Maxim Panyak, winner of the Russian Poker Tour Kiev event in 2011, just found himself getting lucky on the river.
Panyak called an all in holding , and was up against . The on the flop didn't improve anyone, but the on the turn wasn't such a blank. It gave his opponent top pair, but Panyak all of the sudden had four clear outs for the win.
The river was the and Panyak made broadway to eliminate his opponent.
We catched up with the action as the player on the button committed 10,500 of his chips. Oleksii Khoroshenin, who was seated in the small blind and had 6,600 in front of him, pushed all in after giving it some thoughts. The button quickly folded, leaving the pot to Khoroshenin without a showdown.
The tournament was on hold for a little over ten minutes to have everyone's attention on the stage. The organization rewarded several people with their trophy and medals for winning events earlier this festival. The director of Live Events International, Mike Peltekci, had a special word of thanks for all the players leading up to the ceremony, showing his gratitude to the commitment of many of the regular players on his tour.
We didn't see his hand, but we did see that his opponent had on a [Ah6c9g2hQc] board. Varlamov couldn't beat the flush and had mucked, while he counted out the 11,000 he owed his opponent.
Dmitry Varlamov re entered not too long ago, but already is a bit short on chips with about 20,000 (33 big blinds) in front of him.
Dzmitry Urbanovic opened to 1,200 under the gun plus one. The player in the small blind had big plans and made it 2,600 to go. Urbanovic four bet to 6,200 after giving it some thoughts. That was enough to take the pot down, the small blind quickly folded.
Dzmitry Urbanovic is playing about 46,000 right now.
The last fifteen minute break of the day has just begun. After this final break, the players will play two more levels and then they'll be done for the day.
We just spotted EPT Vienna Main Event winner (€578,392) Oleksii Khoroshenin in the tournament area. We might just have missed him so far, but he plays about 30,000 in chips so there is the possibility he just entered recently.
Well known Russian player Alexander Lakhov is active in this tournament a little longer than that. We saw him take his seat much earlier, but haven't seen him play any big hands yet. He's down to about 12,000 in chips though, so we've clearly missed some of 'em.
Lakhov has well over 1.2 million in live tournament earnings, and is particularly active here on the beautiful island of Cyprus. A month ago he won the $2,000 buy in World Poker Tour National Merit North Cyprus Main Event $124,161, but that's just one of 34 cashes here in Cyprus.
We spotted Dmitry Varlamov on his own, far away from the table he was playing at. We approached him and asked him what had happened.
Varlamov told us that someone in middle position opened for 1,500 en the small blind had made the call. With pocket aces Varlamov squeezed from the big blind to 4,000. The initial raiser folded, the small blind made the call.
The flop came and the small blind check called Varlamov's continuation bet. The turn was another and the small blind checked once more. Varlamov moved all in and was quickly called. The small blind had for quads and Varlamov was drawing dead with his (over) pair of aces. The river was of no importance and Varlamov had to leave the table.
Varlamov took a minute or two to catch his breath, and then walked to the cage again to buy in one more time.
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on the flop didn't improve anyone, but the 
on the turn wasn't such a blank. It gave his opponent top pair, but Panyak all of the sudden had four clear outs for the win.
and Panyak made broadway to eliminate his opponent.
on a [Ah6c9g2hQc] board. Varlamov couldn't beat the flush and had mucked, while he counted out the 11,000 he owed his opponent.
and the small blind check called Varlamov's continuation bet. The turn was another