Justus Held opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Maher Achour moved all in for 445,000 from the cutoff. Nazar Buhaiov then moved all in for 710,000 from the big blind, forcing out Held and leaving Maher at risk.
Maher Achour: K♣J♣
Nazar Buhaiov: J♠J♥
Achour got exactly what he needed with top pair on the K♠10♠4♠ flop. He remained ahead on the 3♥ turn and 9♦ river to score a full double up at the expense of Buhaiov.
Xixiang Luo opened to 60,000 from the button and Tarmo Tammel defended from the big blind.
The flop came 9♦3♦2♣. Tammel checked, Luo bet 65,000, Tammel check-raised to 175,000 and Luo called.
Tammel bet 165,000 on the 5♠ turn only for Luo to raise it to 420,000. Tammel then moved all in for approximately 1,150,000 and Luo's hand hit the muck.
Milos Skrbic moved all in for 210,000 from under the gun and was called by Tarmo Tammel in the small blind who held a covering stack.
Milos Skrbic: Q♦J♦
Tarmo Tammel: A♥J♠
Tammel was in excellent shape with a bigger jack and remained ahead on the 2♦8♣10♣10♠4♣ runout to send Skrbic to the rail in 13th place.
Maciej Komorowski moved all in from the button for 390,000. Shuang Luo used one time extension from the big blind before flicking in a call with a covering stack to put Komorowski at risk.
Maciej Komorowski: 10♥9♣
Shuang Luo: A♣7♥
Luo was ahead with an ace and remained so on the 8♥2♣6♥K♣Q♦ runout to score the knockout and take down a healthy pot.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Xixiang Luo called from middle position.
Both players checked the 7♥4♠2♥ flop leading to the 5♣ turn. Kirichenko bet 45,000 and Luo called.
Kirichenko fired another barrel for 200,000 on the 3♣ river and this time it was enough to force a fold from Luo.
Maksim Shornikau opened to 55000 from under the gun and received calls from Roman Gadzhiev in the small blind and Bogdan Munteanu in the big blind.
The flop came K♥Q♠4♥ and action checked around to Shornikau who fired a 55,000 continuation bet. Gadzhiev called while Munteanu folded.
Shornikau bet again for 135,000 when checked to on the 5♠ turn. Gadzhiev moved all in for 474,000 and Shornikau snap-called to put Gadzhiev at risk.
Roman Gadzhiev: K♠3♠
Maksim Shornikau: A♥K♦
Gadzhiev was in rough shape with a dominated king and couldn't pull ahead on the 6♣ river, resulting in his elimination while Shornikau scored another knockout.
In a preflop confrontation, Monika Zukowicz moved all in from the button for her last 86,000 and was called by Aleksandar Tot in the big blind who covered.
Monika Zukowicz: Q♥4♠
Aleksandar Tot: A♠9♦
Zukowicz could not connect with the 10♣9♠7♦3♠7♥ runout and was sent to the rail in 16th place.
Xixiang Luo opened to 50,000 from the hijack and Shuang Luo called from the cutoff.
The flop came 8♠6♦2♠. Xixiang Luo bet 75,000, Shuang Luo raised to 176,000 and Xixiang Luo called.
Both players checked the Q♠ turn and 4♦ river. Xixiang Luo turned over K♠10♠ for a king-high flush to take the pot.
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Maksim Shornikau | Belarus | 2,322,000 | 93 |
| 1 | 2 | Monika Zukowicz | Poland | 196,000 | 8 |
| 1 | 3 | Guoliang Wei | China | 518,000 | 21 |
| 1 | 4 | Aleksandar Tot | Montenegro | 603,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 5 | Nazar Buhaiov | Ukraine | 684,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 6 | Justus Held | Germany | 2,521,000 | 101 |
| 1 | 7 | Roman Gadzhiev | Russian Federation | 524,000 | 21 |
| 1 | 8 | Bogdan Munteanu | Romania | 653,000 | 26 |
| 2 | 1 | Tarmo Tammel | Estonia | 805,000 | 32 |
| 2 | 2 | Anatoly Nikitin | Russian Federation | 1,585,000 | 63 |
| 2 | 3 | Maher Achour | Tunisia | 425,000 | 17 |
| 2 | 4 | Milos Skrbic | Serbia | 400,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 5 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | Russian Federation | 1,385,000 | 55 |
| 2 | 6 | Maciej Komorowski | Poland | 705,000 | 28 |
| 2 | 7 | Xixiang Luo | China | 1,020,000 | 41 |
| 2 | 8 | Shuang Luo | China | 890,000 | 36 |
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