Mukul Pahuja made it 125,000 from the button and was beat to the pot by a Mikalai Vaskaboinikau shove for 2.1 million.

Byron Kaverman passed, but Pahuja snap-called with the . Vaskaboinikau held but his tournament ended after a board brought no help.

Pahuja then took a massive lead into heads-up play with Kaverman.