Artur Martirosian is no longer the runaway chip leader as he was overtaken by Andreas Christoforou. The Cypriot then got it in preflop against Koray Korkmaz for an effective stack of 768,000.
Koray Korkmaz: 
Andreas Christoforou: 
No upset came on the 
board and Korkmaz doubled. "Nice hand," Christoforou said and tapped the table.
Level: 20
Blinds: 12,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
In a preflop raising war, Ebrahim Ehghaghi was at risk with pocket jacks and he took a flip against the 
of Eimantas Adomavicius. The board ran out 
and Ehghaghi was sent to the rail.
Shortly after, [Removed:324] also vanished from table nine and that brought the field down to the final 82 contenders.
"Gurcan. Gungoren" was at risk for around 350,000 on the button and tabled the 
. Walid Bou Habib in the small blind held the superior pair in and the 
board kept queens in the lead to reduce the field by one.
Furkan Beg made it 150,000 to go on the 
turn and Miad Shakiba made the call. They headed to the 
river and Beg now fired a bet of 160,000. Shakiba was in the tank and inquired if his table neighbour would show the cards.
"You can pick one if you fold, if you call you will see both cards." Shakiba was in the tank for another two minutes and folded, he got to pick and exposed the 
.
In the meanwhile, Vladimir Dobrovolski has been eliminated to reduce the field to the final 85.
In a three-way all-in, Elie Saade was the shortest stack and faced Umut Yukselir as well as Lachezar Petkov in the following showdown.
Elie Saade: 
Umut Yukselir:
Lachezar Petkov:
The board ran out 
and Saade hit both of his overcards, while Yukselir lost the side pot against Petkov to bust.
Georges Sultanem and Recep Aydemir are the first two casualties in the money.
Pierre Jreige then called the shove by Dmitry Gromov for six blinds with and was ahead versus 
. The board ran out 
and Gromov doubled.
Down to around six blinds, Elie Hage Youssef was all-in and Nicolas Chouity had an easy call for a very apparent reason.
Elie Hage Youssef:
Nicolas Chouity: 
The board ran out 
and Youssef was eliminated on the money bubble.
Georgio Azar was at risk for 326,000 in the cutoff and Artur Martirosian called in an early position.
"Now everybody is rooting for you," Azar joked while they waited for all other tables to finish.
Georgio Azar:
Artur Martirosian: 
There was a mandatory sweat until the turn but the 
river kept Azar in contention.
Viktor Ustimov raised to 45,000 and Emir Aykurt then three-bet to 122,000. Ustimov elected to four-bet to 250,000 total. That sent Aykurt into the tank and once he cut out a five-bet to more than 600,000, Ustimov snap-folded.
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