Juan Martin Pastor Eliminated in 5th Place ($380,720)

Hand #44: Niklas Hambitzer opened to 230,000 under the gun with and got a call from Chance Kornuth with in the big blind. The flop brought , and Kornuth check-called 225,000. Another six, the , helped both players, but Kornuth let Hambitzer bet 525,000 for him. Kornuth raised to just over 1 million, and Hambitzer quickly folded.

Hand #45: Juan Martin Pastor opened for 230,000 with but Kevin Schulz woke up with and three-bet. Pastor jammed it in for 1.7 million, and Schulz snapped in.

The Argentinian was miles behind, but he did find a flop to give him a fighting chance with a pair. The changed nothing, and the river gave him top two, which was obviously not enough.