10-22-2017 18:04 UTC+3
Andrey Kotelnikov opened the action for 160,000 and Nikita Myshkin three-bet to 350,000. Action folded back round to Kotelnikov who called.
The flop was
Player
Chips
Progress
Nikita Myshkin
3,800,000
2,400,000
2,400,000
Andrey Kotelnikov
2,300,000
1,320,000
1,320,000
10-22-2017 18:12 UTC+3
No huge pots recently as all the players are hoping to make the Official Final Table of eight.
10-22-2017 18:24 UTC+3
Kirill Denisenko opened from early position and was then three-bet by Alexsandr Denisov.
A quick all in from Denisenko had Denisov thinking about it but he let it go after a minute had passed.
10-22-2017 18:35 UTC+3
Vadim Lipovka opened for 170,000 from his short stack but let his hand go when Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy three-bet him to 470,000.
Player
Chips
Progress
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy
4,200,000
1,600,000
1,600,000
Vadim Lipovka
1,100,000
-1,100,000
-1,100,000
10-22-2017 18:39 UTC+3
There are still nine players in with an average stack of just under 30 big blinds.
They will go on a one hour dinner break at the end of this level and if all stays the same will come back to an average stack of 23 BBS.
10-22-2017 18:51 UTC+3
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy has been bullying the table with a lot of all-ins recently and he did the same from the small blind to Kirill Denisenko in the big blind who called.
Merzhvinskiy:
The board ran out
A big dent in Merzhvinskiy’s shoving stack .
Player
Chips
Progress
Kirill Denisenko
3,500,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy
2,800,000
-1,400,000
-1,400,000
10-22-2017 18:54 UTC+3
The nine remain and have gone on a one hour dinner break.
10-22-2017 19:49 UTC+3
First hand after the break it folded to Andrey Kotelnikov who shoved for 540,000 and big blind Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy gave him a bit of a speech before calling.
Kotelnikov:
Lots of Choppertunities but a board of
Player
Chips
Progress
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy
1,800,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000
Andrey Kotelnikov
1,200,000
-1,100,000
-1,100,000
10-22-2017 20:02 UTC+3
Vadim Lipovka moved all in for 580,000 and got a call from Alexander Shlyakhov.
Valentin Zolotilov then went all in and after a lot of thought Shlyakhov folded.
Lipovka:
The board ran out
Lipovka was out and the official final table of eight was set.
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and they both checked. The turn was the 
and following a check from Kotelnikov a 450,000 bet from Myshkin took the pot.
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saw Kotelnikov make a pair to double up.
