Murat Cakir opened to 400,000 with K♦J♦, seeing Huseyin Kaba defend his big blind with 6♥4♥.
Kaba checked the 9♠7♠2♦ flop and mucked when Cakir continued for 350,000 to take down the first pot of the final table.
Introductions are complete and the final nine players have taken their seats.
Action has resumed as we play to a winner tonight.
The PokerNews updates will resume when final table play restarts.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murat Cakir | Turkey | 9,625,000 | 48 |
| 2 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Georgia | 8,200,000 | 41 |
| 3 | Afshin Taheri | Iran | 2,950,000 | 15 |
| 4 | Abulmuhsin Aydin | France | 5,175,000 | 26 |
| 5 | Huseyin Kaba | Turkey | 3,200,000 | 16 |
| 6 | Orestis Kanakopoulos | Greece | 10,500,000 | 53 |
| 7 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 18,050,000 | 90 |
| 8 | Hadi Khadra | Lebanon | 19,375,000 | 97 |
| 9 | Alain Hajj | Lebanon | 3,885,000 | 19 |
Before a ceremony to introduce the finalists, the nine remaining players in the $2,200 Warm Up are on a 60-minute break.
Moved to the second table, Or Nezer went all in on the button for almost 1,500,000. In the small blind, Hadi Khadra made the call.
Or Nezer: 8♣8♥
Hadi Khadra: A♠4♣
An ace and only an ace could stop Nezer. And one came on the flop on 5♣A♥J♣10♣3♥ to give the best pair to Khadra. Finishing 10th, Nezer wins $19,500, but he is the bubble-boy of the final table.
Murat Cakir opened to 400,000 with K♠10♣ from the cutoff and Huseyin Kaba called from the small blind with A♥10♥.
On the 8♥4♣3♠ flop, Kaba check-called for 400,000 which brought in the 9♥ turn. Action checked through to the K♣ river to give Cakir the checkmark. Kaba then check-folded to a bet of 1,150,000.
Nicolas Chouity raised to 400,000 from under the gun before Hadi Khadra decided to three-bet to 1,200,000 from the button. Chouity called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 3♣Q♠K♣, where Chouity check-called for 1,200,000. Chouity checked once again on the 5♥ turn but folded when Khadra fired out a second barrel of 3,400,000.
Chouity stays in the lead with 17,800,000, but Hadi Khadra has closed the gap and sits with 16,000,000.
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya limped in from the small blind with Q♥8♠ and called when Murat Cakir made it 625,000 from the big blind with A♦9♠.
The A♠4♠9♥ flop checked through to the 5♣ turn. Skhulukhiya led out for 1,075,000 with his queen-high. Cakir, with two pair, made it 2,500,000 and Skhulukhiya quickly folded.
Nicolas Chouity opened to 400,000 from under the gun. Then Bogdan Jontulovic three-bet all in for 3,400,000 chips in the hijack. On the button, Hadi Khadra reshoved and Chouity folded.
Bogdan Jontulovic: A♥2♥
Hadi Khadra: A♠Q♦
On the flop 4♦K♥Q♠, Khadra hit a pair of queens, leading to Jontulovic's elimination after the turn J♠ and the river 5♥.
With 10 players left, one more elimination is needed to reach the final table.
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