In the last hand of the level, Wesley Pantling raised to 110,000 from early position and Damian Salas three-bet to 290,000, which Pantling called. On the , Pantling checked and subsequently called a bet of 190,000 by Salas before checking again the turn. Salas fired a second bet worth 380,000 and Pantling called.
The river paired the board for the second time and Pantling checked again quickly. Salas took his time before checking behind and mucked once Pantling flipped over .
Richard Dubini raised, and Alex Massman defended his big blind.
Both players checked the flop, and the turn was the . Massman bet 250,000, and Dubini called. The river was the . Massman bet 630,000, and Dubini raised all in for 1,665,000. After the count for the all-in raise was confirmed, Massman called quickly.
Dubini showed for a rivered set, doubling to around four million in chips.
Zu Zhou raised in early position, and Shyam Srinivasan three-bet to 275,000 from the cutoff. The remaining players folded, and Zhou called.
The flop came , and Zhou checked. Srinivasan bet 175,000, and Zhou called. On the turn, Zhou checked again, and Srinivasan moved all in. The dealer counted his stack at 1,065,000, and Zhou called.
Srinivasan:
Zhou:
Zhou had turned two pair, tens and eights, and Srinivasan needed a king to win the hand. The river was the , and Srinivasan's run in the Main Event came to an end.
Zhou collected the pot, which put him over six million chips.
Wen Zhou and John Hesp got all of the chips into the middle preflop with Hesp way out in front. Hesp tabled , and Zhou had .
The action was stopped until the camera crews were set up, and then the cards were dealt.
The flop came , and Zhou hit an ace right on the flop. Hesp needed to catch a king or running cards, but the on the turn and the on the river weren't enough to get the job done. Zhou doubled up, and Hesp was left with around 1,000,000 chips.
A player in early position opened to 125,000, sparking a raising war between Reed Hensel and Richard Gryko that left them as the only players in the whole room, as the rest of the players went off to break.
When action folded around to Hensel, he three-bet to 250,000. Sitting to Hensel's immediate left, Gryko cut out a re-raise and bumped it up again, making it 750,000 to go. The early-position player got out of the way, and Hensel five-bet jammed all in.
Gryko went into the tank, eventually asking for a count. As soon as the dealer confirmed a price of 2,940,000, Gryko folded.
Yin Liu raised to 115,000 on the button, and Matthew Wakeman moved all in from the big blind. Liu pointed at the dealer to count the stack, and Wakeman instantly replied "It is 890,000." Liu counted his own stack, which was around 1.1 million, and took another minute before calling.
Matthew Wakeman:
Yin Liu:
Both players hit a pair on the flop, and Liu stayed in the lead. The turn changed nothing, either, and Wakeman was eliminated after the river.
Robin Hegele raised to 125,000 from late position, and Ruslan Gazaev three-bet to 350,000 from one seat over in the hijack. Hegele called and checked the flop. Gazaev bet 350,000 and faced a check-raise to 800,000 by Hegele before moving all in for around 2.5 million. Hegele called, and the cards were turned over.
Ruslan Gazaev:
Robin Hegele:
Gazaev needed running cards to avoid elimination and stood up from his chair, letting out some words in Russian that are better left untranslated. After the turn, it was all over, making the river a formality.
, Pantling checked and subsequently called a bet of 190,000 by Salas before checking again the 
turn. Salas fired a second bet worth 380,000 and Pantling called.
river paired the board for the second time and Pantling checked again quickly. Salas took his time before checking behind and mucked once Pantling flipped over 
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flop, and the turn was the 
. Massman bet 250,000, and Dubini called. The river was the 
. Massman bet 630,000, and Dubini raised all in for 1,665,000. After the count for the all-in raise was confirmed, Massman called quickly.
for a rivered set, doubling to around four million in chips.
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turn, Zhou checked again, and Srinivasan moved all in. The dealer counted his stack at 1,065,000, and Zhou called. 
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, and Zhou hit an ace right on the flop. Hesp needed to catch a king or running cards, but the 
on the turn and the 
on the river weren't enough to get the job done. Zhou doubled up, and Hesp was left with around 1,000,000 chips.
flop, and Liu stayed in the lead. The 
turn changed nothing, either, and Wakeman was eliminated after the 
turn, it was all over, making the 
river a formality.
