Cards are back in the air at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Casino with the 23 remaining players combating for the lion-share of the $920,000 prize pool.
Blinds are now 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante.
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The final 23 players, across three 8-handed tables are now on a hour dinner break
The 1,000 chips will be colored off to leave the 5K, 25K and new red 100K chips in play.
When they return from break they will be going into Level 27 with blinds at 40,000/80,000.
After the cutoff jam of Iurii Brechalov was called from the big blind after a minute of time bank cards used by Andrea Radicchi, he ended up calling all in, with Radicchi at risk.
Andrea Radicchi: 
Iurii Brechalov: 
The board ran out 
to give the win to Radicchi on the river for the full double, leaving Brechalov with 93,000 behind.
Three hands later Brechalov shoved from middle position and Radicchi raised to 150,000 from the cutoff. The big blind of Alain Hajj completed and they saw a flop of 
.
Radicchi continued into the small side pot and Hajj folded to put cards on their backs.
Iurii Brechalov:
Andrea Radicchi: 
Brechalov was all but doubled up already and the 
turn secured it with quads, an 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
1,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
380,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
After losing the majority of their stack running into aces with pocket kings, Eduard Barsegyan moved all in for 255,000 from middle position and was called by Dominique Gabriel in the hijack.
Eduard Barsegyan: 
Dominique Gabriel: 
Barsegyan was behind and could not bet Gabriel as the Frenchman hit a king on a board of 
to send the Russian player to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000
860,000
|
860,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 1 | 1 | Orthodoxos Orthodoxou | Cyprus | 2,500,000 | 42 |
| 1 | 2 | Garik Tamasyan | Armenia | 800,000 | 13 |
| 1 | 3 | Alessio Isaia | Italy | 4,200,000 | 70 |
| 1 | 4 | Timur Margolin | Israel | 1,525,000 | 25 |
| 1 | 5 | Raoul Iancovici | Romania | 2,050,000 | 34 |
| 1 | 6 | Eleftherios Sinnos | Cyprus | 2,225,000 | 37 |
| 1 | 7 | Iosebi Laperashvili | Georgia | 954,000 | 16 |
| 1 | 8 | Nissim Sonsino | Israel | 1,100,000 | 18 |
| 2 | 1 | Dominique Gabriel | France | 1,340,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | Frederick Anastasiades | Cyprus | 4,700,000 | 78 |
| 2 | 3 | Ben Hershkovich | Israel | 1,300,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 4 | Ian Gascoigne | United Kingdom | 3,300,000 | 55 |
| 2 | 5 | Roy Tannous | Lebanon | 700,000 | 12 |
| 2 | 6 | Ravil Khamatgareev | Russia | 1,450,000 | 24 |
| 2 | 7 | Aleksandr Pak | Uzbekistan | 1,125,000 | 19 |
| 2 | 8 | Eduard Barsegyan | Russia | 1,425,000 | 24 |
| 3 | 1 | Andrea Radicchi | Italy | 700,000 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | Vadzim Godzdanker | Belarus | 3,600,000 | 60 |
| 3 | 3 | Spyrou Spyros | Cyprus | 760,000 | 13 |
| 3 | 4 | Alain Hajj | Lebanon | 1,500,000 | 25 |
| 3 | 5 | Selahaddin Bedir | Turkey | 5,000,000 | 83 |
| 3 | 6 | Ziad Gharios | Lebanon | 1,250,000 | 21 |
| 3 | 7 | Iurii Brechalov | Russia | 580,000 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | Marios Tooulakkos | Cyprus | 625,000 | 10 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000,000
3,055,000
|
3,055,000 |
|
4,700,000
3,200,000
|
3,200,000 |
|
4,200,000
2,700,000
|
2,700,000 |
|
||
|
3,600,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
3,300,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
2,500,000
1,964,000
|
1,964,000 |
|
2,225,000
945,000
|
945,000 |
|
2,050,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
1,525,000
-675,000
|
-675,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,500,000
780,000
|
780,000 |
|
1,450,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
|
|
1,425,000
794,000
|
794,000 |
|
|
1,340,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,300,000
1,118,000
|
1,118,000 |
|
1,250,000
919,000
|
919,000 |
|
1,125,000
613,000
|
613,000 |
|
1,100,000
598,000
|
598,000 |
|
954,000
-246,000
|
-246,000 |
|
800,000
-730,000
|
-730,000 |
|
760,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
700,000
342,000
|
342,000 |
|
|
700,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
|
|
625,000
-1,635,000
|
-1,635,000 |
|
|
580,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Marios Tooulakkos bet 100,000 from the cutoff and met a raise from the button for 260,000. Iosebi Laperashvili in the small blind four-betted to 645,000.
Sari Haddad in the big blind went into the tank and used two time bank cards before folding. Tooulakkos moved all in for 950,000 which prompted the button to quickly fold their cards. After asking for a count Laperashvili made the call.
Marios Tooulakkos:
Iosebi Laperashvili: 
Tooulakkos could not have asked for a better setup. The board of 
was clean for the Cypriot and secured the double up.
After the hand was complete Haddad stated that he was in the tank with pocket queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,260,000
2,113,000
|
2,113,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
|
625,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
Small blind Spyrou Spyros was all in against Day 1a chip leader Tulga Bahadir, with the Turkish Bahadir at risk. Cards were already on their backs and Spyros just about had the covering stack by a couple of big blinds.
Tulga Bahadir: 
Spyrou Spyros: 
The board of 
gave Spyros top pair to trump the smaller pair but the joyful Bahadir responded simply ''Oh well, maybe next time hey?'', as he took his exit with much class.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
|
Busted |
With 700,000 in the middle and a completed board of , Iosebi Laperashvili bet 420,000 from the big blind.
The under-the-gun Garik Tamasyan went deep into the tank and used two time bank cards before folding which gave Laperashvili the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
1,401,000
|
1,401,000 |
|
|
1,530,000
1,279,000
|
1,279,000 |
