Murat Cakir opened to 400,000 with K♦J♦, seeing Huseyin Kaba defend his big blind with 6♥4♥.
Kaba checked the 9♠7♠2♦ flop and mucked when Cakir continued for 350,000 to take down the first pot of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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10,325,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
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2,600,000
-600,000
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-600,000 |
Introductions are complete and the final nine players have taken their seats.
Action has resumed as we play to a winner tonight.
The PokerNews updates will resume when final table play restarts.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murat Cakir | Turkey | 9,625,000 | 48 |
| 2 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Georgia | 8,200,000 | 41 |
| 3 | Afshin Taheri | Iran | 2,950,000 | 15 |
| 4 | Abulmuhsin Aydin | France | 5,175,000 | 26 |
| 5 | Huseyin Kaba | Turkey | 3,200,000 | 16 |
| 6 | Orestis Kanakopoulos | Greece | 10,500,000 | 53 |
| 7 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 18,050,000 | 90 |
| 8 | Hadi Khadra | Lebanon | 19,375,000 | 97 |
| 9 | Alain Hajj | Lebanon | 3,885,000 | 19 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,375,000 | |
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18,050,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
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10,500,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
|
9,625,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
8,200,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
5,175,000
1,875,000
|
1,875,000 |
|
3,885,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
|
3,200,000 | |
|
2,950,000
-5,750,000
|
-5,750,000 |
Before a ceremony to introduce the finalists, the nine remaining players in the $2,200 Warm Up are on a 60-minute break.
Moved to the second table, Or Nezer went all in on the button for almost 1,500,000. In the small blind, Hadi Khadra made the call.
Or Nezer: 8♣8♥
Hadi Khadra: A♠4♣
An ace and only an ace could stop Nezer. And one came on the flop on 5♣A♥J♣10♣3♥ to give the best pair to Khadra. Finishing 10th, Nezer wins $19,500, but he is the bubble-boy of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,375,000
3,375,000
|
3,375,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Murat Cakir opened to 400,000 with K♠10♣ from the cutoff and Huseyin Kaba called from the small blind with A♥10♥.
On the 8♥4♣3♠ flop, Kaba check-called for 400,000 which brought in the 9♥ turn. Action checked through to the K♣ river to give Cakir the checkmark. Kaba then check-folded to a bet of 1,150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,620,000
2,420,000
|
2,420,000 |
|
|
3,200,000
-2,300,000
|
-2,300,000 |
Nicolas Chouity raised to 400,000 from under the gun before Hadi Khadra decided to three-bet to 1,200,000 from the button. Chouity called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 3♣Q♠K♣, where Chouity check-called for 1,200,000. Chouity checked once again on the 5♥ turn but folded when Khadra fired out a second barrel of 3,400,000.
Chouity stays in the lead with 17,800,000, but Hadi Khadra has closed the gap and sits with 16,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,800,000
5,700,000
|
5,700,000 |
|
|
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|
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16,000,000
3,500,000
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3,500,000 |
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya limped in from the small blind with Q♥8♠ and called when Murat Cakir made it 625,000 from the big blind with A♦9♠.
The A♠4♠9♥ flop checked through to the 5♣ turn. Skhulukhiya led out for 1,075,000 with his queen-high. Cakir, with two pair, made it 2,500,000 and Skhulukhiya quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,800,000
-2,100,000
|
-2,100,000 |
|
|
7,200,000
635,000
|
635,000 |
Nicolas Chouity opened to 400,000 from under the gun. Then Bogdan Jontulovic three-bet all in for 3,400,000 chips in the hijack. On the button, Hadi Khadra reshoved and Chouity folded.
Bogdan Jontulovic: A♥2♥
Hadi Khadra: A♠Q♦
On the flop 4♦K♥Q♠, Khadra hit a pair of queens, leading to Jontulovic's elimination after the turn J♠ and the river 5♥.
With 10 players left, one more elimination is needed to reach the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,500,000
6,800,000
|
6,800,000 |
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Busted |
