Ali Jouni defended his big blind versus a button-open from Riyaz Abdulla, and both players went on to check the 
flop. Ali lead out for 45,000 on the 
turn, and Riyaz obliged. When the turn brought the 
, Ali opted to check, leaving the door open for Riyaz who fired 70,000. Ali quickly check-raised all-in for just north of 300,000, and found the call from his opponent.
Ali: 
Riyaz: 
Riyaz had the bigger of the two stacks, and added nearly 400,000 new chips to his stack with the rivered straight, propelling him over the 1-million mark and into the chip lead.
7th place: Ali Jouni – $2,900.00
