[Removed:490] checked from the small blind on a turn of A♣3♦Q♠4♦. Aaron Pahlawani then added 900,000 to the pot of 1,200,000 in the big blind, after which the 5♦ river was dealt.
Both players quickly checked. Kraft tabled A♠6♥5♥4♠ for aces and fives, but Pahlawani took down the pot with A♥Q♥9♦3♠ for aces and queens.
Youness Barakat limped in from the small blind before [Removed:490] raised to 375,000 in the big blind. Barakat called to the 3♥J♣4♠ flop, on which he checked.
Kraft then bet 300,000, which Barakat raised to 1,775,000. Kraft mulled it over momentarily but ultimately decided to fold and grant the pot to Barakat.
Aaron Pahlawani limped in from middle position and Pavel Izotov followed suit in the hijack. It then folded to Stanislau Melhui in the big blind, who raised to 550,000.
Pahlawani called before Izotov decided to back-raise to 2,250,000. Both opponents mucked their cards and Izotov tabled A♠A♣ as he dragged the pot.
Youness Barakat limped in from the hijack before being met with a pot-sized raise to 550,000 from [Removed:490] in the cutoff.
The action folded back to Barakat, who three-bet the pot. He got a quick fold from Kraft and took down the pot without the need for a flop.
Niveau: 21
Blinds: 50,000/125,000
Ante: 125,000
"Dima" made a raise to 200,000 in middle position. Pavel Izotov three-bet to 575,000 in the hijack, after which the action folded back to "Dima". He put in the call before the Q♠8♠4♠ flop was checked through.
"Dima" bet 500,000 before the 7♥ turn even hit the felt. Izotov put him all-in for around double that and was snap-called.
"Dima": Q♦Q♣J♥3♠ 
Pavel Izotov: A♠A♦7♠6♥
Izotov's flush remained best as the 2♣ river did not pair the board. "Dima" waved goodbye with his set as the first elimination of the final table.
The final nine players have taken their seats as the cards are in the air for the final table of the €5,200 PLO Opener.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | Aaron Pahlawani | Austria | 10,825,000 | 108 |
| 5 | 2 | Dima | 1,675,000 | 17 | |
| 5 | 3 | Pavel Izotov | Belarus | 3,000,000 | 30 |
| 5 | 4 | Giorgos Tsoupras | Greece | 3,500,000 | 35 |
| 5 | 5 | Hristo Bogdanov | Bulgaria | 5,275,000 | 53 |
| 5 | 6 | Burak Simsek | Germany | 4,975,000 | 50 |
| 5 | 7 | Stanislau Melhui | Mexico | 3,300,000 | 33 |
| 5 | 8 | Youness Barakat | Italy | 4,200,000 | 42 |
| 5 | 9 | [Removed:490] | Germany | 5,275,000 | 53 |
The last nine players have been sent on a 15-minute break before the final table commences.
"Dima" raised to 350,000 in the cutoff. Emanuel Singer was down to just 200,000, which he called off in the small blind.
Emanuel Singer: A♠10♦9♠4♥
"Dima": J♥J♦7♥5♣
"Dima"s remained best on the Q♣5♠10♥6♥8♣ board to eliminate Singer as the final table bubble boy.
Cutoff Daniel Zaremba had already put most of his 1,000,000 stack in the middle when he committed his final 300,000 on the A♥Q♣5♥ flop against Aaron Pahlawani in the hijack.
Daniel Zaremba: A♦Q♥J♠6♦
Aaron Pahlawani: A♠10♠8♣7♣
Zaremba was ahead with two pair, but Pahlawani made a runner-runner straight on the J♣9♦ runout to send him home.
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