A lot of action seems to be going down on Table 1.
Bobby James said that he lost a flip with AxKx against the pocket queens of Evgeny Ivanov for a chunk of change.
Mikhail Ostapenko just hit the rail as he missed a flush draw with A♣5♣ against the A♥10♥ of Amir Hassan.
Hassan is up to around 800,000 at the moment, while James' stack sits at about 150,000.
Vedat Yilmaz raised to 8,000 from the hijack and only Grigoli Liklikadze called out of the big blind.
Liklikadze checked on the 5♣5♠2♥ flop and Yilmax bet 8,000. Liklikadze check-raised to 18,000, which Yilmaz called.
A 9♥ arrived on the turn, and Liklikadze fired out for 35,000. Again, Yilmaz called.
The 2♦ completed the runout and Liklikadze checked. Yilmez bet around 35,000, which was enough to get Liklikadze to fold.
Sebastian Szychulski opened to 8,000 from early position and Alexander Sokolovsky three-bet the next seat to 20,000. When the action got back to Szychulski, he called.
On the A♥4♣10♠ flop, Szychulski check-called a bet of 12,000 from Sokolovsky to the 8♥ turn, where again he tapped the table. Sokolovsky then bet 40,000, and after a long time in the tank, Szychulski shoved for 82,000.
Sokolovsky sighed and went into the tank himself while he tried to figure out how to proceed. Eventually, after around a minute, he called.
Sebastian Szychulski: A♣Q♥ 
Alexander Sokolovsky: A♠Q♣
Both players had the same hand and there was no card on the river that could change the outcome, meaning they chopped up the pot.
Fabrizio Lo Carbo raised the button to 8,000 and Vladas Burneikis called from the small blind. Petr Rudnev squeezed all in from the big blind for around 60,000 and only Burneikis called.
Petr Rudnev: K♥K♠
Vladas Burneikis: 5♠5♥
Rudnev had the bigger pair and looked poised for a much-needed double-up just after the closing of late registration.
However, the poker gods had other ideas as on the 5♣A♣J♥9♦Q♦ runout, Burneikis flopped a set of fives, and Rudnev was out.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
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Players are heading on a 20-minute break.
Late registration will close at the end of the break.
Chakib M'hiri raised to 7,000 from early position and Serhat Cetiner jammed for around 44,000 from middle position. After getting an exact count from the dealer, M'hiri stuck in the call to try to send Cetiner to the reentry desk.
Serhat Cetiner: K♦10♣
Chakib M'hiri: 6♥6♣
M'hiri's pocket sixes stayed in the lead of Cetiner's two overcards through the 2♦5♣3♠ flop and 8♦ turn. However, as Cetiner was getting ready to stand up, the dealer dropped the K♥ on the river to give a pair and keep him in the tournament.
The winner of the Merit Poker Cup, Vladimir Lappo, is once again in the mix with a stack.
In the latest hand Lappo played, the board read 9♣7♦9♠3♠ with around 20,000 in the pot. Erdal Gulseven checked the small blind, Oleksii Shchukin checked the big blind, and Lappo bet 12,000. Only Gulseven called.
On the J♥ river, Gulseven checked and then folded when Lappo bet 37,000.
After that hand, Lappo's stack grew to around 575,000.
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