On a flop of the initial preflop aggressor made a continuation bet of 5,000 and Simeon Naydenov raised to 11,000, earning a call from F.S. in the big blind. The other player got out of the way and the turn got checked through. F.S. then bet 19,500 on the river and Naydenov eventually called after some consideration.
F.S. turned over for a straight with the final community card and the Bulgarian mucked his cards quite frustrated.
Igor Dubinsky had about 60,000 chips left and got it in preflop with . Michael Mizrachi took the coin flip with and held up with the board running out . The American is the first player above half a million and the next biggest stack belongs to Majid Ejlal Noubarian, who won a side event yesterday evening.
With the start of level 13, the registration is officially closed and the screens show a total of 172 entries. This still needs to be confirmed though and the payout structure should be available within the hour.
Chino Rheem and Grudi Grudev have been eliminated and the field is down to less than 50 players. Tournament director Scalzi has announced to the remaining field that the first 21 spots will get paid.
Sevket Yildiz doubled up earlier today and was just all in again, this time versus Miltiadis Kyriakides. Yildiz bet small on the river and Kyriakides raised to 15,000 only to snap-fold to the all in of Yildiz. "5k more and you would have won," Yildiz said to his opponent and then stacked the chips.
Below are some further up-to-date counts from nearby tables.
Michael Mizrachi raised to 4,500 and Majid Ejlal Noubarian three-bet to 16,000, which was called by the American. On the flop, Noubarian led for 20,000 and Mizrachi made it 55,000 to go. The Iranian clicked it up to 120,000 and "The Grinder" called.
Both players checked the turn and Noubarian checked the on the river. Mizrachi moved all in with the superior stack, sending Noubarian into the think tank. Ultimately, he would release his cards after realizing that he was covered and the splashed up pot went to the American.
Fuat Tanindi was all in for his last 43,000 chips and change with Simeon Naydenov still in the hand. The Bulgarian eventually looked up his opponent with and had two live cards against Tanindi's . Naydenov would indeed improve on a board of and that was it.