The field has been whittled down to just 27 players and the three-table redraw is underway.
Pokernews will now be covering the event on a 30-minute delay as to not spoil the feature table live stream on the Merit Poker YouTube channel.
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Bernard Boutboul | France | 2,960,000 | 99 |
| 1 | 2 | Maksim Skripkin | Russia | 600,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 3 | Harout Ghazarian | Canada | 705,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 4 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Georgia | 1,900,000 | 63 |
| 1 | 5 | Antoine Hasbani | Lebanon | 660,000 | 22 |
| 1 | 6 | Bakhos Joumaa | Lebanon | 4,350,000 | 145 |
| 1 | 7 | Nikolay Ponomarev | United Kingdom | 1,700,000 | 57 |
| 1 | 8 | Yiannakis Papapetrou | Cyprus | 400,000 | 13 |
| 1 | 9 | Ivan Govorov | Russia | 2,350,000 | 78 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 2 | 1 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 2,650,000 | 88 |
| 2 | 2 | Damir Gabdullin | Russia | 1,500,000 | 50 |
| 2 | 3 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 2,480,000 | 83 |
| 2 | 4 | Sakis Adrianopoulos | Greece | 465,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 5 | Andrei Daniliuk | Russia | 4,470,000 | 149 |
| 2 | 6 | Oleg Netaliev | Russia | 2,480,000 | 83 |
| 2 | 7 | Feyzullah Karaarslan | Turkey | 2,810,000 | 94 |
| 2 | 8 | Tugce Hursoz | Turkey | 1,750,000 | 58 |
| 2 | 9 | Ihor Kaliahin | Ukraine | 740,000 | 25 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 3 | 1 | Leonid Sidelkovskiy | Russia | 1,400,000 | 47 |
| 3 | 2 | Sultan Meirbekov | Kazakhstan | 1,970,000 | 66 |
| 3 | 3 | Nuno Correia | Portugal | 930,000 | 31 |
| 3 | 4 | Hadi Khadra | Lebanon | 2,310,000 | 77 |
| 3 | 5 | Nikolay Fal | Russia | 795,000 | 27 |
| 3 | 6 | Martynas Vitkauskas | Lithuania | 1,105,000 | 37 |
| 3 | 7 | Alisa Sibgatova | Russia | 635,000 | 21 |
| 3 | 8 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 945,000 | 32 |
| 3 | 9 | Tahsin Cankurtaranli | Turkey | 935,000 | 31 |
Andrei Daniliuk opened to 60,000 from the button and Feyzullah Karaarslan three-bet to 160,000 from the big blind. Daniliuk made the call.
The flop came 9♥7♠7♣ and Karaarslan fired a 105,000 continuation bet which was called by Daniliuk.
Karaarslan bet again for 205,000 on the 3♠ turn and Daniliuk made the call.
The river was the 9♣. Karaarslan bet 510,000, sending Daniliuk into the tank.
After a couple minutes Daniliuk mucked his hand and Karaarslan took down a sizable pot without showdown.
The final 27 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Bakhos Joumaa opened to 160,000 from early position and Yiannakis Papapetrou moved all in for his last 340,000. Action folded around to Joumaa who called with a covering stack to put Papapetrou at risk.
Yiannakis Papapetrou: A♠K♠
Bakhos Joumaa: 8♠8♦
Joumaa pulled ahead on the K♥Q♠4♥ flop and remained ahead on the 3♥ turn and J♥ river to send Papapetrou to the rail and collect the last of his chips.
Nuno Correia opened to 80,000 from middle position and Alisa Sibgatova moved all in for approximately 500,000 from the cutoff. Correia, who covered Sibgatova slightly, snap-called to put her at risk.
Alisa Sibgatova: 9♠9♣
Nuno Correia: A♠A♥
Sibgatova was in bad shape against Correia's aces and failed to find any improvement on the K♥K♠8♦10♣6♠ runout, resulting in her elimination while Correia secured nearly a full double up.
With two players seeing a board of K♣10♣Q♦8♥ and a sizable pot already brewing, Ankit Ahuja bet 425,000 from the hijack only for Yunsheng Sun to move all in for his remaining stack of 1,780,000. Ahuja made the call with a covering stack to put Sun at risk.
Yunsheng Sun: A♠J♠
Ankit Ahuja: 10♠10♦
Ahuja had flopped a set but needed the board to pair as Sun had flopped the nut-straight. The 6♥ turn was a brick and Sun scooped a massive pot, decimating Ahuja's stack in the process.
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