Polykarpos Stryvakis was left with 470,000 chips after the previous pot and he put them in the middle two hands later from the button. Marcel Galustov was on the big blind and he called.
Stryvakis: 
Galustov: 
The board was 
and Stryvakis is up to one million chips again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,900,000
914,000
|
914,000 |
|
2,200,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
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1,500,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
1,450,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
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1,000,000
-268,000
|
-268,000 |
Marios Tzakos opened to 85,000 from the cut-off and Loukas Kioutsoukis defended from the big blind.
The flop was 
and both players checked.
The 
on the turn brought four cards for a straight on the board and Loukas Kioutsoukis bet 150,000.
Tzakos called and the river was the 
. Kioutsoukis checked and Tzakos announced all in, putting Kioutsoukis in the tank. He finally made the call and you could see the disappointment in his face when Tzakos opened 
. Kioutsoukis showed that he had the lower straight with 
and went to the cashier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
|
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Busted | |
Right after the elimination of Loukas Kioutsoukis, Galustov and Michailidis played a big pot, with a total worth of 1.2 million chips.
We reached the table in the river with board showing 
and Michailidis bet 300,000 with about 600,000 in the pot.
Galustov thought about it for a long time and made the call, but mucked when he saw the 
of Michailidis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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2,000,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
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Level: 22
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Polykarpos Stryvakis lost almost all of his chips against Marcel Galustov and he got eliminated in the next hand.
In the first hand he defended from the big blind versus Galustov's openand the flop came 
. Both players checked and the came on the turn. Stryvakis bet and Galustov called with the 
completing the board in the river. Stryvakis checked and Galustov announced all in with Stryvakis calling after many minutes in the tank. He was left with only 3 big blinds when he saw the 
of Galustov for trips.
In the very next hand, Michailidis limped from the button, Stryvakis put the rest of his stack in the middle for 148,000 and both Marios Tzakos in the big blind and Michailidis, called.
The board ran out 
with the active players in the hand checking all the way to the river. Michailidis opened 
and his pair of fours was enough since both the other players mucked and Stryvakis is off to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
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|
|
2,900,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
2,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
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Two big pots won for Tzakos against each one of his opponents and he now has almost six million chips. At first, in a board of 
he got paid in the turn and river versus Dimitrios Michailidis, for 300,000 and 400,000 respectively.
In the next hand he was in a battle of blinds against Marcel Galustov and the two players checked the flop with 
.
The turn was the and Tzakos checked, Galustov bet 125,000, Tzakos min-raised to 250,000 and Galustov answered with a raise of his own for 650,000!
Tzakos called and the river was the , with Galustov betting 1,000,000 after Tzakos' check. It was clear that Tzakos had a really tough decision to make, but finally made the call.
Galustov showed his for a pure bluff and Tzakos won the huge pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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6,200,000
2,700,000
|
2,700,000 |
|
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