The next player to get the chips in preflop was Fadi Alakzam. He had previously jammed twice without being called but this time, Fahredin Mustafov called as the single big blind.
Fadi Alakzam: 
Fahredin Mustafov: 
There was no help on a board of 
and Alakzam had to settle for a payday of $8,775. All remaining 24 contenders now have $10,005 locked up.
Fahredin Mustafov raised to 160,000 from under the gun and then called the shove by Muharrem Atsiz in the big blind for around 1.4 million.
Muharrem Atsiz: 
Fahredin Mustafov: 
The 
flop gave Atsiz the top pair and straight draw while Mustafov had bottom set. Nothing changed with the 
turn and the 
river paired the board. Atsiz, who led after Day 1a and was a big stack after Day 2, has been eliminated in 26th place for $8,775.
Kush Vinod Kataria won the only showdown pot of significance while the short stacks jammed their stacks successfully without picking up a call.
There will only be a redraw at the final two tables and the last 26 players are now balanced as follows.
| Seat | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mantas Nanartavicius | Emir Aykurt | |
| 2 | Koray Korkmaz | Ionel Anton | Silma Macalou |
| 3 | Georges Hanna | Walid Bou Habib | Zorlu Er |
| 4 | Jim Sue Pan | Muharrem Atsiz | Karolis Ciudaras |
| 5 | Erdal Gulseven | Fahredin Mustafov | Nikola Minkov |
| 6 | Robert Rbeiz | Matthieu Chan | Viktor Ustimov |
| 7 | Lachezar Petkov | Fadi Alakzam | Kush Vinod Kataria |
| 8 | Stefan Fabian | Kasparas Klezys | Johan Guilbert |
| 9 | Gregoire Auzoux | Artur Martirosian | Saman Nakhjavani |
"Abdel Chadli" jammed his short stack from the button and was called by Zorlu Er in the big blind.
"Abdel Chadli": 
Zorlu Er: 
The 
flop gave "Abdel Chadli" a pair but the 
turn and 
river improved Er to an eight-high straight. At almost the same time, there was a birthday celebration right in front of the poker room. There were two bangs to celebrate and the second bang at the table saw Musa Barindik depart in 27th place right before the table broke.
Johan Guilbert forfeited a small portion of his stack when he folded the 
turn to a bet worth 650,000 by Viktor Ustimov.
The same table then featured the three-bet shove by Karolis Ciudaras and Zorlu Er folded a king, he was shown the .
Gregoire Auzoux bet the heads-up turn of 
for 275,000 to get called by Robert Rbeiz and then jammed the on the river. Rbeiz gave it some thought and fold, he was then shown the 
for a bluff.
Stefan Fabian clashed with Gregoire Auzoux as he got the stack of 1.53 million in only to get snapped off by his table neighbour.
Stefan Fabian:
Gregoire Auzoux: 
The flop was about as good as it could get for Fabian, who had little to fear on the turn and 
river.
Kacper Pyzara jammed his short stack in with the blinds coming very soon and he was looked up by Georges Hanna from one seat over.
Kacper Pyzara: 
Georges Hanna: 
The suited overcard found no help on the 
board and Pyzara departed in 29th place.
Level: 25
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
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