In a battle of the blinds, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya was all in from the big blind with the 
and Dmitry Ponomarev called with 
in the small blind.
The 
board gave Skhulukhiya trips tens on the flop to double for 330,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000 | 330,000 |
|
200,000 | -400,000 |
Roman Novoselov had bet an ace-high flop and for 45,000 and folded to the shove of Svetlana Sokolova, who flipped over for top pair.
Shortly after both met again and it would be Novoselov at risk when they got it in before the flop.
Roman Novoselov: 
Svetlana Sokolova: 
The board came 
and that spelled the end for Novoselov in 31st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,330,000 | 530,000 |
|
Busted |
Yi Ye won a bigger pot off Nikita Kuznetsov when his bet of 270,000 on the 
river was called by Kuznetsov, who mucked after being shown for a turned set.
Mikhail Zamyatin then called the open-shove of Vladimir Dmitriev for 293,000 with 
and came up second-best to 
on a 
board.
However, Zamyatin bounced back and claimed the remaining chips of Kuznetsov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,750,000 | 950,000 |
|
1,400,000 | 660,000 |
|
650,000 | 192,000 |
|
Busted |
Aleksey Badulin pushed for around 280,000 and Lidiya Kozenkova made the call to create the following showdown.
Aleksey Badulin: 
Lidiya Kozenkova:
On a 
board, Badulin found no help and had to settle for 32nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000 | 500,000 |
|
Busted |
Anatolii Zyrin pushed for just 183,000 from under the gun and was called by Thom Greben in the big blind.
Zyrin was in trouble with the as Greben flipped over . However, the 
board gave the 2019 WSOP bracelet winner a pair of queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000 | -130,000 |
|
400,000 | 74,000 |
Egor Sukhov was unable to beat the of Vage Melikyan on a board of 
and had to fork over 209,000 to the other side of the table.
Aleksandr Sokolov also doubled after he flopped a flush against Giorgiy Skhulukhiya, holding the on the 
flop. Skhulukhiya held for the overpair and the turn and 
river brought no upset.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | 180,000 |
|
550,000 | -105,000 |
|
450,000 | 234,000 |
|
|
350,000 | -480,000 |
Thom Greben defended out of the small blind against the raise of Aleksey Istomin from under the gun and check-called a bet of 55,000 on the 
flop.On the turn, Greben checked and folded when facing a bet of 115,000.
Right after, Greben got the chips back with change on top when scooping a pot against Pavel Vershinin in a battle button versus cutoff by betting the 
turn for 160,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000 | |
|
750,000 | 67,000 |
|
650,000 | 17,000 |
Lidiya Kozenkova raised the button and folded pocket sevens face up when Aleksandr Sokolov and Vyacheslav Goryachev in the big blind both moved all in.
Aleksandr Sokolov:
Vyacheslav Goryachev: 
The 
flop was great for Sokolov as he needed to avoid running jacks or aces only. Neither the turn nor the river brought a miracle, Kozenkova would have made a straight though.
Goryachev had some four big blinds left after the hand and busted moments later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000 | |
|
|
620,000 | 343,000 |
|
Busted |
Artem Metelskiy never managed to recover from the major setback and hovered around 100,000 for some time. In the new level that became five big blinds and his shove from under the gun was called by Dmitriy Kopyl.
Artem Metelskiy:
Dmitriy Kopyl:
The 
board kept jack-high in the lead and that spelled the end for Metelskiy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000 | 350,000 |
|
Busted |
Artur Osipov had been playing with fire and sheer aggression throughout the event so far and kept true to that on Day 3 as well. It vaulted him to more than 1.3 million but all that came to a crushing end just now in a massive pot against Natalia Panchenko and Dmitry Ponomarov.
Panchenko had raised to 35,000 in the last level and was called by Osipov in the cutoff and Ponomarov three-bet the small blind to80,000, both called. Ponomarov led the 
flop for 110,000 and picked up two calls. The turn was checked and Ponomarov check-folded to a bet of Pamnchenko for 225,000 and the shove of Osipov on the 
river.
Panchenko called after some consideration and Osipov only had 
for a pair of sixes, Panchenko tabled for rivered two pair to scoop the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,500,000 | 1,100,000 |
|
Busted |
