Igor Ovcharenko, who's stacks aren't as neatly organized as we wished they were, but sure has an impressive stack, opened for 8,000 from middle position. Oleksandr Zlotnik on the button pushed all in for about 50,000, and Ovcharenko made the call.
Before the flop, the battle wasn't that uneven with for Ovcharenko, and for Zlotnik. The massively favored Zlotnik though, making his chances to double up enormous. Ovcharenko did have some back doors, and the on the turn was everything but a blank.
The on the river made Ovcharenko's straight, and Zlotnik could do nothing but shrug and leave the table.
It looks like this is Maksym Panyak's day. Everything is going according to plan it seems, he's tearing it up here in Cyprus. Without us witnessing huge pots, Panyak is slowly but steadily growing his stack.
Just now we saw him win another small one. On we saw Ivan Sheptytskyi check call a 9,000 bet. The turn was the and Sheptytskyi checked again. Panyak bet out 19,500 and Sheptytskyi folded.
Just to show he's running good, Panyak showed the while raking in the chips. Panyak is the chip leader of the tournament by a mile, he has well over 1.1 million in chips. With a total of 9.9 million in play, he already has final table average.
On a board we witnessed a check from Nurlan Boobekov in the small blind. Next door neighbor Mustafa Biz in the big blind bet out 32,500 and the decision was on Boobekov, the Aussie.
Boobekov thought for a long time, and at one point the floor gave the one minute warning. Ten seconds later Boobekov made the call. Biz immediately mucked, apparently he didn't have much of a hand. Boobekov made a small fist pump and mucked as well.
The last level of the day has just started. With blinds at 2,500 and 5,000, and 42 players still active in the tournament, the average stack is now 47 big blinds (236,400).
Artem Petrichenko opened from middle position to 11,000, and Lion Carinthian in the small blind and Krill Radizvanov in the big blind made the call.
All three of them checked on and the hit the turn. Carinthian checked again, but Radizvanov bet out 22,000. Petrichenko made the call, the big blind folded.
The on the river paired the board and Radizvanov bet out 43,000. Petrichenko tossed in the only two 25,000 chips he had, looking like he expected to get them returned soon. He wouldn't, as Radizvanov tabled for the full house. Petrichenko mucked with a look of despair.
Dmitriy Grishin opened for 11,500 from the hijack, and his neighbor Artem Petrichenko in the cutoff shoved all in for 65,500. The button and both blinds folded, but Grishin made the call after informing himself how much it was.
Dmitriy Grishin:
Artem Petrichenko:
Petrichenko had a slight advantage, but it wouldn't be enough eventually: . Grishin rivered a flush and knocked out Petrichenko.
On a board we saw Turker Baloglu bet out 16,000 from the big blind. His opponent, the Russian player on the button, shoved all in and the decision was on Baloglu who had 52,000 behind. We came over at this point as the dealer asked a floor to put the clock on Baloglu after a different Russian player asked for it.
"It hasn't even been one minute, try to be a gentleman!" said Baloglu irritated, "I guess these guys are friends or something, it hasn't even been one minute"
Baloglu did get the one minute warning from the floor after he consulted with the dealer. Baloglu eventually made the call, slamming on the table. It wouldn't be enough, as his opponent tabled for the nuts.
Baloglu said "Nice hand" and wished the rest of the table good luck. Just for the person who had asked for the time he had a different message; "The next time we play, as soon as you speak one word of Russian I'll call the floor! Be a gentleman!" Baloglu said straight to his face.
The tournament has finished for the day. We'll report back to you later tonight with the chip counts of the remaining 34 players, and the seat draw for tomorrow.
for Ovcharenko, and 
for Zlotnik. The 
massively favored Zlotnik though, making his chances to double up enormous. Ovcharenko did have some back doors, and the 
on the turn was everything but a blank.
on the river made Ovcharenko's straight, and Zlotnik could do nothing but shrug and leave the table.
we saw Ivan Sheptytskyi check call a 9,000 bet. The turn was the 
and Sheptytskyi checked again. Panyak bet out 19,500 and Sheptytskyi folded.
while raking in the chips. Panyak is the chip leader of the tournament by a mile, he has well over 1.1 million in chips. With a total of 9.9 million in play, he already has final table average.
board we witnessed a check from Nurlan Boobekov in the small blind. Next door neighbor Mustafa Biz in the big blind bet out 32,500 and the decision was on Boobekov, the Aussie.
hit the turn. Carinthian checked again, but Radizvanov bet out 22,000. Petrichenko made the call, the big blind folded.
on the river paired the board and Radizvanov bet out 43,000. Petrichenko tossed in the only two 25,000 chips he had, looking like he expected to get them returned soon. He wouldn't, as Radizvanov tabled 
for the full house. Petrichenko mucked with a look of despair.
board we saw Turker Baloglu bet out 16,000 from the big blind. His opponent, the Russian player on the button, shoved all in and the decision was on Baloglu who had 52,000 behind. We came over at this point as the dealer asked a floor to put the clock on Baloglu after a different Russian player asked for it.
