Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Heads-up on a flop of 7♦2♥K♦, Chris Kyprianou bet 75,000 from under the gun and Robert Buky called in the big blind.
The turn was the 10♥ and Kyprianou moved all in for 400,000. Buky took a minute before calling with K♠5♠ for top pair, while Kyprianou had A♥4♥ for a flush draw.
The J♣ river was no help to Kyprianou, and Buky took the pot to send him to the rail in 15th place.
Nicu Toderascu raised to 50,000 in early position and Damian Albers called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 10♠8♠2♣ flop. Albers then led out for 75,000 on the 7♦ turn, and Toderascu raised to 175,000. Albers moved all in for 600,000, and Toderascu snap-called.
Albers showed 9♥8♦ for a pair and straight draw, while Toderascu had flopped top set with 10♦10♥. The 5♠ river was no help to Albers, and he was eliminated in 16th place.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alexios Zervos | 400,000 | 16 |
| 1 | 2 | Robert Buky | 1,300,000 | 52 |
| 1 | 3 | Chris Kyprianou | 600,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 4 | Pascal Pflock | 500,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 5 | Daniel Samson | 820,000 | 33 |
| 1 | 6 | Kuljinder Sidhu | 600,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 7 | Michael Hewes | 1,050,000 | 42 |
| 1 | 8 | Nikolay Ponomarev | 1,000,000 | 40 |
| 30 | 1 | Simon Burns | 320,000 | 13 |
| 30 | 2 | Damian Albers | 600,000 | 24 |
| 30 | 3 | Niels Ladefoged | 620,000 | 25 |
| 30 | 4 | Nicu Toderascu | 1,200,000 | 48 |
| 30 | 5 | Sooraj Sairam | 200,000 | 8 |
| 30 | 6 | Guang Yang | 450,000 | 18 |
| 30 | 7 | Marius Conan | 700,000 | 28 |
| 30 | 8 | Nathan Cohen | 700,000 | 28 |
Haoran Dai moved all in for 285,000 in the cutoff and Marius Conan called in the big blind.
Haoran Dai: A♦10♣
Marius Conan: A♥J♣
Both players hit two pair on the A♠J♦10♠ flop, while Conan remained in the lead with aces and jacks. The rest of the board ran out 9♠Q♣, and Dai was sent to the rail.
The remaining 16 players are drawing for seats at the final two tables.
Nikolay Ponomarev raised to 50,000 on the button before Velupillai Kalahmohan moved all in for 360,000 in the big blind. Ponomarev snap-called.
Velupillai Kalahmohan: J♥2♥
Nikolay Ponomarev: A♥A♦
Kalahmohan had run right into Ponomarev's aces. The J♦7♠10♣ flop gave him a pair, but he improved no further on the 4♣ turn or Q♠ river as Ponomarev scored the knockout.
Daniel Samson raised to 55,000 in the hijack, Alexios Zervos moved all in for 250,000 in the cutoff, and Samson called.
Alexios Zervos: 9♣9♥
Daniel Samson: K♠Q♣
Zervos was the one with nines this time, and he stayed in the lead on the 2♥2♠6♥ flop. Samson, though, hit the K♦ on the turn, but Zervos spiked the 9♠ on the river to double up.
"Hit the river twice for my tournament life. Maybe it's my day," Zervos said.
Michael Hewes raised to 50,000 in the hijack before Daniel Samson moved all in for 300,000 on the button. Alexios Zervos then reshoved in the small blind, Hasmukh Khodiyara called in the big blind, and Hewes got out of the way.
Daniel Samson: 9♦9♥
Hasmukh Khodiyara: A♦K♥
Alexios Zervos: 6♠6♥
The flop came Q♣9♣7♠ to give Samson a set, while the rest of the board ran out 3♣J♦. Samson scooped the pot to triple up, while Zervos narrowly had Khodiyara covered to take the side pot and send him to the rail.
Alexios Zervos was all in for 250,000 from the big blind and up against Kuljinder Sidhu on the button.
Alexios Zervos: A♠5♠
Kuljinder Sidhu: 3♠3♣
The 10♠Q♥10♣ flop gave Zervos outs to counterfeit Sidhu's pair, but he remained behind on the 2♥ turn. The river, though, brought the A♣ to give him two pair and the double up.
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000