A total of 84 entries have been confirmed in Day 1B of the National. Play will pause when the top 15% of the field has been reached, which is the final 13. Currently there are still 52 in the running.
Evgeniy Shilenkov was down to his last 11 big blinds and moved all-in from early position. Ivan Volodko threw a chip in to signify a call and with everyone else folding, they turned their cards on their backs.
Ivan Volodko:
Evgeniy Shilenkov:
Shilenko was a long way behind and the was no help to him. He hit the rail, whilst Volodko is now up to almost double what he started the day with.
There was some serious action taking place between Aleksandr Denisov and Igor Shemchuk. The flop was already out and it read . Both players committed their chips and Denisov was at risk with the shorter stack of 43,100 chips.
Aleksandr Denisov:
Igor Shemchuk:
Denisov had flopped huge against Shemchuk's pocket rockets and the turn and rivers held for him, putting him over the six-figure mark and is one of the biggest stacks at the moment.
Maksim Zakharenko was down to the wire and he chose to get it all-in preflop just now. There were three calls, making it a multi-way pot. The flop fell and Aleksandr Denisov bet 1,000 and one player called. On the turn, he barrelled for 3,000 and his opponent folded.
Maksim Zakharenko:
Aleksandr Denisov:
Zakharenko was ahead at this point and the river did nothing to change that and he takes a small pot. He is still under ten big blinds but he has survived to play another hand nonetheless.
There are 82 players registered and of those 57 still have chips. This is the last level of re-entries for this flight, with registration closing at the end of the next break.
There were five players in on a flop and everyone checked to Roman Gadzhiev who was in position. He bet 5,000 and Viktor Kudinov and Uri Gilboa were the only players to call.
On the turn, it went check-check-check and the dealer dealt a on the river. Kudinov opted to lead at this point, betting 17,500. It was enough to take the pot and he moves up in the counts.