Paul Newey shoved from the button for 274,000 and was called by Pavel Yakobson in the big blind.
Paul Newey:
Pavel Yakobson:
Yakobson shook his head when he saw Newey's hand but was a lot happier when the came on the flop as he hit a set.
The turn was the which now gave Newey some extra outs as he picked up an open-ended straight draw but the river was the to not help Newey at all as he was sent to the rail.
Fahredin Mustafov has just been eliminated and was kind enough to relate what had happened:
Elvin Sarkarov raised to 24,000 from the early position and Mustafov found on the button and decided to three-bet to 90,000. Sarkarov called.
The flop came rainbow, Sarkarov checked, Mustafov continued with a bet of 65,000 and Sarkarov raised to 215,000. Mustafov made the call.
The turn was the to give Mustafov a backdoor-flush. Sarkarov jammed for 615,000 and Mustafov called. Sarkarov showed and hit the straight on the river when the fell.
Shortly after, Sarkarov eliminated Mustafov with while he held when his last 250,000 went in.
Just before the end of the previous level, Alexandru Papazian raised from mid-position and was called by the player in the lojack. Pavel Kovalenko three-bet to 90,000 from the hijack and Vlad Darie four-bet to 260,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Papazian who folded and so did the lojack. Kovalenko responded with a five-bet to 415,000 which Darie called after thinking for a while.
They both checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Kovalenko checked and Darie barreled a bet of 155,000 over the line. Kovalenko glared at the board and then decided to make the call.
The river completed the board with the , Kovalenko checked for the last time. Darie took a second before announcing he was all-in, having Kovalenko covered. Kovalenko tanked for about three minutes before the clock was called on him by Papazian. The tournament director gave him 30 seconds to take a decision. When the countdown started, Kovalenko put in some chips for the call.
Darie flipped over to play the pair of queens on the board with the ace-kicker. Kovalenko got up and sighed in relief while turning over for two pair, kings and queens.
Abdelhakim Zoufri was forced all-in from the big blind and Vladimir Troyanovskiy (cutoff) and Shahar Levi (small blind) were playing for a side pot of 64,000 when the board already read . Levi bet 16,000 and Troyanovskiy called.
The river completed the board with the , Levi bet another 16,000 which Troyanovskiy called.
Levi tabled for the rivered pair of eights, Troyanovskiy tabled for the same pair of eights but with the higher kicker to pick up the side pot. But Zoufri held to triple up to 15,000.
The hand right after, Vlad Darie raised to 35,000 from mid-position and it folded to Zoufri who went all-in from the small blind for 15,000. Alexandru Papazian folded in the big blind.
Abdelhakim Zoufri:
Vlad Darie:
The board ran out for Zoufri to turn a pair of fives but Darie to river a pair of queens to take the Dutchman out of the running before the bubble.
The players have been sent for another 15-minute break. Ran Azor was the last one to be eliminated to take the total number of remaining players to 77.