Lauri Saaskilahti raised to 1,600,000 and Malcolm Trayner called behind him as Evagoras Evagorou came along in the big blind.
Evagorou checked on the flop of 7♦3♠9♦ and Saaskilahti also checked. Trayner bet 1,800,000 and only Evagorou called.
Evagorou checked again on the K♥ turn and Trayner bet 4,500,000. Evagorou called.
Evagorou checked once more on the 8♠ river and Trayner checked back as Evagorou showed 6♦5♥ to win the pot.
Evagoras Evagorou raised to 1,300,000 and Mario Boos called in the big blind.
Boos checked on the flop of Q♦10♠8♠ and Evagorou bet 2,800,000. Boos folded.
Hossein Ensan raised to 1,600,000 in the hijack, and Rami Hammoud called in the small blind, as did Greg Mueller in the big blind.
All three players checked to the turn on a board of K♠J♦9♦4♠. Ensan then bet 1,500,000, and Hammoud raised to 6,000,000. Mueller folded 9♣7♣, while Ensan called.
The river was the 4♦, and Hammoud bet 8,500,000. Ensan snap-called with A♦3♦ for a rivered flush, and Hammoud mucked K♣J♣ for a no-good top two pair. Ensan overtook Hammoud for the chip lead with that pot.
In the first hand back from the break, Michael Gagliano Q♥Q♣ raised to 1,700,000 and stole the blinds as well as the big blind ante.
Shaun Deeb 6♠6♦ then raised from the small blind for 15,700,000 with very few chips behind and got it through.
Daniel Savas A♥7♣ raised to 1,600,000 from the hijack and found no resistance.
Savas made it two in a row with another raise to 1,600,000, holding Q♠Q♣. That wrapped up another preflop contest.
Hossein Ensan 5♥4♥ raised to 1,600,000 thereafter from the button into the big blind of Romain Lewis A♣K♥, who pushed all in and forced a snap-fold.
Level: 36
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
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The remaining 18 players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Here are some highlights from the first level of Day 8:
Hossein Ensan raised to 1,200,000, and Daniel Savas in the big blind called. The A♦Q♠2♣ flop was checked to Ensan, who bet 700,000 and took down the pot.
In the last hand before the break on the main table, Rami Hammoud raised to 1,200,000. Savas called in the small blind, and Thomas Clack came along in the big blind. They headed to the K♣K♥3♦ flop that both blinds checked to Hammoud. He bet 800,000 and Savas folded, whereas Clack stuck around to see the 2♣ on the turn.
Clack checked once more and so did Hammoud, leading to the 4♥ river. Once again they checked, and Clack showed the A♥9♥, but was beaten by the 4♠2♠ of Hammoud.
Lucas Jumalon raised to 1,200,000, and Antonio Galiana called.
Galiana checked on the flop of K♦A♦Q♠, and Jumalon checked back.
Galiana checked again on the Q♦ turn, and Jumalon did the same.
Both checked once more on the 7♦ river, and Galiana showed 5♥5♦ to win the pot.
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