The final seven players are now returning from their dinner break and action will continue in Level 20 with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante.
Action is now paused with 22:40 on the clock in Level 20. The final seven players will take a 45-minute dinner break before they return to play the final table. The livestream will return at approximately 9:40 p.m. Cyprus time.
With a full board of and around 700,000 in the middle, Phil Ivey checked from the small blind and Laszlo Bujtas made his move to bet from the big blind. Ivey quickly folded, even before the bet was put out, and Bujtas took the pot.
Bujtas, Ivey, and Elton Tsang are all jockeying for position at Table 2, while Sam Greenwood is looking for a double.
Andras Nemeth raised to 175,000 from the button and Dong Hyun Kim called from the big blind.
The flop was and Kim bet 125,000. Nemeth called and the turn was .
Kim checked the turn and Nemeth bet 250,000. Kim called and the river was .
Kim checked once again and Nemeth fired 800,000. Kim tossed in chips to call and the cards were turned up. Kim showed for fours full of nines, but Nemeth had for nines full of fours to take the pot.
Stephen Chidwick open-shoved for 670,000 from middle position and Michael Soyza committed his last 890,000 from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and Soyza was at risk.
Michael Soyza:
Stephen Chidwick:
The board ran out and Chidwick turned a pair of aces to eliminate Soyza in ninth place for $113,000.