Garegin Mkrtchyan dropped some chips earlier to Azamat Tyazhgov and did so again when he called a bet of 4,200 on the river as Tyazhgov tabled for a full house to claim the pot.
The cards of Rustam Latypov were already in the muck and the dealer announced the seat open while Arutyun Minosyants dragged in the pot. His for a full house on an eight-high board were still showing and he more than doubled the stack since taking a seat.
There are 310 players out of 329 entries remaining and they have been sent into their first 20-minute break of the day. There will be another 20-minute break after each two-hour session except for a 60-minute dinner break at the end of level six.
A four-bet pot between Evgeniy Bykov and Andrey Ivlev created a pot of 6,000 to the flop and Bykov checked, as did Ivlev. No betting action followed on the turn and river, and Bykov's won the pot.
There are now eight tables in play in the secondary room and some of the new notables that appeared there were Artur Martirosyan, Dmitriy Ponomarev, EPT Sochi champion Arsenii Karmatckii and Vlada Stojanovic.
Igor Paczek jumped back above the starting stack when he won a three-bet pot against Sergey Menshov. Paczek continued for 2,400 on the flop and was called, the turn was checked. A bet of 5,000 by Paczek on the river forced a fold.
Quang Nguyen bet the river for 5,000 with some chips behind and Ekaterina Fedyaeva moved all in. Nguyen reluctantly called and was shown the for a full house. He was going to muck his cards but as per all in showdown rule the were exposed.