Hands #36-40: Filatov Chips Up Further
Hand #36: Alexey Melnikov raised to 6.5 million with 
on the button and Anatoly Filatov in the small blind flat-called with 
. Gor Kazaryan called in the big blind with 
and three players headed to the 
flop.
Once the action checked to Melnikov, he bet 8.5 million and Filatov quickly got out of the way, Kazaryan gave it some thought and folded as well.
Hand #37: Viktor Khodorenko raised to 7 million with 
first to act and Melnikov from one seat over three-bet to 20 million with 
. That ended the hand right there, as all opponents including Khodorenko folded.
Hand #38: Filatov raised to 6.5 million with 
in the cutoff and Khodorenko called in the big blind with . Khodorenko paired his ace on 
and both players checked. On the turn, the action was checked once more and so was the 
river. Khodorenko showed his ace and won the pot.
Hand #39: Kazaryan raised to 7.5 million with 
in the cutoff and that won the pot preflop.
Hand #40: Andrey Malyshev raised to 7 million with 
in the cutoff and Filatov defended the . On the 
flop, Filatov checked and called a bet of 6 million by Malyshev. On the 
turn, Filatov bet 10 million and
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
236,900,000
-6,100,000
|
-6,100,000 |
|
||
|
231,000,000
-19,000,000
|
-19,000,000 |
|
209,000,000
27,700,000
|
27,700,000 |
|
||
|
144,000,000
29,000,000
|
29,000,000 |
|
87,000,000
-8,000,000
|
-8,000,000 |
|
||
from under the gun, and Andrey Malyshev called with 
in the cutoff and left himself with just 800,000 behind before Viktor Khodorenko also called with 
on the button. 
. Malyshev checked, and Khodorenko bet 3m, enough to put him all in and the former called. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. 
. The flop brought 
and Melnikov checked, Kazaryan checked behind and the duo headed to the 
turn. 
flop was checked by Melnikov and Khodorenko bet just 5 million, Melnikov came along.
turn, both players elected to check and the 
river brought no action either to send the pot to Khodorenko.
and that won the blinds and his own button ante.
and found no callers.
in the hijack and raised to 6 million the next hand. Gor Kazaryan defended out of the big blind with 
. The flop brought 
river, Kazaryan moved all in for 73.3 million and Galitskiy instantly folded.
. Galitskiy checked, Kazaryan bet 5.5m, and Galitskiy called.
. The flop came 
to 6 million and Mikhail Galitskiy called from the big blind with 
and a bet of 3.5 million won the pot for Galitskiy.
and got both his opponents to fold. 
