Marcel Galustov was left with 14 big blinds after the previous hand and he was in the big blind when Marios Tzakos shoved from the small blind. Galustov called and the two players opened their cards:
Tzakos: 
Galustov: 
The board ran out 
and Tzakos held with his ace-high to send Galustov to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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The clock has been paused since players started discussions about a deal. The chip counts are:
Marios Tzakos: 7 million
Dimitrios Michailidis: 1.9 million
It looks like the difference doesn't allow them to agree, so they will continue playing unti have a winner or until the stacks are different. They will be back in about 5 minutes for the heads-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,000,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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1,900,000
-1,000,000
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-1,000,000 |
The players are back their seats and heads-up play just started.
Level: 23
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
The two players saw the flop coming 
with 350,000 already in the pot. Marios Tzakos checked and Dimitrios Michailidis bet 85,000 with Tzakos calling.
The 
came on the turn, and Tzakos check-called again for 190,000 this time.
The 
completed the board on the river and Michailidis bet 475,000 with Tzakos calling for a third time. Michailidis opened 
for flush and he scoops a big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,200,000
-800,000
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-800,000 |
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2,700,000
800,000
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800,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The players look really patient, they are playing deep and they are searching for the right spot to hit the opponent. In a big pot that started before the change of the level, Michailidis managed to get closer to Tzakos' stack.
Preflop Michailidis opened to 150,000 and Tzakos called with 
on the flop. Both players checked and the dealer openend the 
on the turn.
Tzakos bet 175,000 and Michailidis called, with the completing the board on the river. Tzakos bet 350,000 this time and Michailidis opted to raise to 1,125,000. Tzakos didn't think about it for long and he made the call.
for Tzakos with a full house, but Michailidis had a better full house with 
.
Now the two players have similar stacks and the battle is going on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,900,000
-1,300,000
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-1,300,000 |
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4,000,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
Michailidis raised to 200,000 from the button and Marios Tzakos three-bet to 675,000.
Michailidis continued with a four-bet at 2,000,000 putting half his stack in the middle. Tzakos went into tank but finally released his hand with the Michailidis getting the chip lead for the first time in the heads-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,900,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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4,000,000
-900,000
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-900,000 |
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Another big pot heads-up, and the lead changes hands again.
The board was reading 
and Tzakos bet three barrels, for 175,000, 375,000 and 850,000 respectively in each street.
Michailidis called three times, although he had a really tough time calling the river. He asked Tzakos many times if he has any eight, while he claimed that he has a jack.
When he made the call, Tzakos opened 
and it was good enough to give him the lead again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,200,000
2,200,000
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2,200,000 |
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2,700,000
-2,200,000
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-2,200,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000