| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,015,000 | |
|
1,850,000 | |
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1,575,000 | |
|
1,300,000 | |
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1,275,000 | |
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1,225,000 | |
Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Players are on their fourth break of the day, this one for 15 minutes. 47 players remain and 26 will advance to Day 2 at the end of the night.
With three players seeing a board of A♦5♦6♥J♥ and about 125,000 in the middle, Joseph Mouwad checked from the small blind, a player in the big blind checked and a player in middle position bet 75,000. Mouwad shoved for about 300,000, forcing a fold from the big blind. The player in middle position thought for a minute before folding A♥10♥ for top pair and the nut-flush draw face up.
Guo Liang Wei and Azamat Tulepbergenov at the same table were visibly shocked to see such a strong hand hit the muck as Mouwad took the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,290,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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605,000
170,000
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170,000 |
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580,000
580,000
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580,000 |
A player in the hijack open-shoved for about 200,000 and Yury Bochkarev, who had a bit under 150,000, made the call from the big blind to put himself at risk.
Yury Bochkarev: K♦J♣ 
Opponent: A♥Q♠
Both players connected in a big way on the 10♠A♠Q♥ flop but Bochkarev was well ahead with the nut-straight versus his opponents two pair. Bochkarev remained ahead when the rest of the board ran out 3♠K♣ and received a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Level: 12
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
A player from the hijack opened to 25,000 and received calls from Mohamed Mokrani on the button and Savvas Omirou in the big blind.
All three players checked the K♠K♣2♣ flop leading to the 9♣ turn. Action checked around to Mokrani who bet 50,000. Omirou put in a check-raise to 135,000 and the original raiser folded. Mokrani shoved, covering Omirou who had a bit more than 300,000 biehind. Omirou snap-called and was at risk.
Mokrani had made a move at the wrong time with a flush draw and was drawing dead to Omirou who had already made a higher flush than Mokrani was drawing to. The 4♥ river changed nothing and Omirou secured a full double up at Mokrani's expense.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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973,000
973,000
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973,000 |
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180,000
180,000
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180,000 |
Azamat Tulepbergenov opened to 21,000 from early position and received calls from Yiannakis Papapetrou in the cutoff, Guo Liang Wei in the small blind and a player in the big blind.
The flop came [qd4hjd and action checked around to Tulepbergenov who fired a 38,000 continuation bet. Papapetrou folded, Wei called and the big blind folded.
Both remaining players checked the A♠ turn leading to the 3♣ river. Wei put forward a nearly pot-sized of 184,000 and Tulepbergenov opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,170,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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775,000
227,000
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227,000 |
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340,000
90,000
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90,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
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