Nikolay Fal was all in preflop but well ahead with the 
vs the 
of Hannes Jeschka.
The flop came 
, the turn was the 
and the river came the 
to give Fal an important double and cut some away from the big stack.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Steven Warburton | United Kingdom | 3,700,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Juan Jose Membreno Orellana | Panama | 1,800,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Nuri Hadioglu | Turkey | 2,670,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | 5,400,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Erik Cajelais | Canada | 6,140,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Ghanim Dashti | Kuwait | 2,100,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Kyle Maguire | United Kingdom | 9,750,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Rachid Amamou | Switzerland | 4,100,000 |
| 2 | 1 | James Harvey | United States | 3,900,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Natalya Nikitina | Russia | 5,500,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Aleksei Petrov | Russia | 2,100,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Daniel Thaller | United Kingdom | 5,200,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Riccardo Saraniero | Italy | 1,300,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Zolbayar Batbold | Mongolia | 1,075,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russia | 7,500,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Sergey Bobrik | Russia | 1,300,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Hannes Jeschka | France | 8,850,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Koray Korkmaz | Turkey | 5,900,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Gabriel Akiki | Lebanon | 2,980,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Alexander Gofman | Russia | 7,600,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Yiannis Liperis | United Kingdom | 4,260,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Juozas Bizokas | Lithuania | 2,750,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Nikolay Fal | Russia | 2,380,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Oleg Netaliev | Russia | 2,130,000 |
Tom Talboom was all in for 2,300,000 from the cutoff and up against Alexander Gofman in the big blind.
Tom Talboom: 
Alexander Gofman: 
The board ran out 
and Gofman's tens stayed in front to send Talboom to the rail.
"Good game. Shame," a tablemate said.
"Play to win," Talboom said on his way to the payout desk.
The remaining 24 players are now redrawing for seats at the final three tables.
Heads-up on a flop of 
, Alexander Gofman bet 400,000 from under the gun and was called by Ghanim Dashti in the big blind.
The turn came the and Dashti immediately moved all in for 700,000.
"You played the hand perfectly," Gofman said as he went through two time banks.
"Thank you," Dashti replied.
Gofman eventually folded and Dashti took the pot.
At the feature table, Recep Aydemir was all in preflop with the 
against the 
of Manuel Fritz.
The board ran out unhelpful to Aydemir as it came 
to end the day for the Turkish player.
Natalya Nikitina raised to 250,000 from under the gun before Ghanim Dashti shoved his last 580,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Nikitina called.
Ghanim Dashti: 
Natalia Nikitina: 
Dashti was a big favorite to double as the board came 
. Nikitina paired her queen on the turn but improved no further as she paid off Dashti.
Lavrentiy Ni shoved for his last 1,500,000 from the cutoff as Hannes Jeschka called from the big blind.
Lavrentiy Ni: 
Hannes Jeschka:
Jeschka picked up a straight draw on the 
flop and completed it when the turn came the 
. Already drawing dead, Ni wished the table luck as the river fell the 
and made his way to the payout desk.
Natalya Nikitina raised to 250,000 from the cutoff. Rachid Amamou called on the button. Gabriel Akiki jammed all in for 1,465,000 from the big blind. Nikitina folded and Amamou called.
Gabriel Akiki:
Rachid Amamou:
Akiki stood up and willed the flop to come 
for him to take the lead. The turn was the and the river was the to confirm his double.
"Yes! I love this game!" he yelled as he celebrated the double up.
Level: 28
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
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