The board read with around 160,000 in the middle already.
Shaul Meir had bet 101,000 from middle position and Timur Khamidullin was in the tank. After a while, Khamidullin decided to make the call but then mucked when he saw Meir held for the rivered trip deuces.
Timur Khamidullin raised to 16,000 from the hijack and Maxim Lykov shoved from the small blind. Khamidullin asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Lykov had 177,000 behind. Khamidullin made the call for the cards to go on their backs.
Maxim Lykov:
Timur Khamidullin:
The board ran out for Lykov to not get any help of the board as he was sent to the rail.
Kenny Hallaert was down to his last 40,000 about an hour ago but has made a comeback and is playing a stack of almost a million now.
Vlad Darie is the first player to break the two million mark and was kind enough to tell the live reporting team what had happened:
Darie raised from under the gun to 18,000 in the previous level and was called by the player in the cutoff. The player on the button three-bet to 76,000 and action folded back to Darie who four-bet to 188,000. The cutoff player folded and the button called.
The flop came rainbow on which they both checked.
The turn was an , Darie continued with a bet of 115,000 which his opponent called.
The river completed the board with another to pair the board up. Darie now put his opponent all-in for his last 350,000 or so and his opponent called with for the full house, jacks over fours. Darie had him beat though as he held for the higher full house.
Anatoly Suvorov raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and Sergey Baburin three-bet to 300,000 in the small blind. Steven van Zadelhoff shoved his last seventeen big blind in from the big blind and Suvorov decided to also shove for 299,000 in total. Baburin made the call.
Steven van Zadelhoff:
Anatoly Suvorov:
Sergey Baburin:
The board ran out for Suvorov to turn the nut-flush to almost triple up and eliminate Van Zadelhoff.