Picking up the action with 20,000 already in the pot and an A♣8♣5♠ flop face up on the felt, Felipe Ketzer in the small blind and the player in the big blind checked to Gor Musinyan in early position, who bet 8,000. Both Ketzer and the big blind called.
The turn brought the 4♣, and Musinyan fired again, this time for 15,000. Ketzer check-called, but the big blind folded.
The J♠ completed the board, and Ketzer check-called for a third time, this time when Musinyan bet 41,500. Musinyan tabled 3♣2♣ for a turned flush, and Ketzer mucked his cards.
Nikolay Fal raised to 6,000 from the hijack and onyl Manuel Fritz called out of the big blind.
Fritz started with a check on the K♥2♠6♦ flop, and Fal fired a continuation-bet of 5,000. Fritz sprang to life with a check-raise to 21,000, which Fal called.
A Q♣ joined the turn, prompting Fritz to bet 46,000. Fal thought about it, burning through two time banks as he did. In the end, he chose to fold, and Fritz picked up the pot.
Boris Kolev raised to 5,000 on the button, and Ehsan Amiri defended his big blind.
On a K♣A♥2♠ flop, Amiri check-called when Kolev continued with a bet of 4,000. The 8♥ then landed on the turn, and Amiri checked again. This time, when Kolev bet 16,000, Amiri folded, saying, "I'm sticky, but not that sticky", turning over his 2♣ as he mucked.
Aleksandr Razinkov raised the button to 5,500, and Manuel Fritz three-bet from the small blind to 19,000. After a bit of thought, Razinkov ripped it in for around 70,000, and Fritz snap-called.
Aleksandr Razinkov: 9♣9♦
Manuel Fritz: Q♣Q♥
Razinkov had run into Fritz's bigger pair, and when he found no assistance on the 10♠4♣2♥A♦4♥ runout, he fist-bumped Fritz as all of his chips were absorbed into Fritz's stack.
The action was picked up as Vedat Yilmaz moved all in over an open from Fahredin Mustafov, who then called the shove.
Vedat Yilmaz: A♦3♦
Fahredin Mustafov: A♥K♥
The 9♥5♥7♥ flop left Yilmaz drawing to a very unlikely chop, but the J♣ turn sealed his fate, sending him to the rail as the dealer completed the board with the A♠.
Having had a full night's rest after being the bubble boy of Day 1b and losing the biggest pot of the tournament following a 14-hour day of poker, Hassan Nashar was back and ready to begin again in Day 1c.
On his very first hand, he looked at one card and raised to 10,000 from under the gun. Sergio Villalba committed his final 3,000 from the next seat, and when the action folded to Aleksandr Basin in the big blind, he jammed, covering Nashar. Nashar peeled back his second card and snap-called.
Sergio Villalba: XxXx
Hassan Nashar: 9x9x
Aleksandr Basin: Ax4x
Nashar had woken up with a stronger-than-usual hand and just needed to fade an ace to score a double-up in the very first hand of his new campaign.
Instead, a disastrous Ax4x3x flop propelled Basin into the lead and ensured that Nashar's fresh start would be a short-lived one.
The rest of the board bricked out, and Nashar and Villalba both headed for the exit.
Nashar has since reentered, busted, reentered again, busted for a third time after moving all in completely blind, and reentered once more. He is now sitting behind yet another fresh 100,000-chip starting stack.
There was a raise to 4,000 from early position before Nariman Yaghmai three-bet to 12,000 from the cutoff. Konstantin Voronin cold-called from the small blind for around half of his stack, while the early position player jammed for about 100,000. Yaghmai got out of the way, but Voronin called off the rest of his chips.
Konstantin Voronin: 6♣5♣
Early Position: A♣K♠
Voronin was behind, but his suited connector was live with five cards still to come.
Voronin paired his six on the 4♦6♥J♣ flop to take the lead, although the A♥ turn left him with one foot out the door.
Another six, the 6♠, improved Voronin to trips, and he doubled up to over half the starting stack.