Bogdan Jontulovic opened to 50,000 in the hijack and faced a three-bet to 160,000 from Timur Mukhamedaminov on the button. Nicolas Chouity then four-bet to 370,000 in the small blind. Jontulovic responded with a five-bet shove for 475,000. Mukhamedaminov folded, and Chouity called.
Bogdan Jontulovic: K♥K♣ 
Nicolas Chouity: A♣K♦
The 6♣4♠7♠6♠Q♦ board was clean for Jontulovic, earning him a huge double-up.
Arsenii Karmatckii raised to 40,000 from the cutoff, and Orhan Ates jammed for around 340,000 from the button. Sergei Petrushevskii called for his remaining 229,000 from the big blind, which prompted Karmatckii to fold.
Sergei Petrushevskii: A♣A♦
Orhan Ates: A♠J♣
Petrushevskii woke up with the goods in the big blind and was able to fade the bad beat as the board ran out 7♣2♠5♠K♦J♦, leaving his aces as the best hand.
Petrushevskii doubled up, while Ates was left as one of the shortest stacks in the room with just two eliminations remaining before the money.
Pietro Robbiani raised to 55,000 in early position, and when he faced a three-bet to 100,000 from Farkas Benedek, Robbiani moved all in for 226,000. Benedek called, looking to take the field one closer to the bubble.
Pietro Robbiani: Q♥Q♦
Farkas Benedek: A♠Q♣
The 4♦7♣A♥ flop had Robbiani at serious risk of falling within a few places of the money, and the 3♣ turn and 6♣ river confirmed that exact fate.
When it folded to Ege Guven in the small blind, he jammed, and Felipe Ketzer snap-called from the big blind for his stack of 276,000.
Felipe Ketzer: A♣K♠
Ege Guven: K♣J♦
Ketzer had woken up with a monster and simply had to dodge a jack to move into a much more comfortable position as the money bubble approached.
The A♥3♥4♣ flop was about as good as it could have been for Ketzer, as he improved to top pair and left Guven needing running cards.
The A♠ turn left Guven drawing dead, making the 10♦ river a mere formality as Ketzer doubled up.
Gor Musinyan moved all in for 137,000 from under the gun, and Alexey Borovkov isolated the shove, moving all in for 405,000, which received no callers.
Gor Musinyan: Q♥J♦
Alexey Borovkov: A♣K♠
The 6♦K♣7♠2♦A♠ board gave Borovkov two pair and sent Musinyan to the rail.
Nikolay Fal got his stack of 158,000 into the middle from middle position, with Elie Farah trying to send him home from the button.
Nikolay Fal: 7♥7♠
Elie Farah: 10♦10♥
Fal had the smaller pair and was unable to find any help from the poker gods on the 6♣Q♦8♥6♦4♥ runout.
Fal made his way to the exit, Farah pulled in the pot, and the field moved to just four eliminations away from the money and Day 2.
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Farkas Benedek opened to 30,000 on the button, which only Vadzim Godzdanker called in the big blind.
Godzdanker check-called a bet of 22,000 on a Q♠J♦4♠ flop before both the 3♠ turn and 7♥ river checked through.
Godzdanker tabled A♦4♣ for a pair of fours, and Benedek mucked his cards.
With the music inside the poker room suddenly turned up and a few players dancing around their tables, it briefly felt more like a nightclub than a poker tournament.
Amid the festivities, Fahredin Mustafov raised to around 45,000 from the small blind, and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya called in the big blind.
Mustafov fired for 30,000 on the J♥A♣10♠ flop, and Skhulukhiya called.
The 5♠ arrived on the turn, and Mustafov fired a second barrel of 65,000. Once again, Skhulukhiya called.
A 5♥ rolled off on the river, and Mustafov bet enough to put Skhulukhiya all in. With 130,000 remaining in his stack, Skhulukhiya used his final time bank before eventually folding, allowing Mustafov to add even more chips to his already huge stack.
Hassan Nashar raised to 30,000 in early position, which only Farkas Benedek called on the button.
The K♠5♠A♦ flop checked through, but Nashar bet 50,000 on the 3♦ turn, which Benedek called.
The A♠ completed the board, and Nashar moved all in for 288,000. Benedek called and tabled A♣8♥, which was more than enough to beat the J♥4♥ of Nashar.
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