As we approached table 13 we saw Pavel Logozinskii check call an 8,100 bet from Maksym Panyak on board.
The river came the and Logozinskii checked again. Panyak bet out small, 10,200 this time. This was too good a bargain for Logozinskii who tossed in the chips.
"We had a three way all in," said Sevket Yildiz with a big smile, "why don't you write about that?"
Well, we weren't there to see it, but now we know. Yildiz made the nuts with suited, but unfortunately for him someone else had as well. They did divide the third involved players' money though,so they got a little out of it.
"The adrenaline, king on the river!" Yildiz smiled. We'll keep an eye on him at table eight from now on, he's doing well with over 135,000 in chips at the moment.
The clock reads 20 more minutes before the third level of the day is done for, and registration is closed. Sergey Rybachenko has just been eliminated and re entered for what is most likely his last shot at the title. If you buy in now, you get 30,000 chips (almost 19 big blinds).
The total of entries has grown to 325, of which 105 remain. The total prize pool is $425,588 at the moment.
Salim Al Fakih shoved all in from under the gun for 18,600 total. After some hefty thinking, Alexander Syuldin on the button made the call. Both blinds folded and it was time to put the cards on their backs.
Salim Al Fakih:
Alexander Syuldin:
Things didn't improve for Al Fakih on the flop (), but the on the turn changed everything around. All of the sudden it was Syuldin who was in dire need of an eight. The didn't supply one, and Al Fakih doubled.
After level 15 (around 7:40 p.m.) there will be a 50 minute dinner break today. After that dinner break, two more levels will be played. That means the day will be finished around 10:30 p.m. The $3,000 High Roller, which started yesterday after the Main Event ended, is delayed a bit and will start right after the Main Event ends today.
Jorn Walthaus has bought back into the Main Event and is entry number 330 for this event. With just 4 minutes on the clock before the level ends, he's just in time for one more try to spin it up.
It's not just up, up, up for Oleksii Khoroshenin, he is able to lose some pots.
Just now we saw him open for 3,200 from middle position. Igor Izmaylov in the small blind was the only caller.
Both players checked the flop and turn. The fell on the river and Izmaylov bet out 5,000. Khoroshenin tossed in a blue 5,000 chip, but wouldn't get it back. Izmaylov showed and Khoroshenin mucked while exposing the .
Kassis Said has been on a tear so far today, knocking out players left and right. Just now he made another victim.
Said opened for 4,000 from the cutoff. The small blind pushed his 16,000 stack forward, and after the big blind folded, Said made the call.
Said showed and had to take on . The board run out made things a little exciting, but in the end it didn't harm Said who now has well over 330,000 in chips.
Charalambos Charalami is having a good day as well, as he just busted another player. In a buttuon versus small blind, the two of them got their stacks in with and . Charalami (button) saw his opponent flop a king, but Charalami made a flush in the end to knock a player out.