Full ring poker is often a game of patience and Victor Paraschiv has been taking advantage of that by opening plenty of pots. In the last orbit he has opened three pots, one he was forced to fold when Kemal Sevevi moved all-in on him but the other two times he took down the pots uncontested.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Victor Paraschiv opened to 40,000 and Marvin Rettenmaier made the call before Ran Azor made it 110,000 from the button. It was enough to get the Romanian and the German off their respective hands.
The players are on a scheduled 10-minute break.
Since going ten-handed the speed of play has gone down drastically; nobody wants to bust out with the official final table within their grasp.
In one recent hand Ran Azor and Kemal Sevevi got to the turn of a 
board but Azor got out of the way when Sevevi bet 200,000 and left himself just 155,000 behind.
A few hands later, Kiryl Radzivonau opened to 41,000 from middle position and Artur Voskanyan made the call from the cutoff. The pair shared a 
and when Radzivonau made a continuation bet of 50,000 Voskanyan quickly folded.
Joseph El Khoury raised to 41,000 from late position before Victor Paraschiv made it 101,000 in the seat next to him. El Khoury made the call with about 300,000 behind.
The flop was 
and El Khoury checked, Paraschiv bet 75,000 and the short-stack moved all in.
Paraschiv looked pained but after making some calculations, he made the call.
Paraschiv: 
El Khoury:
The 
on the turn gave Paraschiv a straight draw but the 
river meant that El Khoury lives again.
With the Main Event being down to just 10 players, they have all been moved to a single table. They line up as follows:
| Seat | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph El Khoury | 472000 |
| 2 | Victor Paraschiv | 1440000 |
| 3 | Erik Cajelais | 535000 |
| 4 | Kemel Sevevi | 478000 |
| 5 | Kiryl Radzivonau | 1580000 |
| 6 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 1175000 |
| 7 | Walid Bou Habib | 530000 |
| 8 | Artur Voskanyan | 1670000 |
| 9 | Gilboa Yossi | 930000 |
| 10 | Ran Azor | 850000 |
Thanks to Homer for the updated chip counts.
Just moments after writing about Sam El Sayed doubling up, he has been eliminated.
His chips went into the middle with El Sayed holding 
and Kiryl Radzivonau holding 
. It was a dream flop for Radzinovau, but a nightmare one for El Sayed, as it came down 
. This was followed by the 
turn and the 
river and we are down to 10 in the Main Event.
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