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04-13-2025 12:02 UTC+2

A Cooler Goes Shornikau's Way

Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Maksim Shornikau and Joseph Haddad just got all in preflop with Shornikau being the player at risk with a stack of 3,130,000 to start the hand.

Maksim Shornikau: A♣A♥ All in
Joseph Haddad: A♠K♦

Shornikau started the day last on the leaderboard and now was on the right end of a cooler that would propel him up to close to the average stack. A clean runout of 10♦7♣J♥4♥9♣ came for Shornikau and he doubled up, while Haddad was left with just six big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Shornikau	6,500,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Joseph Haddad	1,000,000 7,000,000	7,000,000

Tags: Joseph Haddad Maksim Shornikau

04-13-2025 11:54 UTC+2

Khorchidian's Exit Hand

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Damir Zhugralin just relayed how Nichan Khorchidian met his end in the tournament.

Zhugralin said that Khorchidian raised to 320,000 from under the gun. Joseph Haddad tossed in 320,000 from the button without seeing the initial raise, so, therefore, it went as a call.

Khorchidian checked the 7x8x9x flop, and Haddad shoved for Khorchidian's 2,500,000 chips. Khorchidian called and the cards were revealed.

Nichan Khorchidian: JxJx All in
Joseph Haddad: QxQx

Khorchidian's overpair was behind to Haddad's bigger overpair. There was no help for Khorchidian on the rest of the runout and he busted the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Haddad	8,000,000 3,400,000	3,400,000
Nichan Khorchidian	Busted

Tags: Damir Zhugralin Joseph Haddad Nichan Khorchidian

04-13-2025 11:49 UTC+2

Semionov Takes Out Colavita

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Oleg Semionov opened to 320,000 on the button and Mario Colavita jammed for roughly 2,500,000 from the big blind. Semionov snap-called.

Mario Colavita: A♥9♣ All in
Oleg Semionov: A♦J♠

Semionov had Colavita dominated and looked likely to add more chips to his already huge stack. The board ran out J♦8♦5♠6♠9♦ to give Semionov the winner with top pair, sending Colavita out the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Semionov	15,000,000 2,840,000	2,840,000

Mario Colavita	Busted

Tags: Mario Colavita Oleg Semionov

04-13-2025 11:39 UTC+2

Christoforou Pressures Chaoui Out

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Andreas Christoforou opened from middle position with Kemal Aslan calling from the hijack, Hulya Seckin calling from the button, and Mehdi Chaoui defending his big blind.

After Chaoui checked the 7♥3♠9♦ flop, Christoforou fired out a bet of 400,000. Only Chaoui called.

Chaoui checked again on the 5♠ turn and Christoforou put out a second barrel, this time for 900,000. Chaoui burned through a time bank card before he opted to fold and surrender the pot to Christoforou.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Christoforou	9,000,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Hulya Seckin	6,400,000 715,000	715,000
Kemal Aslan	6,000,000 25,000	25,000
Mehdi Chaoui	4,400,000 1,670,000	1,670,000

Tags: Andreas Christoforou Hulya Seckin Kemal Aslan Mehdi Chaoui Nichan Khorchidian

04-13-2025 11:27 UTC+2

Guilbert Hits the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Johan Guilbert shoved from under the gun for roughly 1,700,000 and Joseph Sabe called from the cutoff to try and bust him.

Johan Guilbert: J♦9♦ All in
Joseph Sabe: Q♣Q♠

Guilbert came into the day as one of the shortest stacks and needed some luck from the dealer to stay alive. The 7♦J♣5♠ flop gave Guilbert some hope with top pair. However, the rest of the board ran out 10♠6♣, keeping Sabe's Ladies ahead until the river, and Guilbert was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Sabe	7,100,000 10,000	10,000
Johan Guilbert	Busted

Tags: Johan Guilbert Joseph Sabe

04-13-2025 11:18 UTC+2

Moukawem Takes an Early Shower

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Samir Moukawem moved all in from early position for around 2,000,000 and Tahsin Cankurtaranli made the call on the button.

Samir Moukawem: 10♠10♣ All in
Tahsin Cankurtaranli: K♣K♥

Moukawem was in a lot of trouble with pocket tens against the Cowboys of Cankurtaranli. There was no help for Moukawem on the A♣7♣8♠Q♠4♣ runout, and he was out of the tournament.

Nikola Minkov was seen leaving the tournament area and has also been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tahsin Cankurtaranli	10,000,000 1,390,000	1,390,000
Samir Moukawem	Busted
Nikola Minkov	Busted

Tags: Samir Moukawem Tahsin Cankurtaranli

04-13-2025 11:13 UTC+2

Shornikau Doubles on the First Hand

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

On the first hand of the day Maksim Shornikau shoved from early position for 1,625,000 and Chady Ojeil called from the button.

Maksim Shornikau: A♠6♦ All in
Chady Ojeil: 9♣9♥

Shornikau looked likely to be headed for an early shower unless he could find an ace. The board came A♦8♠4♠7♦4♣ to give Shornikau exactly what he needed, an ace on the flop to double-up.