Harout Ghazarian moved all in for 690,000 from early position and was called by Damir Gabdullin in the cutoff who covered to put Ghazarian at risk.
Harout Ghazarian: 4♣4♥
Damir Gabdullin: A♦J♠
The board ran out 6♣10♦Q♣J♣4♠. Gabdullin had pulled ahead with a pair on the turn but Ghazarian had rivered the set of fours to secure a full double up.
Feyzullah Karaarslan opened to 250,000 from the button and was called by Ivan Govorov in the small blind.
The flop came 9♣8♥3♠. Govorov checked, Karaarslan fired a 200,000 continuation bet and Govorov check-raised to 900,000. Karaarslan made the call.
On the 4♠ turn Govorov moved all in, covering Karaarslan who had roughly 2,800,000.
Karaarslan went into the tank, using a time extension before ultimately finding a fold, allowing Govorov to take down a nice pot without showdown.
Action folded around to Andrei Daniliuk in the small blind who moved all in, covering Harout Ghazarian in the big blind who had 2,700,000. Ghazarian made the call and was at risk.
Harout Ghazarian: A♣Q♠
Andrei Daniliuk: 6♥6♣
It was a preflop flip that Daniliuk got the best of on the 9♥10♦8♥8♦4♣ runout, taking down a nice pot while putting an end to Ghazarian's deep run.
Ankit Ahuja opened to 275,000 from the cutoff and Bakhos Joumaa moved all in for 2,085,000 from the big blind. Ahuja called off with a covering stack to put Joumaa at risk.
Bakhos Joumaa: 10♠9♥
Ankit Ahuja: Q♣Q♠
Joumaa was in bad shape against Ahuja's pocket queens and could not pull ahead on the 8♥6♣K♣3♣J♥ runout, resulting in his elimination while Ahuja took down a sizable pot.
The Final Ten Players are on the first 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 29
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Damir Gabdullin moved all in from the small blind for 1,985,000 and was called by Ankit Ahuja in the big blind who covered.
Damir Gabdullin: K♣6♣
Ankit Ahuja: K♠10♣
Ahuja was well ahead with a dominating king and remained so o nthe A♥Q♥2♣8♠3♥ runout to send Gabdullin to the rail one spot shy of making the final table.
The action has been paused to allow the tournament staff to prepare for the final table.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feyzullah Karaarslan | Turkey | 2,625,000 | 16 |
| 2 | Bernard Boutboul | France | 1,255,000 | 8 |
| 3 | Tugce Hursoz | Turkey | 5,600,000 | 35 |
| 4 | Ivan Govorov | Russian Federation | 8,205,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Hadi Khadra | Lebanon | 4,745,000 | 30 |
| 6 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 3,075,000 | 19 |
| 7 | Martynas Vitkauskas | Lithuania | 3,060,000 | 19 |
| 8 | Andrei Daniliuk | Russian Federation | 8,825,000 | 55 |
| 9 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 7,920,000 | 50 |
The final nine players have been introduced and taken their seats at the final table, and play is back underway.
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