Andrei Nikonov raised, Rami Shouman shoved and although it looked as if he didn’t love it, Nikonov made the call. Shouman had 
versus Nikonov’s 
. The cards fell 
and Shouman’s adventure in the main event came to an end.
Baris Topkaya moved all in on a board of 
and Kayhan Tugrul was faced with a decision for his tournament life. “You made your flush?” Turgal asked Topkaya who shrugged. Turgal looked pained. Eventually he said, “Call.” Spectators, reporters and other players crowded round to see if they were about to lose another player. Topkaya didn’t have the flush, he had 
for the flopped set. There were gasps when Turgal showed his hand, 
. “Oh wow, he’s dead to a nine or a heart.” Droege said. The river was the 
and a relieved Turgul doubled up.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on their final 15 minute break of the day.
Jacoues Torbey moved all in on a 
flop with 
but Sergey Rybachenko was interested in folding, he made the call with 
. The 
turn and 
river changed nothing and there are now just 16 players.
Baris Topkaya opened for 13,000 in the cut-off; Artem Vezhnekov went all in from the small blind and was followed with an all-in from Sari Haddad in the big blind. Topkaya asked for a count, thought through all the implications and made the call. Topkaya held 
, Vezhnekov and Haddad had 
. All big aces, not a pair between them incredibly, and Topkaya with the best of it.
The board ran out 
Two players bust out and Topkaya gather in a big pot.
All the chips went flying into the middle on a flop of 
between Rainer Kempe and Jerfi Fıratlı.
Kempe: for the old straight flush draw.
Firatli: for the old middle set.
Kempe needed a nine or a heart but could hit neither on the 
turn or river.
We're just one elimination away from our redraw for two tables.
It must have been a stressful day so far at table 1, as four of the seven players are now having a massage. Bernard Samaha, Maximilian Droege, Kfir Yamin and Jacoues Torbey are all having their aching muscles soothed by the hard working massage girls.
Erwan Pecheux opened for 13,000, Alexey Rybin called and Andrei Nikonov in the small blind raised to 37,000. Shoman folded his big blind and it was back on Pecheux who moved all in for the rest of his 180,000 chips. A fold from Rybin but a call from Nikonov. Pecheux had up against Nikonov’s 
. The cards fell 
. But the unfortunate Pecheux wasn’t out quite yet. He was left with 13000. Just over two big blinds.
He would get it in a couple of hands later on the big blind when Shouman raised and he called. Shouman had 
to Pecheux’s 
and this time he was out as the cards came .
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