A three-way all-in destroyed two players’ chances in seventh and eighth. Enrico Camosci had ace-deuce of hearts, Finnish player ‘BAAABUUSKIIII’ held ace-five of spades and Bert Stevens held pocket tens. Italian player Camosci was already committed pre-flop and ‘BAAABUUSKIIII’ raise-called all-in on the flop of 6-5-5 with two clubs. Stevens called with pocket tens – one was a club – and needed a lot of help to keep his superior stack safe. He got it, the three of clubs on the turn followed by the nine of the same suit and both opponents were dead on the river. Camosci won $57,365 in eighth place and ‘BAAABUUSKIIII’ won $73,455 in seventh.

A huge hand played out soon afterward when Ukrainian Volodymyr Palamar shoved with pocket aces and Samuel Vousden tank-folded with ace-king. It was an inspired save by Vousden, known as ‘€urop€an’ in online circles. Moments later, ace-king would win in the most cruel of circumstances. While Kannapong Tent managed to fold his ace-queen to Smiljkovic’s reraise, Canadian Matthew Stumpf, the original raiser, was all-in with the worst of it pre-flop, holding ace-queen to Daniel Smiljkovic’s ace-king with the king of hearts. The flop was a miraculous Q-6-4 for Stumpf but all three cards were hearts and a further heart on the turn gave Smiljkovic the flush and pushed his chip stack to over 7.7M, half of the chips in play, as Stumpf was eliminated for $94,057. 

Ace-king had served two masters well but a third would be condemned to the exit by ‘Big Slick’. Thai player Kannapong Tent was all-in with ace-king against Palamar’s ace-queen. The board was a killer, however, as a flop of Q-J-7 was followed by another seven on the turn and a four on the river, sending Tent to packing with a result worth $120,439.