with top pair. Adeniya was left drawing dead after the 5♥ turn, while the river was the Q♥ and Adeniya was sent to the rail.
At the same time at another table, Georgios Sotiropoulos was all in for 300,000 and up against Igor Pihela.
Georgios Sotiropoulos: A♦8♦
Igor Pihela: A♥J♠
The board ran out 2♥3♠Q♠6♥Q♣ and Pihela's jack-kicker played to send Sotiropoulos to the rail.
Hossein Ensan raised to 80,000 under the gun and Gregoire Auzoux moved all in for 680,000 in the cutoff.
"For the investors," Noah Schwartz said as he snapped a photo of his hand. He eventually folded, while Tetsuro Tomita in the big blind also captured his hand as he folded. Ensan also quickly mucked. Tetsuro then showed the table he had folded two nines.
The next hand, Tomita shoved from the small blind and Ensan called for 400,000.
Hossein Ensan: K♠5♠
Tetsuro Tomita: J♣6♦
"Are you guys rich?" Schwartz said when the cards were revealed. The J♠10♠10♥ flop gave Tomita two pair, while Ensan picked up a flush draw. The rest of the 7♥A♥ board missed Ensan and the Main Event champion was sent to the rail.
"That's disrespectful. Did you look at the jack twice? I thought you played tight," Schwartz joked with Tomita after the hand.