A massive and entertaining hand just went down, one that will no doubt be hard to top here at the final table.
It began when action folded to a short-stacked Fady Kamar in the hijack and he moved all in for roughly 170,000. Dmitry Yurasov, who was next to act in the cutoff, put in a call, and then Vitaly Lunkin moved all in over the top for right around 820,000 from the button. The blinds both folded and Yurasov made the call.
Yurasov:
Lunkin:
Famar:
The flop delivered Yurasov a king, and he was on the verge of eliminating two opponents and becoming a massive chip leader. The turn gave both Famar and Lunkin straight draws, but as it was they held some of the other's outs. As such, both were on their feet preparing to make their exit when the slammed down on the river.
"Straight," an elated Lunkin said. Indeed, the jack on the river gave him a winning straight. Yurasov seemed shell shocked, while Kamar took his leave from the tournament in eighth place for €48,050.
Dmitry Yurasov opened the pot for 40,000 and got called by Anatoly Filatov in the small blind and Oleh Okhotskyi in the big blind.
on the flop.
All three players checked the flop and saw a turn card . Filatov now led for 60,000 got called by Okhotskyi and Yurasov folded. The river was the and Filatov now bet 175,000. It didn’t take too long for Okhotskyi to make the call but he mucked his cards when Filatov turned over for the flopped straight.
A short-stacked Oleh Okhotskyi moved all in for 218,000 from early position and Dmitry Yurasov asked for a count before calling from the button. Both blinds folded and the cards were turned on their backs.
Okhotskyi:
Yurasov:
Okhotskyi had patiently waited for a hand, and he was rewarded as the board ran out a dry . Okhotskyi gave a little fist pumped before sitting down to twice as many chips as he had moments before.
After a fairly quiet first level for Fabrice Soulier he came to life in a couple of recent hands.
Vitaly Lunkin opened for 50,000 and was called by Benny Spindler and Oleh Okhotskyi who had the button. Rasmus Agerskov folded the small blind and Fabrice Soulier took a few moments to decide on his move. He raised it to 212,000 and meeting no resistance saw the pot pushed his way.
Two hands later Lunkin again opened for 50,000 and it folded to Soulier who now had the button and raised to 112,000. The blinds folded and Lunkin popped it up to 227,000. Soulier had a quick think and moved al in. The red triangle was in front of him and Lunkin gave him a brief stare down before folding his hand.
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Benny Spindler opened for 48,000 from early position and received calls from Fabrice Soulier and Dmitry Yurasov in the small and big blinds respectively. When the flop came down , Two checks out action on Spindler and he bet 70,000. Both Soulier and Yurasov folded and Spindler took down the small pot.
Dmitry Yurasov opened from the button for a bet of 50,000 and when Vitaly Lunkin folded the small blind Benny Spindler opted to three-bet the open to 140,000.
Yurasov responded with a four-bet to 295,000 but Spindler wasn’t done yet. He thought for a short while before sliding out a bet of 450,000. Yurasov quickly announced all in but almost before the all in triangle could reach him Spindler mucked his cards.
These two very aggressive players showing yet again they are not afraid to go to war in the battle to win this High Roller.
In the last hand before the break, Oleh Okhotskyi, who had dwindled down to just 125,000, moved all in under the gun and Dmitry Yurasov called from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded, and the cards were turned up.
Yurasov:
Okhotskyi:
Once again Yurasov was looking for an ace to eliminate Okhotskyi, and once again he'd come up empty as the board ran out .
flop delivered Yurasov a king, and he was on the verge of eliminating two opponents and becoming a massive chip leader. The 
turn gave both Famar and Lunkin straight draws, but as it was they held some of the other's outs. As such, both were on their feet preparing to make their exit when the 
slammed down on the river.
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on the flop.
. Filatov now led for 60,000 got called by Okhotskyi and Yurasov folded. The river was the 
and Filatov now bet 175,000. It didn’t take too long for Okhotskyi to make the call but he mucked his cards when Filatov turned over 
. Okhotskyi gave a little fist pumped before sitting down to twice as many chips as he had moments before.
