Table four features three playres all from Russia. Sergey Bagirov and Sergei Illarionov were the two chip leaders to start the day, so its certainly possible if players collide one of them will emerge with a huge stack.
The tournament's third shortest stack to head into the day, Beniot Jean, was the today's second person to exit the tournament. While the Canadian was ultimately eliminated by Russian Ilia Karasin, some of his chips went to his friend Jean-Philippe Piquette as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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383,000
101,000
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101,000 |
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300,000
69,000
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69,000 |
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Busted |
Over on the feature table, Evgeniy Taranyuk was just eliminated in 10th place for €2,009. Russia's Sergey Bagirov now joins Alexandra Usoltseva and Tomas Ksenevicius on the feature table.
While 10th-12th places all were paid the same amount, each elimination going forward will receive an escalating amount of money. The next person eliminated in ninth place will be awarded €2,761.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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472,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
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340,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Busted |
Two levels are in the books, and players are on the first 20 minute break in the day. Points will be worth 5,000 chips each when play resumes.
Level: 14
Blinds: 5,000/5,000
Ante: 0
Tomas Ksenevicius has been on the feature table with Alexandra Usoltseva all day. Both have been able to move up in the chip count, however, it is Ksenevicius able to make the most of things and is currently in the chip lead with 738,000 chips.
Meanwhile, Russia's Sergey Bagirov, who was moved to the feature table when his table broke and began the day as the chip leader, is in jeopardy of being the next player eliminated as he is now down to 26,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
738,000 | |
|
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443,000 | |
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26,000 |
Russia's Yury Gulyy has been making the most of his table change to the secondary table surging his stack up to 537,000 chips. Fellow country-mate Ilia Karasin is down to 183,000 chips while Canada's Jean-Philippe Piquette remains steady at 288,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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537,000
323,000
|
323,000 |
|
|
288,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
183,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Sometimes it just takes a few hands in OFC to go from hero to zero and vice versa.
To prove this point, Russia's Sergey Bagirov began the day as chip leader, but couldn't get much going the first two hours of play today. He was one of the day's early causalities as he was just eliminated from the feature table in ninth place for €2,761.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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764,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Stacks are relatively even over on table #3. Belarus' Dzianis Kisel maintains a slight edge with 479,000 chips, Russia's Sergei Illarionov and Ukraine's Roman Pavliuk both maintain healthy stacks of 432,000 and 415,000 chips respectfully. With points now worth 5,000 chips each, in just one hand things can change quickly on this table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
479,000
279,000
|
279,000 |
|
432,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
415,000
-188,000
|
-188,000 |
Action was fast and furious on table #3 as Belarus' Dzianis Kisel and Ukraine's Roman Pavliuk were able to quickly grab the chips of Russia's Sergei Illarionov. Although fortunately for Dziayis, he was able to grab more than his opponent.
Illarionov who began the day in second place, was just eliminated in eight place for €3,478. With today's cash, the Russian's career tournament earnings soars above $20,000 according to The Hendon Mob.
The next player eliminated will be awarded €4,294 and at this point we will be down to two tables or just half the field we began the day at.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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776,000
776,000
|
776,000 |
|
|
550,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
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Busted |