Rafael Aslanli raised the button to 600,000 with about 5,300,000 behind. After the small blind folded, Mehdi Chaoui shoved from the big blind to put Aslanli all in.Aslanli instantly called.
Rafael Aslanli: 9♦9♣ 
Mehdi Chaoui: A♦4♣
Aslanli needed to fade an ace to double-up. He found a safe runout of 2♥J♥Q♠Q♣10♥ with his pocket nines and doubled up through Chaoui.
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Level: 22
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
When it folded to Rafael Aslanli in the small blind, he raised to 800,000 and Damir Zhugralin defended out of the big blind.
The two players checked the J♦K♥5♠ flop to see the 10♠ hit the turn. Aslanlii led out for 600,000 and Zhugralin raised to 1,700,000. Zhugralin called.
Aslanli checked the 10♥ river and Zhugralin bet 5,775,000 with just 25,000 behind. Aslanli burned through two time bank cards before making the call.
Zhugralin flipped over Q♥9♠ for a turned straight and all Aslanli could do is muck his cards.
Tahsin Cankurtaranli got his last 3,500,000 into the middle preflop and Alexandr Lakhov made the call to try and bust him.
Tahsin Cankurtaranli: A♦K♠
Alexandr Lakhov: K♦K♥
It was a brutal cooler for Cankurtaranli, who needed to find an ace to survive. However, the board came 2♣3♦7♥5♠10♦ and he was out in sixteenth place.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Natan Chauskin | Belarus | 10,500,000 | 42 |
| 1 | 2 | Joseph Haddad | Iraq | 6,500,000 | 26 |
| 1 | 3 | Maksim Shornikau | Belarus | 5,800,000 | 23 |
| 1 | 4 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | 24,000,000 | 96 |
| 1 | 5 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 9,000,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 6 | Ali Al-Kubasi | Iraq | 15,000,000 | 60 |
| 1 | 7 | Konstantin Voronin | Russia | 15,700,000 | 63 |
| 1 | 8 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | Russia | 38,000,000 | 152 |
| 2 | 1 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 14,000,000 | 56 |
| 2 | 2 | Oleg Semionov | Lithuania | 22,000,000 | 88 |
| 2 | 3 | Alexandr Lakhov | Russia | 6,200,000 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Tahsin Cankurtaranli | Turkey | 3,500,000 | 14 |
| 2 | 5 | Andreas Christoforou | Cyprus | 9,400,000 | 38 |
| 2 | 6 | Romans Lihacovs | Latvia | 4,500,000 | 18 |
| 2 | 7 | Rafael Aslanli | Turkey | 15,300,000 | 61 |
| 2 | 8 | Damir Zhugralin | Kazakhstan | 9,000,000 | 36 |
There will now be a quick break while there is a two table redraw as 16 players remain
Joseph Haddad raised to 500,000 from the hijack and Oleg Semionov three-bet to 1,250,000 from the button. When it got back to Haddad he called to see a flop.
The flop came down 3♥5♦6♦ and Haddad check-called a bet of 800,000 from Semionov.
The two players were happy to check the 5♣ turn and J♣ river. Haddad showed K♥Q♥ for king-high and lost the pot to Semionov's A♦Q♠ for ace-high.
Boris Kolev raised to button to 500,000 and Andreas Christoforou three-bet shoved for roughly 4,150,000 from the small blind. Ali Al-Kubasi called in the big blind with the covering stack and Kolev folded.
Andreas Christoforou: A♠8♣
Ali Al-Kubasi: A♣K♠
Christoforou's ace was dominated by Al-Kubasi and he needed some help from the dealer to survive. The 9♥5♣4♣ flop didn't change anything, but the 4♦ turn gave Christoforou some chop outs. However, he managed to find the 8♥ on the river to scoop the whole pot and double up.
Aleksandr Kirichenko raised to button to 525,000 and Konstantin Voronin defended out of the big blind.
Voronin checked the Q♣10♦6♣ flop and Kirichenko put out a bet of 300,000. Voronin quickly check-raised to 1,075,000 and Kirichenko called.
Both players were happy to check the 4♠ turn to see the 4♣ land on the river. Voronin led out for 3,700,000 and Kirichenko quickly called.
Voronin showed a flush with 9♣3♣ and lost the pot to Kirichenko's 10♣2♣ for a higher flush.
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