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08-01-2025 14:56 UTC+2

Adil Tlimisov Eliminated in 10th Place ($18,500)

Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Adil Tlimisov made it 3,000,000 from under the gun, leaving himself just 50,000 behind. Damir Zhugralin then shoved the button, and when it got back to Tlimisov, he called.

Adil Tlimisov: 10♦10♥ All in
Damir Zhugralin: K♠K♦

"Ten," said Zhugralin.

"You want a ten?" replied Joan Crespi.

"Yes," joked Zhugralin.

No ten arrived, though, as the Q♣7♦4♣6♥8♣ board kept Zhugralin's pocket kings in the lead, and sent Tlimisov to the rail in tenth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Zhugralin	16,000,000 4,500,000	4,500,000
Adil Tlimisov	Busted

Tags: Adil Tlimisov Damir Zhugralin Joan Crespi

08-01-2025 14:57 UTC+2

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Players will take a break for around 45 minutes before coming back to play out the final table.

08-01-2025 15:37 UTC+2

Place	Prize
1	$225,000
2	$150,000
3	$100,600
4	$74,000
5	$58,000
6	$45,500
7	$36,500
8	$29,500
9	$23,500

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Benjamin LeBlond	Canada	4,425,000	18
2	David Boyaciyan	Netherlands	1,475,000	6
3	Khalil Jabra	Lebanon	6,800,000	27
4	Joan Crespi	Spain	2,850,000	11
5	Xiaosheng Zheng	China	9,675,000	39
6	Gerard Carbo Santamaria	Spain	6,550,000	26
7	Adem Agoudjil	France	15,750,000	63
8	Mahmut Sanli	Turkey	10,250,000	41
9	Damir Zhugralin	Kazahkstan	16,175,000	65

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Zhugralin	16,175,000
Adem Agoudjil	15,750,000
Mahmut Sanli	10,250,000

Xiaosheng Zheng	9,675,000
Khalil Jabra	6,800,000
Gerard Carbo Santamaria	6,550,000
Benjamin LeBlond	4,425,000
Joan Crespi	2,850,000
David Boyaciyan	1,475,000

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

The players are back in their seats and cards are in the air for the final table.

08-01-2025 16:17 UTC+2

Santamaria Limp-Shoves

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Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

In the first hand of the final table, Gerard Carbo Santamaria limped in from the small blind and Adem Agoudjil made it 750,000 from the big blind. Santamaria then shoved, and Agoudjil asked for a count.

Upon learning that it was 6,550,000, Agoudjil let it go, and Santamaria took it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adem Agoudjil	14,800,000 950,000	950,000
Gerard Carbo Santamaria	7,500,000 950,000	950,000

Tags: Adem Agoudjil Gerard Carbo Santamaria

08-01-2025 16:28 UTC+2

Boyaciyan Doubles Up

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Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Damir Zhugralin made it 500,000 to go from the cutoff and David Boyaciyan shoved the small blind for 975,000. When it got back to Zhugralin, he called.

David Boyaciyan: A♦8♦ All in
Damir Zhugralin: A♣4♠

Boyaciyan was well ahead, and extended his lead on the 8♠7♥10♣ flop once he paired his eight. A 2♦Q♣ runout didn't bring any drama, and Boyaciyan doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Zhugralin	15,500,000 675,000	675,000
David Boyaciyan	2,350,000 875,000	875,000

Tags: Damir Zhugralin David Boyaciyan

08-01-2025 16:36 UTC+2

Santamaria Puts a Huge Dent in Jabra's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Gerard Carbo Santamaria raised to 500,000 from early position and Khalil Jabra called from the small blind.

On the 7♥8♠5♣ flop, Jabra led out for 500,000, which Santamaria called to the 6♠ turn. Again Jabra bet, this time for 1,000,000, and again Santamaria called.

When the A♥ landed on the river, Jabra bet 3,000,000, and Santamaria shoved for around 5,300,000. Jabra had around 2,000,000 behind and after burning through some extra time, he folded.