Level 32
: Blinds 750,000/1,500,000, 1,500,000 ante
Sebastian Ionita opened to 3,000,000 in middle position. Vlado Banicevic then committed his 10,000,000 in the cutoff, with Ionita making the call after the action had folded back to him.
Vlado Banicevic: J♥J♦
Sebastian Ionita: Q♦10♦
Banicevic did not want to hit a jack anymore after the 9♣A♦K♣ flop, but neither jack nor a queen were in store for Ionita on the 7♥ turn and 2♣ river.
Banicevic booked his second double-up in a row, overtaking Ionita in the counts.
Level 32
: Blinds 750,000/1,500,000, 1,500,000 ante
Vlado Banicevic was in the hijack when he raised to 3,000,000. Konstantin Voronin decided to defend his big blind, and the 2♦A♥A♠ flop emerged from the deck.
Banicevic continued for 3,000,000, receiving a check-call from his opponent. The 9♠ turn was checked to the 4♠ river, where Voronin pushed in a bet of 7,000,000.
Banicevic spent some time in the tank before deciding to call off about half his remaining stack. Voronin tabled Q♦9♣ for two pair, besting the Q♣J♦ of Banicevic and taking down the sizable pot.
Level 31
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
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Level 31
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Julian Menhardt
Julian Menhard was in the hijack, using one time bank before raising to 2,400,000. Alvaro Gonza called in the big blind, and a flop of 10♦8♣6♠ fanned out.
Gonza checked to Menhardt, who spent another time bank before he bet 2,500,000. Gonza then quickly put his opponent all-in for 12,300,000, receiving a snap-call.
Julian Menhardt: J♥10♥
Alvaro Gonza: Q♣9♠
Menhardt had flopped top pair but needed to fade some outs. The K♠ turn did nothing for either player, nor did the K♣ river. Menhardt doubled up as the players went on their break.
Level 31
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Tymofii Savkin
Tymofii Savkin open-jammed his 18,300,000 chips in from middle position. It folded to Ivan Bryksin on the button, who rejammed, causing the blinds to get out of the way.
Tymofii Savkin: A♠K♣
Ivan Bryksin: K♠K♦
Savkin needed an ace to remain on the final table, but none came on the 7♦Q♠4♣7♠6♠ runout, eliminating him in eighth place.
Level 31
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Ivan Bryksin
Sebastian Ionita raised his 6♦6♣ in middle position, which Vlado Banicevic called on the button with A♣9♣. Ivan Bryksin also came along in the big blind with 8♥6♥.
Bryksin checked the 2♦10♦10♣ flop to Ionita, who made a bet of 3,500,000. Banicevic quickly got out of the way, but Bryksin assembled raising chips as he put 10,800,000 in the middle.
After a while, Ionita got rid of his pair, prompting Bryksin to show his bluff to the table.
Level 31
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Nasser Al Mujaibel made it 2,500,000 to go from early position with Q♥Q♣, seeing his neighbor Ivan Bryksin three-bet to 8,300,000. It quickly folded back to Al Mujaibel, who decided that was not enough and four-bet to 25,000,000.
Bryksin thought for a bit before he mucked his A♥K♠ face-up, avoiding the confrontation and forfeiting the pot to the chipleader.