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The nine remaining players have been sent off to a 25-minute break while the final table is being set up. The final table draw and chip counts can be found below.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tymofii Savkin | Ukraine | 32,200,000 | 32 |
| 2 | Vlado Banicevic | Montenegro | 36,200,000 | 36 |
| 3 | Nasser Al Mujaibel | Kuwait | 44,700,000 | 45 |
| 4 | Alexandru Lupuleac | Romania | 22,500,000 | 23 |
| 5 | Ivan Bryksin | Russia | 34,400,000 | 34 |
| 6 | Alvaro Gonza | Spain | 26,600,000 | 27 |
| 7 | Konstantin Voronin | Russia | 30,000,000 | 30 |
| 8 | Sebastian Ionita | Romania | 35,200,000 | 35 |
| 9 | Julian Menhardt | Austria | 29,200,000 | 29 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,700,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
36,200,000
6,800,000
|
6,800,000 |
|
35,200,000 | |
|
34,400,000
14,600,000
|
14,600,000 |
|
32,200,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
||
|
30,000,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
||
|
29,200,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
26,600,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
22,500,000 | |
It folded to Alessio Isaia in the small blind, who pushed in his stack of 11,000,000. Big blind Alexandru Lupuleac made a quick call, slightly covering his opponent.
Alessio Isaia: 6♦3♦ 
Alexandru Lupuleac: A♥Q♦
The A♦Q♥7♠ flop left Isaia with just running outs. He had no outs remaining after the J♣ turn, with the A♠ river upgrading Lupuleac to a meaningless full house.
Isaia said his goodbyes in tenth place as the final table of nine was set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,500,000
10,700,000
|
10,700,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Sebastian Ionita was on the button and raised to 2,000,000. Konstantin Voronin opted to defend his big blind, after which both players checked the 6♥8♥Q♣ flop.
The A♣ turn saw Ionita bet 2,600,000, which Voronin check-called. The 8♠ river prompted Voronin to lead out for 3,600,000. Ionita looked puzzled for a bit, but quickly tossed in calling chips.
Vorodin tabled 9♥7♥ for a missed straight flush draw, seeing the pot being shipped to Ionita with his A♠10♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,200,000
2,700,000
|
2,700,000 |
|
|
28,000,000
6,900,000
|
6,900,000 |
|
|
||
Alexandru Lupuleac open-shoved for 4,900,000 as first to act. Tymofii Savkin made the call in the small blind, and the cards were tabled.
Alexandru Lupuleac: A♠7♥
Tymofii Savkin: K♥Q♣
Savkin flopped a gutshot on 9♣J♣5♠ for some extra outs, while Lupuleac turned a gutshot of his own on the 6♠ turn. He made his straight on the 8♣ river, doubling him up to stay in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,200,000
9,000,000
|
9,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
11,800,000
6,500,000
|
6,500,000 |
Level: 30
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
Martynas Vitkauskas open-jammed his last 6,700,000 in from the cutoff. It folded to Vlado Banicevic in the big blind, who quickly called after seeing his cards.
Martynas Vitkauskas: A♠8♦
Vlado Banicevic: A♣Q♦
Vitkauskas hoped for a chop after the 4♦4♥7♣ flop, but neither the 3♥ turn nor 6♦ river double-paired the board.
Banicevic's kicker remained in play and sent Vitkauskas to the rail in 11th place, leaving the field on the final table bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000,000
9,100,000
|
9,100,000 |
|
Busted |
Holding J♠10♠, Nasser Al Mujaibel made it 1,600,000 to go in the cutoff. Alvaro Gonza then three-bet to 6,000,000 in the small blind with K♠Q♠, which Al Mujaibel called.
Gonza won the pot on the 8♥4♥A♣ flop, as Al Mujaibel quickly folded to his continuation-bet of 3,500,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,800,000
6,400,000
|
6,400,000 |
|
|
26,400,000
8,000,000
|
8,000,000 |
Alvaro Gonza found A♦Q♦ in the cutoff and raised to 1,600,000. Nasser Al Mujaibel looked down at 2♠2♣ in the big blind, raising the price of play to 7,000,000.
Gonza decided to call to the K♣10♣2♦ flop, where he was greeted with Al Mujaibel's bet of 6,000,000. Gonza called with his gutshot, but gave up when Al Mujaibel put him all-in on the 8♣ turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,200,000
13,400,000
|
13,400,000 |
|
|
18,400,000
17,000,000
|
17,000,000 |
Ivan Bryksin pushed in his stack of 9,300,000 from the cutoff. It folded to Alexandru Lupuleac in the big blind, who called off.
Ivan Bryksin: Q♥7♥
Alexandru Lupuleac: A♠9♣
Lupuleac's ace-high remained ahead on the K♣10♦3♥ flop and 10♥ turn, but the K♥ river made Bryksin a flush to take the pot and double up, leaving Lupuleac on a short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,800,000
8,500,000
|
8,500,000 |
|
|
5,300,000
10,200,000
|
10,200,000 |
