Three-way in a limped pot on A♠4♦K♥, Zdenek Zizka on the button bet 60,000. Salih Atac in the small blind folded, but Vadim Zakharyan in the big blind check-called.
Zizka fired a second barrel of 155,000 on the 8♥ turn. Zakharyan went into the tank and check-called once again.
Zakharyan checked the 4♠ river, and Zizka checked back, but lost to Zakharyan's full house with A♥J♠6♥4♥.
Kumaran Sarvendran came in with a limp from the hijack. Zdenek Zizka called from the small blind and Salih Atac checked his option out of the big blind.
Zizka led out for 65,000 upon seeing K♥4♦3♥ flop. Atac called, but Sarvendran folded.
Two checks followed the 4♠ turn to see the 6♠ appear on the river. Zizka bet 125,000, and Atac immediately called.
Zizka showed a boat with Q♣9♣4♣3♠, but this was second best to Atac's A♦K♠4♥3♣ for a higher boat with fours full of kings.
Salih Atac opened to 60,000 from middle position and he was called by both players in the blinds.
The dealer fanned a flop of 3♣10♥7♠ and Atac continued for 75,000. Kumaran Sarvendran in the small blind used a time bank extension and check-raised to 240,000. The big blind folded, and Atac called. Sarvendran continued for 100,000 on the 8♠ turn. Atac called again.
Sarvendran checked the 9♥ river and let Atac bet 325,000. Sarvendran eventually chose to fold, but didn't look very happy when Atac revealed A♦A♣5♥5♦ for just a pair of aces.
Dario Alioto min-raised to 60,000 from middle position and only Fahredin Mustafov called from the big blind.
Mustafov check-called a bet of 50,000 by Alioto on the A♣J♠9♥ flop.
The 8♣ appeared on the turn and Mustafov check-folded to Alioto's second bet of 85,000.
Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Fahredin Mustafov opened to 65,000 from early position and faced Vadim Zakharyan who defended from the big blind.
Both players checked a flop of Q♣9♣4♦ leading to the 10♦ turn where Zakharyan led out for 165,000. Mustafov called.
The Q♥ river landed on the felt and Zakharyan announced "all-in" for approximately 150,000. Mustafov immediately folded.
Renji Mao limped from middle position and Kumaran Sarvendran called from the cutoff. Zdenek Zizka checked his option out of the big blind.
Once Zizka checked the J♣3♣2♦ flop, Mao quickly bet 65,000. Sarvendran folded, but Zizka continued in the form of a call.
A Q♣ fell on the turn, causing Zizka to check again. Mao bet 125,000, and after giving it some thought, Zizka returned his cards to the dealer and surrendered the pot to Mao.
Fahredin Mustafov limped the cutoff and Grzegorz Derkowski completed from the small blind. Dario Alioto checked his option out of the big blind, and the three players saw a flop of 10♥5♠J♦, which checked through.
After it checked to Mustafov on the A♠ turn, he laid out a bet of 75,000. Derkowski thought for a while before putting in a raise, which won him the pot as both of his opponents folded.
A few hands after the restart, Dennis Weiss opened to 85,000 from middle position. Renji Mao on the button three-bet to 290,000, Weiss moved all-in for approximately 400,000 and Mao snap-called.
Dennis Weiss: A♠K♣Q♠Q♣ 
Renji Mao: A♥A♦9♦9♠
Mao's aces remained ahead on a board of J♠6♦7♦4♣8♠ and he sent the defending champion to the rail.
The photographs have been taken, and the finalists are back in their seats. Action resumes with 27 minutes remaining of the current level.
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