Antoine Hasbani opened to 220,000 from the hijack and Vedat Yilmaz moved all in for 900,000 from the button. Hasbani made the call to put Yilmaz at risk.
Vedat Yilmaz: J♥J♦
Antoine Hasbani: A♠7♠
Hasbani spiked an ace on the A♥9♣8♠ flop to take the lead. He remained ahead on the 4♣ turn and 3♠ river to send the Day 1d chip leader to the rail in 14th place.
Felipe Ketzer opened to 200,000 from the button and Ihar Soika moved all in for 2,665,000 from the small blind. Ketzer called with a covering stack to put Soika at risk.
Ihar Soika: A♥K♦
Felipe Ketzer: J♥J♣
It was a classic preflop flip that Ketzer pulled ahead of on the 8♠5♣3♥ flop. Things were looking grim for Soika on the Q♠ turn but the K♥ river gave Soika top pair to score a massive double up through Ketzer.
Hadi Khordbin was all in from the small blind for 1,550,000 and up against Bassel Moussa in the hijack, with Moussa covering Khordbin very slightly.
Hadi Khordbin: Q♥Q♦
Bassel Moussa: A♥10♦
The board r an out J♠8♦5♥3♠5♦. Khordbin's pocket-queens were good at showdown and he scored a full double up through Moussa, who was left with just two T-25,000 chips, worth exactly one small blind.
Immediately after losing nearly his entire stack to Hadi Khordbin, Bassel Moussa moved all in from under the gun for 50,000 and received calls from Christophe Panetti in early position, Ermanno Di Nicola in the small blind and Nichan Khorchidian in the big blind.
The flop came K♣6♠5♥ and action checked around to Panetti who bet 200,000, forcing out Di Nicola and Khorchidian to leave Moussa at risk.
Bassel Moussa: J♣6♥
Christophe Panetti: K♦8♦
Moussa turned two pair to take the lead on the J♠ turn and remained ahead on the 2♠ river to take the pot and increase his stack six-fold.
Action folded around to Nichan Khorchidian in the small blind who moved all in, covering Bassel Moussa in the big blind who had 325,000. Moussa called and was at risk once again.
Bassel Moussa: K♥2♥
Nichan Khorchidian: 9♥5♣
The board ran out K♣6♠J♣J♥5♥ giving Moussa a bigger two pair to double up for the second hand in a row.
A few hands later, Moussa would open to 450,000 from the hijack, leaving just one T-25,000 chip behind. Hadi Khordbin called from the small blind and Ermanno Di Nicola defended from the big blind.
The flop came J♣7♦2♥ and action checked around to Moussa who stuck in his last chip. Khordbin raised to 400,000 and Di Nicola got out of the way leaving Moussa at risk for the third time this orbit.
Bassel Moussa: 3♠3♥
Hadi Khordbin: A♠2♠
Moussa's pocket-threes remained ahead on the 9♦ turn and Q♠ river to score more than a full triple up, bringing his stack to just over 1,500,000 after being down to just 50,000 a couple hands earlier.
"Why did you raise? I had the nine" Di Nicola asked Khordbin as Moussa dragged in the pot.
With two players seeing a board of 10♣8♥2♠J♦ and 625,000 in the middle, Ermanno Di Nicola checked in the big blind and Nichan Khorchidian bet 425,000. Di Nicola made the call.
Khorchidian bet again when checked to on the K♦ river, this time for 1,400,000. Di Nicola opted to fold and Khorchidian took down a healthy pot without showdown.
Felipe Ketzer opened to 250,000 from the button and Ihar Soika three-bet to 950,000 from the small blind. Ketzer four-bet to 1,650,000 and Soika moved all in for 4,900,000. Ketzer snap-called to put Soika at risk.
Ihar Soika: J♠J♦
Felipe Ketzer: K♥K♣
Soika couldn't catch up to Ketzer's pocket-kings on the 4♥7♠7♣4♠3♥ runout and was sent to the rail while Ketzer catapulted himself well above 10,000,000 chips.
Bassel Moussa moved all in from the button for 1,225,000 and Christophe Panetti called from the big blind with a covering stack to put Moussa at risk.
Bassel Moussa: A♣3♥
Christophe Panetti: 4♦4♠
Moussa was in rough shape with only one overcard to Panetti's pocket-pair. He found no help on the 6♥7♥7♠5♣9♠ runout and made his exit from the tournament area while Panetti collected a decent pot.
