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Elias Abou Saleh opened to 7,000 preflop before Sergey Rybachenko made it 15,500 in the seat next to him. Saleh then four-bet to 31,000 and Rybachenko opted to flat-call to see the 
flop. Saleh immediately moved all in for 55,500 and the Russian tanked for about four minutes before he finally decided to fold.
Jacouse Torbey opened to 7,000 from the cutoff before Maximilian Droege made it 18,000 on the button.
Torbey, "You've got it again, huh?"
"Oh, I'm better this time," replied the talkative Canadian.
"Will you show?" asked Torbey.
"You show me and I'll show you," answered Droege.
Torbey was seemingly content with this and folded 
face up, Droege flashed 
to the table.
Four players saw a flop following a raise to 6,500, a call from the button and the blinds. Everyone checked it down to the river. No one wanted the 
board. Jacouse Torbey was to the left of the button so had to show first. He turned over 
and each of the other players nodded and folded in turn. Torbey threw up his hands at the victory. “It’s a miracle, look what I’ve won.” He was a happy man.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Some tough decisions take time. A long time as it turns out.
On a flop of 
Pierre Sayegh bet 9000 from the big blind, Kemal Sevevi called as did Azad Jabrayiolov in the small blind. The turn was the 
. Bet again, 23,000. Sevevi gave him a long stare and made the call as did Jabrayiolov. The river brought the 
. Sayegh moved all in for 47,500 and Jabrayiolov went into the tank for a long time.
The fifteen minute break was called. All the other players left and still Jabrayiolov thought; the three of them waiting. Five minutes ticked by without the clock being called. He said he had a big hand and asked if he would show if he folded without getting a straight answer. Finally he folded. Sayegh showed him the for runner runner full house. “You’re so lucky.” said a visibly unhappy Jabrayiolov.
Players are on their last break of the day.
Sergey Rybachenko gave us the details of Anton Astapau's exit from the tournament. After calling bets on the flop and turn of a 
board against Sari Haddad, Astapau then moved all in for his last 40,000 on the river after Haddad checked. Instantly called, Astapau showed 
only to find out he'd been pipped on the river by Haddad's .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 80,000 |
|
Busted |
Andrey Chesnokov raised to 5,000 and got a caller in Artem Vezhnekov and the big blind. They saw a flop of 
Chesnekov bet 12,000 and Vezhnekov was his only caller. The turn was the 
and saw another bet from Chesnekov which Vezhnekov called. on the river and Chesnokov checked this time. Vezhnekov thought for a while and announced all in.
Chesnokov took his time and counted out the chips for a call. If he made it and was wrong he would be left crippled with only 30,000. Maybe the way the hand played out convinced him something fishy was up so he made the call. Vezhnekov tabled 
to gasps from the table and despair from Chesnokov, who mucked. He certainly wasn’t beating that full house.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
256,000 | 103,000 |
|
30,000 | -99,000 |
Erwen Pecheux was one of the shortest stacks coming back after the dinner but he's had a great level, increasing his stack six-fold and now has about 240,000. He's just eliminated Anzor Makthsev, the Russian held pocket kings but Pecheux's ace-queen spiked an ace on the flop of an 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Samy Zakhary had moved all in for 65,800 on a board, Bernard Samaha made the call while Alexey Rybin folded.
Zakhary:
Samaha: 
The 
turn and 
river changed nothing and Zakhary doubled up. Since moving tables, Samaha has lost at least one big pot to the super-aggressive Russian Rybin, Can he change the tide?
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000 | 240,700 |
|
305,000 | -395,000 |
|
|
160,000 | 26,000 |
