The only lady entering this event, Nataliya Iakovleva, has just been eliminated from the tournament. She got the chips in before the flop with , and she was up against the of Oleksandr Zlotnik and of Igor Ovcharenko.
The on the flop was about as good as it could get for Iakovleva, without hitting something. After the flop she had a 74,31% chance of winning the hand, while both her opponents had just a 25,69% chance of chopping it. She needed any heart, jack, ten, or queen for the win, or running kings or runner runner king and queen for the split pot.
After the hit the turn, she only had 19,05% chance to out right win the pot left, while she had a 9,52% chance of chopping it.
The on the river was a blank though, resulting in an elimination for Iakovleva and a chop for both other players. Ovcharenko is doing very well for himself, he's playing over 440,000 in chips.
Over on table seven we saw Andrei Nikonov bet out 5,000 on , and Alexander Kostylev on the button raised it up to 15,000. Nikonov squeezed his eyes a bit, thought about it, and made the call.
Both players continued to check the on the turn, and the dealer delivered the as river. Nikonov now bet out 17,000 and Kostylev instantly called.
Nikonov tabled , showing he missed his open ended straight draw. Kostylev proudly showed his , and took it down.
We spotted Christos Leantzis on the rail, talking to someone after he had just been eliminated. The dealer called the floor over to indicate a player had been eliminated, and we walked over to the Cypriot while someone at the table was still stacking his newly found chips.
Leantzis told us that someone under the gun had opened, and that he had shoved with pocket tens. When it was time for a showdown, Leantzis turned out to be in a race situation. His tens were up against .
Leantzis smiled while he told us his opponent hit an ace and king on the flop. Bad luck for Lantzis, the number ten on the Cyprus all time money list.
Pavel Logozinskii got it in drawing dead on a board. He was seated under the gun plus one and got check raised by Igor Ovcharenko. Logozinskii pushed all in, and the call followed.
Logozinskii had and was up against Ovcharenko's . The river couldn't change a thing and the tournament lost a strong player in Pavel Logozinskii.
Oleksii Khoroshenin opened for 8,000 from early position, and Torbey Jaque made the call from the cutoff. Kassis Said made it 18,000 from the button, and both blinds quickly folded. Khoroshenin made the call, Jaque folded.
"Position!" laughed Said from the button. Khoroshenin laughed.
Both players checked the entire board. "You have tens?" asked Khoroshenin as he showed his pocket threes. It wasn't tens though, but something very similar. Said tabled and took it down.
Sergii Minaiev bet 9,000 from the small blind on a board and Turker Baloglu, with his headphones on the side of his head, made the call from the under the gun postion.
The fell on the turn and Minaiev bet out 15,000. Again Baloglu made the call.
The completed the board. Minaiev hesitated for a bit, and eventually checked. Baloglu thought about it; "I'm gonna look stupid", he said after some time, eventually checking behind.
Minaiev showed for absolutely nothing. Baloglu opened and repeated "Now I look stupid!"
Bjoeern Weisler, the German seated in seat two, added "Just because of those Mickey Mouse ears" with a big smile. Baloglu laughed it off and continued to stack his new found chips.
The likeable Halid Titaev has just been eliminated from the tournament. From the under the gun position, he eventually got his stack all in against Ivan Sheptytskyi who was seated in the big blind.
We're unsure of the exact action leading up to the clash, but we did see the outcome. Sheptytskyi had the better hand with while Titaev had .
For a second we just saw the on the flop, but it was accompanied by an and the . The on the turn and on the river didn't help Titaev who left the tournament area not long after.
, and she was up against the 
of Oleksandr Zlotnik and 
of Igor Ovcharenko.
on the flop was about as good as it could get for Iakovleva, without hitting something. After the flop she had a 74,31% chance of winning the hand, while both her opponents had just a 25,69% chance of chopping it. She needed any heart, jack, ten, or queen for the win, or running kings or runner runner king and queen for the split pot.
hit the turn, she only had 19,05% chance to out right win the pot left, while she had a 9,52% chance of chopping it.
on the river was a blank though, resulting in an elimination for Iakovleva and a chop for both other players. Ovcharenko is doing very well for himself, he's playing over 440,000 in chips.
, and Alexander Kostylev on the button raised it up to 15,000. Nikonov squeezed his eyes a bit, thought about it, and made the call.
on the turn, and the dealer delivered the 
as river. Nikonov now bet out 17,000 and Kostylev instantly called.
, and took it down.
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board. He was seated under the gun plus one and got check raised by Igor Ovcharenko. Logozinskii pushed all in, and the call followed.
and was up against Ovcharenko's 
. The river couldn't change a thing and the tournament lost a strong player in Pavel Logozinskii.
board and Turker Baloglu, with his headphones on the side of his head, made the call from the under the gun postion.
fell on the turn and Minaiev bet out 15,000. Again Baloglu made the call.
on the turn and 
