Alexey Rybin, who won last years event for $258,000, has just registered. Rybin, like everyone else, got 30,000 to work with.
Also back in the game are Sotirios Koutoupas (EPT Deauville winner), and Toby Lewis (EPT Vilamoura winner).
A total of 151 players have entered so far, with 12 re entries, making for a total of 163. 116 players remain at the moment.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
The remaining 114 players are on their one hour dinner break.
Maxim Panyak found himself all in for 7,750, James Dempsey had 10,300, and a third player had both players covered and made the call as well.
Dempsey had the best hand with 
, which was in a race against Panyak's 
. The button had 
.
None would improve. The 
board proved catastrophic for Panyak, while Dempsey almost trippled up.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy has bought back in, while EPT Vilamoura winner Toby Lewis, and recent EPT Barcelona finalist Andrey Shatilov have been eliminated. Lewis ran with queens into kings, and is going to buy back in after the dinner break that starts in twenty minutes. We don't know for sure if Shatilov will be joining him, but we suspect so.
Mustafa Meryumoglu opened under the gun, and received no less than four calls: the player to his immediate left, Dmitry Nemirovsky on the button, Sevket Yildiz in the small blind, and the player in the big blind.
Both blinds checked to Meryumoglu who continuation bet for 2,500. Both the player under the gun plus one, and Nemirovsky on the button called, both blinds folded.
The 
fell on the turn and Meryumoglu bet out 4,000. The player in early position raised to 9,200, and Nemirovsky folded, Meryumoglu made the call.
The river made Meryumoglu bet out 8,800 with just 10,000 behind. His opponent called, and showed a winner with 
. Meryumoglu mucked his 
.
Alexander Denisov was already up lots after busting Nuri Kural with aces to kings, and just won another small pot.
Denisov bet a single 1,000 chip from the small blind on 
. Walid Bou Habib made the call from the big blind, the button folded.
The river was the 
and Denisov tossed in another single 1,000 chip. Bou Habib made the call, but folded after getting shown 
.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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