Roman Gadzhiev opened to 2,000 from under the gun and received calls from Dmitry Yurasov in middle position and Yunsheng Sun in the big blind.
The flop came ptdth2s]. Sun checked, Gadzhiev bet 2,000, Yurasov called and Sun folded.
Gadzhiev slowed down with a check on the J♥ river and Yurasov bet 4,000. Gadzhiev called.
Both players checked the 3♠ river. Gadzhiev showed down J♦10♣ for a full house and Yurasov quickly mucked.
Dmitry Gromov opened to 2,500 from under the gun and Frederic Popot three-bet to 6,000 from the cutoff. Gromov made the call.
The flop came K♠10♦2♥ and Gromov check-called a 6,000 continuation btet from Popot
Both players checked the A♥ turn and 8♣ river. Gromov tabled 10♥7♥ for a pair of tens while Popot showed down J♠J♣ for the winner to take the pot.
Players are now on their second and final break of the evening. The field has grown to 77 players of which 68 remain.
Level: 6
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Roman Gadzhiev opened to 2,800 from under the gun and received a call from Toni Kaukua in the cutoff.
The flop came 10♦3♣2♣. Gadzhiev checked, Kaukua bet 2,500 and Gadzhiev called.
Kaukua bet again for 5,000 when checked to on the 6♠ turn and this time Gadzhiev opted to fold.
Frederic Popot opened to 2,400 from middle position and received calls Xiaohua Fu in the small blind and Dmitry Gromov in the big blind.
The flop came 8♥7♦5♥. Fu checked, Gromov bet 3,000, Popot folded and Fu called.
Fu check-called another bet from Gromov on the J♠ turn, this time for 7,000.
Both players checked the J♥ river. Fu tabled 10♣8♣ for a flopped pair of eights which was good enough to take the pot.
Level: 7
Blinds: 800/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Fausto Tantillo opened to 2,700 from the cutoff and received calls from Sergei Solovev in the small blind and Chady Ojeil in the big blind.
All three players checked the Q♥10♠9♣ flop leading to the A♣ turn. Solovev checked, Ojeil checked, Tantillo bet 7,500, Solovev folded and Ojeil called.
Ojeil checked again on the 4♠ river and Tantillo sized up with a bet of 25,500. Ojeil made the call.
Tantillo tabled A♦9♠ for two pair to take down another sizable pot, surpassing 300,000 chips in the process.
Meanwhile at another table, Aleksandr Kirichenko has also built a monster stack of 355,000 and currently holds the chip lead.
Xiaohua Fu opened to 3,000 from the cutoff only for Dmitry Gromov to three-bet to 11,000. Fu made the call.
The flop came 9♥7♠6♥. Fu checked, Gromov fired a 10,000 continuation bet and Fu put in a check-raise to 25,000. Gromov made the call.
Fu bet 40,000 on the 7♦ turn and this time Gromov's hand hit the muck.
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