Pekka Ikonen made it 25,000 to go and Irena Macesovic called from the big blind.
Macesovic check called 22,000 on 
and check called another 60,000 on the 
turn. The river came the 
and both players checked immediately.
Macesovic showed 
for the flopped flush draw and turned top pair. Ikonen tabled 
for the higher flopped flush draw and rivered higher pair.
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Mark Taylor was short and shoved his stack to the middle holding 
. Tim van Meene woke up with 
and looked him up. The board ran out 
and Taylor made his exit.
Clint Sammut opened the button for 23,000 and the big blind folded out of turn. Small blind Martin Soukup made the call and both players checked on 
.
The 
hit the turn and Soukup bet 27,000. Sammut called, and he called the 50,000 bet Soukup made on the 
river as well.
Soukup showed 
and Sammut mucked.
Vitalii Belyaev was first to act and made it 22,000. His neighbor Mark Taylor three-bet to 53,000 and Irena Macesovic under the gun plus two shoved for 259,000. Action folded back to Belyaev and he reshoved. Taylor called all in just about instantly.
Vitalii Belyaev: 
Mark Taylor: 
Irena Macesovic: 
"Wow! Wow!" said Charlo Azzopardi as he called over someone on the rail to witness it all.
The flop came 
and Macesovic asked for a blank on the turn so the two would be drawing dead; "No 2 no nothing!"
The 
on the turn was a blank and the 
made things official.
On a flop of 
we saw Hannu Seppala check from the blinds. Martin Soukup made a bet of 25,000 and Seppala called.
Both players checked the 
on the turn and the 
completed the board. Seppala bet out 60,000 and Soukup raised to 160,000. Seppala folded.
Tournament director John Scanlon informed all the players that a maximum of 10 levels would be played today, or down to a final table of 9, whichever comes first.
Action folded to Charlo Azzopardi in the hijack and he opened for 21,000. Big blind Joseph Said made the call and lead out for 12,000 on 
. Azzopardi raised to 36,000 and Said made the call without much hesitation.
The fell on the turn and Said asked how much Azzopardi had behind. Azzopardi showed he had around 110,000 or so, and Said announced he was all in. Azzopardi made the call.
Charlo Azzopardi:
Joseph Said: 
The river 
guaranteed both players a chop, and they both got their investment back plus some interest.
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 2,000
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