Nichan Khorchidian raised his button to 450,000 and saw Ramzi Karam, the short stack of the table, call in the big blind.
Khorchidian fired a small bet of 250,000 on the 6♥2♠A♦ flop, but quickly folded when Karam check-raised all in to 1,900,000.
The button has been drawn to seat one, and the players are back in their seats as the final table of the $10,400 Onyx High Roller gets going.
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The final table of eight has been sent on a dinner break of 45 minutes.
The action is to be resumed at 8 p.m. local time.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nichan Khorchidian | Lebanon | 11,200,000 | 56 |
| 2 | Gytis Lazauninkas | Lithuania | 4,750,000 | 24 |
| 3 | Ramzi Karam | Lebanon | 2,550,000 | 13 |
| 4 | Alessio Isaia | Italy | 5,700,000 | 29 |
| 5 | Oshri Lahmani | Israel | 10,200,000 | 51 |
| 6 | Konstantin Voronin | Russia | 10,900,000 | 55 |
| 7 | Vedat Yilmaz | Turkey | 9,825,000 | 49 |
| 8 | Yiannis Liperis | Cyprus | 4,900,000 | 25 |
It folded to Alessio Isaia, who open-shoved in the small blind. Nikita Kalinin quickly called off his stack of 2,600,000 in the big blind, and the cards were tabled.
Nikita Kalinin: 10♠10♣ 
Alessio Isaia: A♠9♣
Isaia sighed and stood up, but soon sat back down as the J♣5♥A♦ flop paired his ace and gave him a big lead. The 3♠ turn left Kalinin with just a ten as an out, but the Q♣ river did not bring one, eliminating him as the final table bubble.
After having continue-bet the flop, Nikita Kalinin in the cutoff fired 1,600,000 on the 10♣8♥3♠5♥ turn for a second barrel. Oshri Lahmani check-called in the big blind, after which the K♠ river completed the board.
Lahmani checked for a third time, this time seeing Kalinin put him all-in for 2,475,000 effectively. Lahmani spent some time banks before deciding to call off his entire stack.
Kalinin tabled A♦9♠ for a bluff with ace-high, sending the pot over to Lahmani, who had called with Q♣10♥ for second pair.
Level: 20
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
A completed board of Q♣3♦10♦5♦3♥ was in front of Nikita Kalinin in the big blind and Alessio Isaia on the button, along with 1,700,000 chips. Kalinin then fired 2,600,000 in the middle, sending Isaia into a deep tank.
After several time banks, Isaia let his hand go, surrendering the pot to his opponent.
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