Alexey Borovkov raised to 40,000 in early position, holding 8♥8♦, and called when Zorlu Er three-bet to 105,000 with A♥3♥ on the button.
Borovkov wasted no time check-folding on a Q♣J♥9♥ flop when Er continued for 80,000.
Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
With A♥5♥, Mikalai Vaskaboinikau raised to 33,000 from early position, with Rob Yong calling in the hijack holding 7♥7♦ and Manuel Fritz on the button with 8♥8♦.
The dealer fanned the Q♦A♠J♥ flop, and all three checked to see the 9♥ on the turn. Vaskaboinikau fired a delayed continuation-bet of 33,000, which was enough to earn him the pot.
Zorlu Er raised to 32,000 from under the gun with A♦K♥, Mikalai Vaskaboinikau called from middle position with A♣7♣, and Rob Yong called from the cutoff with 10♣8♣ and the blinds folded.
The flop came 10♠3♥9♦, Er bet 55,000 and Yong was the only caller.
Both players checked the K♦ turn and the 2♦ river. Er tabled ace-king for a pair, which was enough to beat Yong's pair of tens and take the pot.
Looking down at A♥K♠, Artur Martirosian raised to 32,000 in early position. Rob Yong called in the small blind with 6♦6♣, which tempted Alexey Borovkov to enter from the big blind with 9♥5♥.
The 7♦7♣J♠ flop was checked through, prompting Yong to bet 40,000 on the 4♠ turn. Borovkov folded, but Martirosian called.
The 4♣ completed the board, and Yong bet another 55,000. This time, Martirosian folded.
Manuel Fritz raised to 32,000 from early position, with Mikita Badziakouski calling in the cutoff and Aleksejs Ponakovs calling on the button. Thomas Alfred Mayer jammed for 178,000 from the big blind, which got Fritz to fold J♦9♦.
Badziakouski decided to call for around half his stack, while Ponakovs folded the snowmen, and the players went to showdown with Mayer at risk.
Thomas Alfred Mayer: K♥K♦ 
Mikita Badziakouski: A♠Q♥
Mayer was ahead with two kings, and Badziakouski added a few extra outs on the Q♣3♣3♦ flop by hitting a queen.
The dealer rolled off the A♣ on the turn to put Badziakouski into the lead with two pair, meaning Mayer needed a two-outer on the river to survive.
It never came as the 9♥ completed the board, and Mayer became the first to be eliminated from the final table in ninth place.
Rob Yong raised to 40,000 from early position with A♣K♣, and Aleksejs Ponakovs called from the big blind with A♦Q♦.
The flop came 3♣6♣10♥, and Yong bet 55,000, which Ponakovs called.
The J♠ came on the turn, and Yong kept up the aggression by putting Ponakovs all in for his remaining 367,000. Ponakovs folded.
Alexey Borovkov raised to 32,000 in the hijack, and Manuel Fritz responded with a three-bet to 96,000 in the cutoff, which Borovkov called.
The dealer spread a Q♠K♥6♠ flop, on which Borovkov check-called a continuation-bet of 55,000. There was no slowing Fritz down on the A♣ turn, as he bet another 115,000. Once again, Borovkov check-called.
The 6♦ completed the board, and Borovkov checked a third time. Fritz bet 247,000,, leaving 2,000 behind, and Borovkov called.
Fritz tabled top two pair with A♦K♠, and Borovkov revealed he also had two pair with A♥Q♥, before the pot was pushed to Fritz.
Looking down at A♠K♥, Alexey Borovkov raised the cutoff to 32,000, and Zorlu Er defended from the big blind with Q♣8♣.
When Er saw the 7♣5♣3♠ flop, he led all-in for 271,000, which was three and a half times the pot.
Borovkov folded, and Er added some chips to his stack.
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