Antone Abou Khalil started out oh so well today, but it wasn't enough.
He has just left the tournament after his pocket eights couldn't beat Dmitry Kataev's 
-suited. The ace-king made a flush on the river, crushing Abou Khalil's hopes and dreams of a deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
73,000
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73,000 |
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Busted |
Nicolas Chouity told our colleague from the World Poker Tour Blog how Sotirios Koutoupas found himself eliminated. Evgeny Starikov had limped in, and Koutoupas had isolated with a raise to 8,000. Starikov called, and check-called a 10,000 bet on 
. The fell on the turn and the players got their chips in the middle. Starikov had for trips, Koutoupas was drawing dead with his 
.
Antonio Buonanno not only made some chips six-betting Christian Christner, he gained another 100,000 after eliminating Toni Judet. Judet came short with his pocket eights, the Italian chip leader had pocket nines and faced no resistance from the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
660,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
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110,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
In a pre flop all in between Nuri Hadioglu (
) and Andrey Pateychuk (
), the best hand before the flop proved best post river as well.
The 60,000 pot went to Pateychuk after a 
board. Pateychuk, who was leading after Day 1a, has some more breathing room again with just over 100,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
38,500
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38,500 |
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Busted | |
Gleb Tremzin (
), Nicolay Langfeldt (
) and Abbas Morady (
) all got their chips in before the flop. Tremzin was the shortest stack with about 80,000, Morady had 105,500, and Langfeldt had them both covered by 67,000.
The 
changed nothing, and Tremzin hit the rail while Langfeldt got knocked back to a mere 22 big blinds. Abbas Morady in the meantime almost tripled up and now plays nearly 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
299,500
166,500
|
166,500 |
|
67,000
-97,000
|
-97,000 |
|
Busted |
These players have been eliminated as well. Just 58 remain, making for an average stack of 208,000 (69 big blinds).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Nikolay Vershinin and Mario Perez got their chips in before the flop. Perez was the short stack with 68,000 in chips, and he was at risk with the worst of it. He had , and was up against 
.
The 
on the flop saved him. The 
on the turn made things a little scary again, but the on the river was a blank and with his set, the Spaniard doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
164,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
144,500
31,500
|
31,500 |
15 minutes of break for the remaining 56 players.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Dmitry Kataev looks like a guy not afraid to put the pressure on on the bubble, he looks like a guy who's been around the block, like someone who crushes bubbles on a daily basis. Maybe that's why Pavel Zuev just made the call that costed him his tournament life.
Zuev opened to 8,000 from early position, and Kataev three-bet from the small blind to 23,000. The big blind folded, Zuev called.
Kataev, with a wall of chips in front of him, bet out 17,000 on the 
-flop, 33,000 on the -turn, and all in for about 60,000 on the 
-river. Zuev made the calls rather quick on the flop and turn, but really gave it some thoughts on the river. Eventually he called though.
Kataev showed his 
for flopped trips. Zuev mucked his cards, threw his seat card to the middle, and left. The dealer later revealed his hand to be 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
570,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
Busted |
Alexander Orlov has been eliminated. He is joined on the rail by Turkish player Kemal Yöyen and Lithuanian player Mantas Bagokius.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
