Maksim Shornikau tossed in a raise to 600,000 from middle position. It folded to big blind Mahmoud Bedoui, and he defended.
Bedoui and Shornikau both checked the 8♣4♠5♦ flop, after which Bedoui fired an overbet worth 2,000,000 on the 5♥ turn. Shornikau called, and he called again when Bedoui bet the same size on the J♣ river.
Bedoui tabled 7♦5♠, and his trips won him the pot when Shornikau mucked.
Juho Suutari made it 600,000 in the cutoff, seeing Yiwen Yuan and Mohamed El-Wely call in the blinds. After two checks, Suutari added 500,000 more to the pot. Yuan called, but El-Wely slid in a sizable raise to 2,700,000.
Suutari and Yuan both wanted to see a turn, so they called. The 4♥ then emerged from the deck, and El-Wely bet 3,100,000. This was enough to win the pot, as Suutari and Yuan both folded.
Nikita Kuznetsov raised to 500,000 from middle position. Maksim Shornikau called in the big blind, after which Kuznetsov bet 350,000 on the Q♠9♦10♦ flop. Shornikau check-called, after which the 7♦ turn checked through.
This prompted Shornikau to fire 1,900,000 into the pot on the 6♥ river, but Kuznetsov quickly called with 9♠8♠ for a straight. Shornikau had been bluffing with K♥4♠, and he saw the pot being shipped to his opponent.
Level: 25
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Mahmoud Bedoui opened to 500,000 in the cutoff, and Aleksei Istomin defended his big blind. Bedoui flicked in 500,000 more on the 4♥7♦3♦ flop, which Istomin check-called.
After the 6♣ turn was checked by both players, Istomin fired for 2,000,000 on the 4♣ river. However, Bedoui raised to 4,500,000, which was enough to win the pot as Istomin folded.
Axel Hallay had been nurturing a short stack for a while when he three-bet jammed for 1,300,000 from the small blind. Zhuoqun Zhang had opened to 525,000 in the hijack, and he quickly called the rest.
Axel Hallay: K♦J♥ 
Zhuoqun Zhang: 9♠9♣
Hallay flopped a gutshot on A♠5♥10♥, but his run came to an end when the 6♦ turn and 10♠ river did not improve him.
Anatolii Savin was in the cutoff and moved all in for 3,900,000. Raoul Kanme wasted no time in calling once it had folded to him in the big blind.
Anatolii Savin: J♣10♠
Raoul Kanme: A♠A♣
Savin was in dire straits, but he cracked Kanme's aces and doubled up when the 10♣8♠10♦4♦J♠ runout gave him a full house.
Over at another table, Zhuoqun Zhang opened to 600,000 on the button and snap-called once Symeon Alexandridis put him all in for 4,700,000 from the big blind.
Zhuoqun Zhang: A♦A♣
Symeon Alexandridis: 4♠4♣
Contrary to Kanme, Zhang had no issues holding on the Q♠5♠J♦K♣9♥ board, doubling him up and leaving Alexandridis with a short stack.
Symeon Alexandridis open-shoved for 3,100,000 from middle position. Biao Ding called in the small blind, and the pair showed down.
Symeon Alexandridis: 9♥9♣
Biao Ding: A♣Q♦
Ding gained outs on the K♠3♠10♦ flop, but the 3♣ turn and 7♦ river confirmed the win for Alexandridis' nines.
Viktor Kudinov moved in his 3,400,000 remaining chips from the small blind, and Mehmet Samsa called in the big blind.
Viktor Kudinov: Q♦9♣
Mehmet Samsa: K♣Q♥
Kudinov did not connect with the 7♥4♠J♥ flop and 4♥ turn, and the A♥ river upgraded Samsa to a flush, ensuring the elimination.
Yiwen Yuan made it 550,000 to go on the button, Mohamed El-Wely called in the small blind, and Rafael Navas defended his big blind.
It checked to Yuan on the 2♣2♥Q♥ flop, and she bet 1,000,000. El-Wely called before Navas moved out of the way.
El-Wely and Yuan then both checked the 6♥ turn, prompting El-Wely to bet 2,200,000 on the 10♠ river. Yuan tossed some calling chips on the table, and El-Wely revealed J♠J♣ for a pair of jacks.
However, Yuan had a better pair with her Q♦7♦, and her stack's worth increased to over 100 big blinds by winning the pot.
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