Vivian Saliba was spotted outside of the tournament area and confirmed that she was no longer in contention. According to Saliba, who was last spotted with around 70,000, she got it in with pocket aces against the pocket kings of Ilias Hadzhyiakhiaiev and was unable to hold up with the superior starting hand.
The table of Maksym Lavrov was five-handed and in need of players as the Ukrainian and table neighbor Evgeniy Shibaldin hold almost a million in chips combined. According to Lavrov, he sent two players to the rail in a three-bet pot for 20,000 each. All went in after a flop and it was Anton Badulin that had bet 35,000 in the small blind. Lavrov pushed with jacks, a short stack called it off with for trops and Lavrov spiked a two-outer on the river.
Rustam Eshmurodau pushed out of the small blind for just over 50,000 and Eduard Barsegyan made the call with . Eshmurodau
was ahead with but the board gave Barsegyan trips sixes.
The first two 60-minute levels for the day are completed and the field size has increased to 503 entries in total, of which 188 players remain. They have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Michael Mizrachi started the day above the average but has since already been eliminated twice. He may however still buy back in as the registration remains open until the end of level 14 and following 45-minute dinner break. The big stack in Mizrachi's second table of the day is Valeriy Avanesyan.
Viktor Shegay bet a flop for 8,000 from early position and Konstantin Lichagin made the call from the cutoff. On the turn, Shegay check-called a bet and then led the river for 35,000. Lichagin snap-called and was shown the , which he had beat with .
Yunus Tuguz, Stepan Mikhno and Rustam Khamatgareev can also be found on the same table as well.
flop and it was Anton Badulin that had bet 35,000 in the small blind. Lavrov pushed with jacks, a short stack called it off with 
. Eshmurodau 
but the 
board gave Barsegyan trips sixes.
to avoid a trip to the registration desk.
turn, Shegay check-called a bet and then led the 
river for 35,000. Lichagin snap-called and was shown the 
