Action was joined on the turn as the board read 
. From under the gun, El Khoury Gabriel bet 400,000 and was called by Aleksandr Chernikov from the hijack.
The river came the 
. Chernikov fired 500,000 after a check. Gabriel called.
Chernikov tabled the 
for the straight and Gabriel flung his cards into the muck in frustration.
The action folded to Matan Krakow on the button who raised to 775,000, leaving himself just 80,000 behind. Orthodoxos Orthodoxou in the small blind then raised enough to put Krakow all in.
Krakow used several time banks before he committed his last chips.
Matan Krakow: 
Orthodoxos Orthodoxou: 
The 
flop gave Orthodoxou a pair of queens and the lead, while Krakow didn't get any help on the 
runout as he was went to the rail in 25th place.
El Khoury Gabriel raised to 160,000 from the button. Vladislav Doroshkov three-bet jammed out of the big blind for 1,815,000 and Gabriel took a moment before he called.
El Khoury Gabriel: 
Vladislav Doroshkov: 
The board ran out 
to give Doroshkov a big double up.
Nikolay Fal moved his last 1,000,000 into the middle and was called by Ernestas Degtiariovas on the button.
Nikolay Fal: 
Ernestas Degtiariovas:
Degtiariovas hit top pair on the 
and Fal tapped the felt and wished the table luck after the 
turn and river sealed his elimination.
You can chalk this one up in the "never seen that before" poker category. Pierre Kauert busted in sixth place in the WSOP Circuit Main Event at King's Casino on...get this...a heads-up chop pot.
Yes, that's right, he became the first player ever, at least on a live stream, to be eliminated from a tournament in a hand he didn't actually lose. No one, not even the announcers, caught the mistake, and by the time it was discovered the pot should have been chopped, it was too late.
"It does fall under player and dealer responsibility and cannot really do anything about it at this point. If it wasn’t live streamed it would never have been realized and so we just move on," World Poker Tour's Executive Tour Director Matt Savage, who was not associated with the event, explained to PokerNews when asked how he would have proceeded.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vladislav Doroshkov | 1,580,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Aleksandr Chernikov | 8,760,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Gabi Livshitz | 3,200,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Ara Melkisetian | 2,150,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Sergei Efimov | 1,350,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Alper Kerim | 1,200,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Boris Smuskevicius | 875,000 |
| 1 | 8 | El Khoury Gabriel | 4,000,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Edgard Raffoul | 1,410,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Walid Bou Habib | 1,950,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Luc Bindel | 2,055,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Justus Held | 6,730,000 |
| 2 | 4 | -- | |
| 2 | 5 | Dominik Panka | 5,045,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Eduard Barsegian | 7,415,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Maroun Jazzar | 5,700,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Viktor Ustimov | 4,420,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Amarbayasgalan Sainjargal | 2,160,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Matan Krakow | 1,200,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Orthodoxos Orthodoxou | 1,250,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Maciej Komorowski | 850,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Georges Chehade | 750,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Nikolay Fal | 1,200,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Serge Matta | 3,200,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Bakhos Joumaa | 1,600,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Kassem Hammoud | 850,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Ernestas Degtiariovas | 2,550,000 |
In a blind versus blind battle with 400,000 in the pot on a board of 
, Koray Korkmaz bet 385,000 before Maroun Jazzar shoved all in.
Korkmaz, with around 1,700,000, remaining tanked for several minutes as he chatted with Jazzar. He eventually called with 
for two pair, but Jazzar had 
for a straight.
The river came the 
and Korkmaz was sent to the rail.
The remaining 26 players are now drawing for seats at the final three tables.
On the live stream, Amarbayasgalan Sainjargal opened from under the gun with the to 125,000. Aleksandr Chernikov flatted in the cutoff with the , Basel Khabbazeh three-bet from the small blind to 525,000 with the 
. Sainjargal tanked before just calling.
Chernikov then four-bet to 2,1250,000. Khabbazeh five-bet jammed for 3,600,000. Sainjargal got away from his queens and the cards were revealed.
Khabbazeh was drawing only to an unlikely straight as both his suits were dead and the two other queens folded.
The board ran out 
and Khabbazeh was eliminated as Chernikov took the huge chip lead.
Ghanim Dashti moved all in for 740,000 from under the gun before Alper Kerim called for his last 590,000.
Alper Kerim:
Ghanim Dashti: 
"Yes," Kerim yelled when the 
flop gave him top set. The board ran out 
and he doubled up.
Dashti was forced all in from the big blind the next hand. "At least there would be a story," he said as Sergei Efimov raised to 175,000. The rest of the table got out of the way.
Ghanim Dashti: 
Sergei Efimov:
The board ran out 
and Dashti was sent to the exit.
"Oh well," he told his rail as he went off to collect his payout.
Action was on the flop as it read . Ara Melkisetian bet 115,000 and Ernestas Degtiariovas called in the big blind.
The turn was the . Melkisetian bet 275,000 and Degtiariovas called again. The river was the 
. Degtiariovas led with a jam all in. Melkisetian called quickly.
Degtiariovas tabled the flopped straight which crushed the 
of Melkisetian.
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