Sam Grafton called from the small blind and Markkos Ladev raised to 8,500 from the big blind. Grafton made the call.
Both players checked the A♠3♣4♦ flop for the K♣ to come on the turn. Grafton led out for 5,500 and Ladev called.
The J♥ dropped on the river and Grafton bet 11,000. Ladev raised to 75,000 and got a quick fold from Grafton.
The action was picked up with the board showing 7♠10♣9♦5♠. Markkos Ladev checked from the small blind and Steve O'Dwyer bet 27,500 out of the big blind. Sergey Lebedev called from under the gun and Ladev folded.
The A♥ fell on the river and O'Dwyer fired out a big bet of 170,000. Lebedev went through a time extension before choosing to fold his cards and surrender the pot to O'Dwyer.
Paulius Plausinaitis raised to 6,000 and Nikita Kuznetsov called. The flop came Q♣7♦4♠ and Plausinaitis continued for 4,000. Kuznetsov called.
The pair checked the 9♣ turn and the A♥ completed the board. Plausinaitis checked and Kuznetsov bet 22,000.
Plausinaitis check-called but mucked when shown the A♠J♠ from his opponent.
Steve O'Dwyer opened to 6,000 from the cutoff with Sergey Lebedev calling on the button and Pavel Plesuv defending his big blind.
The action checked to Lebedev on the 3♠5♦7♥ flop and he bet 7,000. Plesuv folded, but O'Dwyer called.
The 2♥ dropped on the turn and O'Dwyer check-folded to a bet of 25,000 from Lebedev.
Igor Yaroshevskyy raised to 5,500 and got a call from Niklas Astedt. The Q♠10♦9♥ flop saw Astedt check-call 6,000 from Yaroshevskyy and the turn was the 2♥
Astedt check-called 27,000 and the pair both checked the 8♦ river.
Astedt tabled K♥10♥ but Yaroshevskky had flopped top pair with A♠Q♦ and won the pot.
With the flop showing 7♦6♦2♥, Viacheslav Buldygin checked from the small blind and faced a bet of 7,000 by Markkos Ladev from under the gun. Buldygin called.
The two players checked the 2♠ turn for the K♠ to appear on the river. Buldygin led out for 8,000 and was met by a raise to 36,000 by Ladev. Buldygin quickly called and was shown A♣Q♦ by Ladev for just ace-high. Buldygin had that beat with K♦Q♣ for a rivered pair of kings.
Four players put in 5,500 pre-flop and saw a flop of J♠4♠3♣. The flop checked around and Pavel Plesuv bet 8,500 on the 6♦ turn. Viacheslav Buldygin called with Sam Grafton folding and Steve O'Dwyer calling.
The river was the 3♦ and Plesuv bet 41,000. He got two quick folds and took down the pot.
Espen Jorstad shoved for 18,000 from the cutoff and Igor Yaroshevskyy called on the button before Maksim Vaskresenski three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind. Yaroshevskyy called.
With Jorstad all-in, Vaskresenski bet 25,000 on the 2♦4♥4♣ flop. Yaroshevskyy called again.
The 10♣ came on the turn and Vaskresenski put out another bet, this time for 75,000. Yaroshevskyy thought it over briefly before sliding in the call.
After the 6♣ came on the river, Vaskresenski shoved for 128,500. Yaroshevskyy had slightly more chips than Vaskresenski, and after burning through three of his time extensions, opted to fold his hand.
Espen Jorstad: A♣9♠ 
Maksim Vaskresenski: A♦K♠
Vaskresenski only had ace-high, but his king-kicker was better than Jorstad's nine-kicker, which meant Vaskresenski dragged in the pot and Jorstad was out.
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Ante: 2,500
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