From early position, Andrei Cherkashin shoved for 100,000, and Nikolay Baryshnikov on the button was the only one to call.
Andrei Cherkashin: 8♥8♠
Nikolay Baryshnikov: K♣10♣
A ten came directly on the flop 3♥10♦2♣ to give a pair to Baryshnikov, who eliminated Cherkashin after the turn 5♣ and the river 3♥.
Bogdan Berinde opened in late position to 40,000 and got called in the big blind by Victoria Livschitz.
The J♠5♥10♦ flop was checked over to Berinde who continued for 30,000. Livschitz called.
The 2♥ landed on the turn and Livschitz checked again. Berinde sized up to 65,000 and action was back on Livschitz, who went into the tank. After about a minute she announced she was all in and Berinde snap-called.
Victoria Livschitz: 10♣2♣
Bogdan Berinde: A♦A♣
It appeared that Berinde's aces had been cooled off until the dealer burned and turned the A♥ river. Berinde scooped a pile of chips and Livschitz hit the rail after being on the wrong side of a cold deck.
Recent EPT Barcelona champion Simon Wiciak, who happens to be seated right next to 2022 EPT London champ Ian Hamilton, opened to 40,000 from the hijack and David Kaufmann defended out of the big blind.
Kaufmann checked on the flop of 9♠5♣K♣ and Wiciak continued for 50,000. Kaufmann didn't want to tangle with the recent EPT champion and laid it down.
Ihor Kaliahin moved all in for 120,000 and Timur Kurbanov called.
Ihor Kaliahin: A♥10♥
Timur Kurbanov: Q♣Q♥
The board ran out J♣9♣K♥9♥5♦ and Kurbanov's queens stayed in front to send Kaliahin to the rail.
At the same time at another table, Brandon Leetz was pushing all in for 410,000 from the hijack and Rui Bouquet called in the big blind.
Brandon Leetz: A♠K♦
Rui Bouquet: 10♣10♥
Leetz took the lead on the K♠6♦A♦ flop with two pair, and the 3♦ turn and 3♣ river sealed his double up.
According to the table, Leetz was down to just five big blinds last level, but moved up near 1,000,000 with that double up.
Quan Zhou is seated at Kurbanov's table and has increased his stack past 1,000,000.
On Table 14, Dmitrii Levin and Jovan Kenjic in the blinds both flipped their cards preflop, with Levin at risk for 85,000 chips.
Dmitrii Levin: 4♣4♥
Jovan Kenjic: A♣Q♠
On 6♦7♦K♥9♦3♣, Levin won the flip to double up.
The action was opened under the gun when Metin Yalciner moved all in for his last 150,000. It folded to Abulmuhsin Aydin in middle position who moved all in and the rest of the players folded.
Metin Yalciner: J♣J♥
Abulmuhsin Aydin: A♠K♠
The Q♦K♦J♠3♣A♥ runout gave Aydin top two but it would not be enough to take out the middle set of Yalciner, who earned the pure double.
Three-handed on a flop of 5♦6♣3♥, Mircea Flutur bet 25,000 from the cutoff and Aksel Aygun and Sergei Petrushevskii both called in the blinds.
All three players checked the K♦ turn before Aygun led out for 100,000 on the 8♥ river.
Petrushevskii gave it some thought before mucking, but Flutur quickly called. Aygun turned over 8♣5♣ for two pair on the river and Flutur mucked.
An all-in and call situation occurred between Ihor Kaliahin and Quan Zhou both in the blinds, with Kaliahin being at risk for approximately 210,000 chips.
Ihor Kaliahin: A♥10♣
Quan Zhou: A♣10♦
As both players had the same hand, they split on A♠K♥9♠6♣A♦.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
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