Three-ways to the 
turn, Anton Komarov checked and Mikhail Badalyan made it 1,000 to go which only Vivien Nagy on the button called. The 
came on the river and Badalyan made it another 2,000 to go, Nagy called and mucked when she was shown the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
31,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
With the completed board showing 
, Irina Gorkaya made it 4,000 to go and Dmitriy Selivanov raised to 15,000. Goryaka quickly called and was shown 
for the nut flush by Selivanov, she mucked 
for a flopped set of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Among the first three players to bust was Artur Osipov, while several notables joined the growing field such as Garik Tamasyan, Alisa Sibgatova and Vsevolod Nikolaev.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Konstantin Puchkov has been spotted in the field and he was just involved in three-way action as the initial raiser from early position. The turn showed 
and the action checked to Ali Ferenix on the button, who made it 1,900 to go. Only Sergey Orekhov called and the 
river was checked.
Orekhov tabled the 
for trips nines and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
The ballroom features 32 tables and the new poker room has also just added tables to the mix as the field keeps growing in the second level of the day.
Among those seated there are Tobias Peters, Leonid Semenyuk, Afshin Afsharorumieh, and Viktor Shegay. Afsharorumieh already more than doubled his stack and Shegay claimed a pot against Igor Paczek.
Paczek opened to 300 and called Shegay's three-bet to 1,000. Shegay continued for 1,500 on the 
flop and was called before a second barrel worth 2,500 on the 
turn won the pot right there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Almost one dozen players have been eliminated and Ruslan Khasansin re-entered only to bust exactly one hour after his first casualty to become the first player out on two bullets for Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Ruslan Mityaev is one of the more decorated players in the field and has already been able to build a decent profit on Day 1a. Just now he won a pot against Isa Suleimanov with sheer force when he bet the turn and river of a board 
.
Suleimanov check-called the first bet for 1,700 and check-folded to another barrel of 2,800.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
29,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
