Andrew Hedley moved all in for 640,000 in the big blind and Ermanno Di Nicola called on the button.
Andrew Hedley: K♠Q♠
Ermanno Di Nicola: A♦5♦
Hedley made a pair on the K♣A♠10♥ flop, but Di Nicola hit top pair and held on through the 6♠5♣ turn and river to send Hedley to the rail.
The final 27 players are now drawing for seats at the last three tables.
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| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Michel Habib | Lebanon | 1,800,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 2 | Nichan Khorchidian | Lebanon | 2,300,000 | 46 |
| 1 | 3 | Bassel Moussa | Lebanon | 1,500,000 | 30 |
| 1 | 4 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | 1,500,000 | 30 |
| 1 | 5 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | 4,400,000 | 88 |
| 1 | 6 | Antoine Hasbani | Lebanon | 1,900,000 | 38 |
| 1 | 7 | Andreas Christoforou | Cyprus | 4,200,000 | 84 |
| 1 | 8 | Azamat Tulepbergenov | Kazakhstan | 1,800,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 9 | Vedat Yilmaz | Turkey | 2,200,000 | 44 |
| 2 | 1 | Damir Zhugralin | Kazakhstan | 5,150,000 | 103 |
| 2 | 2 | Ara Melkisetian | Lebanon | 1,300,000 | 26 |
| 2 | 3 | Mustafa Ercan | Turkey | 3,300,000 | 66 |
| 2 | 4 | Nariman Yaghmai | Iran | 950,000 | 19 |
| 2 | 5 | Clement Bonnant | France | 1,550,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 6 | Ihar Soika | Russia | 1,900,000 | 38 |
| 2 | 7 | Giuliano Boellis | Italy | 2,950,000 | 59 |
| 2 | 8 | Wael Sarkis | Lebanon | 3,800,000 | 76 |
| 2 | 9 | Samy Barka | France | 3,700,000 | 74 |
| 3 | 1 | Amir Touma | Lebanon | 540,000 | 108 |
| 3 | 2 | Fabio Peluso | Italy | 1,550,000 | 31 |
| 3 | 3 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | Russia | 1,450,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 4 | Ryan Plant | United Kingdom | 215,000 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | Victor Fryda | France | 2,005,000 | 40 |
| 3 | 6 | Roman Hrabec | Czech Republic | 1,418,000 | 28 |
| 3 | 7 | Hadi Khordbin | Iran | 1,365,000 | 27.3 |
| 3 | 8 | Mohamed Mokrani | France | 3,800,000 | 76 |
| 3 | 9 | Ermanno Di Nicola | Italy | 4,250,000 | 85 |
Ryan Plant arrived at the feature table with only 215,000 and immediately found himself all in against Mohamed Mokrani.
Ryan Plant: A♣6♦
Mohamed Mokrani: A♠8♦
Plant was dominated and found no improvement on the 9♥2♥7♥10♣5♣ board and was sent to the rail in 27th place.
Nichan Khorchidian bet 75,000 from the button on a flop of 10♦8♠8♥ and Christophe Panetti called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 2♦ turn. The river was the K♠ and Panetti led out for 200,000.
Khorchidian called, then mucked when Panetti showed K♦10♥ for two pair.
Ermanno Di Nicola raised to 150,000 in early position and Victor Fryda called on the button.
The flop came 10♦K♥5♠ and Di Nicola continued for 90,000. Fryda called.
Di Nicola checked the 7♦ turn and Fryda bet 275,000. Di Nicola called and the 9♣ fell on the river.
He checked again and Fryda bet 660,000 this time. Di Nicola tanked for a moment before calling with K♣4♣ for top pair and Fryda mucked A♦2♦ for a missed flush draw.
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
With two players seeing a board of K♠Q♥8♣ and roughly 330,000 in the middle, Samy Barka checked from the big blind and called a 90,000 bet from Giuliano Boellis on the button.
Barka check-called another bet from Boellis on the 5♥ turn, this time for 375,000.
Both players checked the 7♣ river. Barka had Q♣9♣ for second pair but Boellis turned over Q♠8♦ for two pair to take the pot.
Heads-up on a flop of 5♦4♦10♥, Andreas Christoforou bet 150,000 from the hijack and Azamat Tulepbergenov called in the cutoff.
The turn was the Q♦ and Christoforou bet another 250,000. Tulepbergenov again called and the 3♦ fell on the river.
Both players quickly checked and Christoforou showed A♥5♠ for a pair of fives. Tulepbergenov, though, turned over K♠K♥ and took the pot.
Hadi Khordbin raised to 125,000 in the hijack as Mohamed Mokrani in the cutoff and big blind Fabio Peluso came along.
The flop came 6♠4♣2♦ and Khordbin bet 175,000. Mokrani called, but Peluso moved all in for 925,000. Khordbin quickly folded, but Mokrani tanked for around 30 seconds before calling.
Fabio Peluso: 2♠2♥
Mohamed Mokrani: 7♦7♣
Peluso was ahead with a set of deuces against Mokrani's overpair, but Mokrani spiked the 7♥ on the turn to make a higher set. The river was the 9♣ and Peluso was eliminated in 26th place.
Samy Barka raised to 120,000 in early position before Clement Bonnant three-bet to 925,000 on the button, leaving around 100,000 behind. Barka called.
The flop came 6♠A♥7♠ and Barka put Bonnant all in. He tanked for a minute before committing his last chips.
Clement Bonnant: A♠K♠
Samy Barka: A♣Q♦
"What are you slowrolling for," Wael Sarkis said as Bonnant showed top pair and the nut flush draw. The board ran out 5♥9♠ and Bonnant completed his flush to double up.
"Very bad. You get that flop and you're worried about pay jumps," Sarkis added.
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