Abelmasov's Kings Dispatch Romanov in Level 1

There's the first elimination of the Main Event.

Igor Abelmasov opened the hijack to 1,000 and Salim Usmanov called on the button. Maksim Romanov three-bet the small blind to 4,200, which was met with a four-bet to 11,000 from Abelmasov. Usmanov folded, and Romanov called.

On the 10♥10♦3♠ flop, Romanov checked and Abelmasov bet 7,400. Romanov then check-raised to 17,000, and Abelmasov called.

The 2♠ turn checked through to the 4♣ river, where Romanov checked and Abelmasov bet 80,000. Romanov had around 60,000 behind and after pondering for a while, he flicked in the call.

Abelmasov then showed a pair of kings with K♠K♥, and that was good as Romanov showed 8♠8♦ for a pair of eights.

Things are going quite well for Abelmasov, who won the Deep Stack tournament yesterday, and now chip leads Day 1a of the Main Event.