Ankit Ahuja opened to 7,500 from the button and Boris Smuskevicius defended from the big blind.
The flop came A♣Q♦3♠ and Smuskevicius check-called a 5,000 continuation bet from Ahuja.
Both players checked the 10♠ turn leading to the 4♠ river. Smuskevicius bet 11,500 and Ahuja mucked.
Smuskevicius revealed he had 8♦7♥ for pure air before taking the pot.
Angelos Michael opened to 7,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Antonis Papadopoulos on the button, Ahmed Slimen in the small blind and Andrei Daniliuk in the big blind.
All four players checked the A♣5♣2♣ flop leading to the Q♠ turn. Action then checked around to Michael, who bet 12,000. Papadopoulos folded, Slimen called and Daniliuk folded.
On the 7♣ river Slimen lead out with a bet of 17,000. Michael considered his options for about one minute before opting to fold, revealing the A♦ in his hand for top pair while doing so.
Slimen revealed he had the K♣ for the nut-flush before scooping the pot.
With two players seeing a final board of 10♣5♣6♠A♠A♣ and roughly 200,000 already in the pot, Mustafa Sancak moved all in from the cutoff, covering Zhun Wang on the button who had roughly 75,000 behind.
Wang thought about his decision for roughly one minute before sticking in the call. Wang showed K♥K♠ for two pair but the kings were no good as Sancak tabled Q♣9♣ for a flush to send Wang to the rail and extend his chip lead over the rest of the field.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Players are now on a 20-minute break. With two levels of late registration still available the tournament has attracted a total of 399 entrants with 165 players remaining.
Harout Ghazarian opened to 5,000 from the hijack and Eli Saad defended from the big blind.
The flop came Q♥5♥4♣ and Saad check-called a 5,000 continuation bet from Ghazarian.
Saad checked again on the J♠ turn and Saad sized up with a bet of 31,000, sending Saad deep into the tank.
"Pocket Fives"? Saad asked his opponent after several minutes had gone by. Ghazarian chose not to reply.
After several more minutes of consideration Saad ultimately decided to fold and Ghazarian took down a decent pot without showdown.
Anton Markov opened to 6,000 from under the gun before Christos Christou three-bet to 15,000 from the cutoff. Natik Ismailov called in the big blind and Markov called as well.
The flop came A♥K♥3♠ and action checked around to Christou who bet 12,000. Ismailov called while Markov got out of the way.
Both players checked the 5♥ turn leading to the 2♠ river. Ismailov bet 16,000 and Christou called.
Ismailov showed down 9♥8♥ for a turned flush which was good enough to take the pot.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Leonid Sidelkovskii opened to 6,000 from under the gun and received a call from Nils Pudel in early position before Inas Eldeghedy three-bet to 9,500. Bulent Mermer called in the big blind and both Sidelkovskii and Pudel called as well.
The flop came 9♦7♠2♠ and action checked around to Eldeghedy, who bet 50,000. Mermer folded, Sidelkovskii called and Pudel folded.
The remaining two players checked the 7♦ turn and 10♥ river. Eldeghedy tabled A♣A♠ for two pair and Sidelkovskii quickly mucked.
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