Stoyan Obreshkov rasied from the cutoff and Arthur Thiriart defended in the big blind.
Both players checked the hand through to the river as the full board now read 9♣8♠K♣Q♠8♣. Thiriart took the lead in this hand with a sizeable wager of 195,000. Obreshkov made a swift fold.
Apoorva Goel, in the small blind, was all in and at risk for his effective stack of 525,000 against Marius Kudzmanas, in the big blind.
Apoorva Goel: Q♠J♣ 
Marius Kudzmanas: A♣9♣
Goel was behind and the K♠8♣3♣ flop only slimmed his number of outs. Goel was dead on the 6♣ turn and exited on the 2♥ river.
Ekaterina Fediaeva was all in from the cutoff and at risk versus the covering stack of Akin Guven.
Ekaterina Fediaeva: Q♣J♣
Akin Guven: A♠J♦
Ace high was good for Guven over the K♥8♣5♥9♥3♣ runout and Fediaeva was sent to the rail.
Aliaksandr Yarosh open-shoved all in for 120,000 and Ryhor Karapanau made the call in late position with the bigger stack. Players flipped their cards, with Yarosh at risk.
Aliaksandr Yarosh: J♥9♥
Ryhor Karapanau: A♠9♦
Yarosh was disappointed to see that he was dominated. The board ran out 2♠6♦5♦7♦7♥ and Karapanau held with the sevens on board and his ace high to win the pot, eliminating Yarosh from the tournament.
Firoz Mangroe moved all in for 325,000 from under the gun and was looked up by Uladzimir Zhyharau, in the big blind.
Firoz Mangroe: K♠Q♣
Uladzimir Zhyharau: 3♥3♣
The 2♠9♦10♦ flop gave Mangroe a gutshot to go with his overcards, but the 8♣ turn and the 8♦ river changed nothing and Mangroe was sent to the rail.
Action was picked up with Arthur Thiriart all in and at risk from the big blind. He was covered by Azamat Tulepbergenov from the cutoff.
Arthur Thiriart: A♦A♥
Azamat Tulepbergenov: Q♦J♦
Thiriart's rockets won him the pot over the 10♦J♥8♣4♣K♦ runout to secure the double.
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
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