| SEAT | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Vannini | Italy | 3,100,000 | 19 |
| 2 | Aschraf Khader | Germany | 3,725,000 | 23 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Di Blasi | Italy | 12,310,000 | 77 |
| 5 | Fabio Peluso | Italy | 4,995,000 | 31 |
| 6 | Tiago Serrazina | Portugal | 2,275,000 | 14 |
Level 28 just ended and the remaining players are now on a break for a few minutes.
Aschraf Khader opened from the button, then called when Theodoros Ampelikiotis in the big blind shoved for 925,000.
Theodoros Ampelikiotis: A♣6♣ 
Aschraf Khader: A♥9♥
Ampelikiotis didn't find the nine or the clubs he need on 10♠J♦3♥7♥9♣ to stay in the tournament. Finishing 6th, he wins €9,600.
The five players remaining are now assured to receive a €5,000 package to Cyprus for the Mediterranean Poker Party in May which includes an entry to the €2,000 EAPT Grand Finale.
Level: 28
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Lorenzo Di Blasi opened to 250,000 from the hijack, then Sergiy Alariki in the big blind raised all-in for 4,300,000. Di Blasi immediately called.
Sergiy Alariki: A♥K♣
Lorenzo Di Blasi: Q♥Q♠
Already chip leader, Di Blasi increased is lead as he it quads on 8♥Q♦2♦3♦Q♣. He has now more than 11,000,000 chips.
Panteleimon Michalakellis in the cutoff and Sergiy Alariki on the button both moved all-in, with Michalakellis being the player at risk for less than a blind.
Panteleimon Michalakellis: A♣10♣
Sergiy Alariki: A♦K♦
Alariki flopped two pair on K♠3♠3♦J♣6♠ leaving Michalakellis with no hopes to win. Finishing 8th, Michalakellis goes back home with €6,175.
Eyal Saidof in middle position moved all-in for 1,285,000 chips, then Aschraf Khader on the button shoved too for 750,000. The small blind folded to Fabio Peluso in the big blind who looked at his cards and said that he "couldn't fold".
Aschraf Khader: A♠A♥
Eyal Saidof: K♣Q♠
Fabio Peluso: 10♥10♣
Khader cheered after he hit the nut flush on 8♥J♥4♥7♥A♦. He tripled up, while Saidof was eliminated in 9th place for €5,000.
The nine finalists are back at their seats. With 20 minutes left on Level 27 (50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante), the final table just started.
From now on, blinds will increase every 20 hands.
| SEAT | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Vannini | Italy | 3,200,000 | 32 |
| 2 | Aschraf Khader | Germany | 1,000,000 | 10 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Di Blasi | Italy | 6,405,000 | 64 |
| 4 | Theodoros Ampelikiotis | Greece | 2,255,000 | 23 |
| 5 | Fabio Peluso | Italy | 5,205,000 | 52 |
| 6 | Tiago Serrazina | Portugal | 3,065,000 | 31 |
| 7 | Panteleimon Michalakellis | Greece | 2,330,000 | 23 |
| 8 | Sergiy Alariki | Ukraine | 1,660,000 | 17 |
| 9 | Eyal Saidof | Israel | 1,285,000 | 13 |
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