Cristinel Dumitru opened from under the gun to 800. Action folded around to Anatoly Korochenskiy who called in the small blind and Dmitry Zakharov defended the big blind.
Both blinds checked the 3♠6♠Q♣ flop to Dumitru who bet 1,700. Korochenskiy folded before Zakharov check-raised to 4,200. Dumitru took a moment before folding.
Stefan Nemetz raised to 700 from under the gun, Nenad Dukic three-bet to 2,300 from the cutoff and Nemetz called.
The 3♠Q♠3♣ flop saw Nemetz check-call a bet of 1,600 from Dukic.
The 7♠ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Dukic sized up to 3,800.
The K♥ river invited a check from Nemetz. Dukic tanked before moving all in for Nemetz's effective stack of 19,500. Nemetz made the call.
Stefan Nemetz: A♣A♥ 
Nenad Dukic: K♠9♠
Dukic turned a flush to crack Nemetz's aces, sending him to the rail.
Farhad Mohajerani opened to 600 from middle position. Damir Gabdullin called in the hijack and Ognyan Dimov called on the button.
Mohajerani led the 3♣10♥Q♦ flop for 1,000. Both Gadullin and Dimov called. Mohajerani led for 4,000 on the 2♦ and both players called again. He then checked the K♦ river and Gabdullin moved all in. Dimov folded quickly but Mohajerani was reluctant to release his cards. He eventually did, leaving Gabdullin with the pot.
Atilla Saracoglu raised from under the gun and picked up two callers before Damir Gabdullin three-bet to 3,600 from the big blind. Saracoglu was the only caller and action went to the flop.
The flop came 8♠4♠8♣ and Gabdullin continued for 3,000. Saracoglu raised it up to 9,500 and Gabdullin called. The turn was the 10♠ and Gabdullin opted to check. Saracoglu made a bet of 13,100 and Gabdullin folded to give him a significant pot.
With a cutoff raise from Mekan Yusupov and a button three-bet from Jinlong Hu, 5,600 went into the middle before the J♣K♠9♦ flop. Yusupov checked and then called a bet of 1,800 from Hu.
The A♥ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Hu sized up to 6,100.
The 7♣ river prompted a third check from Yusupov. Hu moved all in for Yusupov's effective stack of 14,500 and Yusupov was forced to fold.
Abraham Van Huyssteen called for 300 in the cutoff. Xiaosheng Zheng called in the small blind and Andrei Sediakin checked his option in the big blind.
The J♣Q♦10♥ flop was checked to Van Huyssteen who bet 600. Zheng called and Sediakin folded. Zheng checked again on the 9♣ turn before Van Huyssteen bet 1,200. Zheng folded and Van Huyssteen tabled the 8♥ for a queen-high straight.
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The pot stood at round 6,000 with two players looking at a flop of 9♦6♠2♥.
Razvan Nicolae Sabau, in the small blind, bet out 4,700. Aliakesi Chernak, in the big blind, called.
The J♥ turn checked through to the 5♠ river. Sabau bet out 18,000, leaving himself around 5,700 behind the line. Chernak put him all in and Sabau called.
Razvan Nicolae Sabau: Q♣Q♥
Aliakesi Chernak: J♠J♦
Chernak had peeled a set on the turn to pull ahead, ultimately sending Sabau to the rail.
Adrian Cazacu had already lost most of his stack when he moved all in from the small blind for around 6,000 against Alexandr Khvan, who put him at risk from the button as players flipped their cards.
Adrian Cazacu: 8♠7♠
Alexandr Khvan: K♣K♥
The board ran out 6♦8♣9♠A♦2♣ and Khvan held with his pocket kings to win the pot, sending Cazacu to the exit.
Rajendara Dhar raised to 600 from the hijack, Andrey Andreev called on the button and Anatoly Shteyn, in the big blind, squeezed to 2,800. Dhar folded and Andreev called.
The 3♥Q♥5♠ flop saw Shteyn slow down, check-calling a bet of 6,000 from Andreev.
The J♣ turn checked through to the 6♣ on the river. Shteyn checked again and Andreev moved all in for 13,800. Shteyn called.
Andrey Andreev: 7♦4♦
Anatoly Shteyn: Q♣Q♠
Andreev rivered a straight to crack Shteyn's set of queens.
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