The first and all in call came from table number two and saw Russia's Ivan Soshnikov at risk.
He three-bet all in for 2,375 after an under-the-gun open from Giulianio Bendineli. Call.
Bendineli: 
Soshnikov: 
"Good game, well played!" joked Ami Barer to Soshnikov.
The Team Russia player smiled and even more so after an 
board came down.
We have lost our first player of the 2015 Global Poker Masters World Cup, as Russia's Anatoly Filatov hit the rail.
On one of the outer tables Filatov was all in before the flop holding 
versus Dario Sammartino's 
.
The board ran out 
and Filatov hit the rail. Sammartino now has a chip lead and that will be a huge advantage when looking to score points in this first heat.
Team Russia was the first one to have a casualty, and exit number two also came from that very same Russia.
On a flop of 
it was Soshnikov all in from the big blind for just 4,300. Erwann Pecheux in the cutoff thought for some time, and finally made the call with just 5 seconds left to act.
Ivan Soshnikov: 
Erwann pecheux: 
The 
on the turn was a blank, but the on the river wasn't. "Player out!"
Brynn Kenney lost most of his chips in a classic hand against Philipp Gruissem. They got it in after the flop with 
(Gruissem) and 
(Kenney). The board was 
and Kenney had just 5,200 left.
Not much later, Kenney lost his last chips against that same Team Germany representant. Gruissem now had 
and Kenney 
. The board ran out 
and Kenney hit the rail.
"US Shower" Mustapha Kanit said with a thick Italian accent, "The kid play good, but unlucky!"
Team Ukraine's Eugene Katchalov has become the second player to bust to from table two.
He was on the button and made his move with but Giulianio Bendineli woke up with in the small blind. The flop ran 
.
So much action on the effervescent table number five right now where a three-way all in just occurred between Philipp Gruiseem, Vitaly Lunkin and Louis Salter. All the chips went in preflop.
Gruissem: 
Lunkin: 
Salter: 
The board ran 
to see Lunkin double up. Salter and Team GB gain no points for their sixth place finish and Gruissem's still in the hunt with around 20,000.
We just lost Jack Salter from Team UK as well, as he was all in before the flop against Team Ukraine's Oleksandr Gnatenko.
Gnatenko:
Salter:
The board ran out 
and after his brother Louis was knocked out just a few hands ago Jack's on the rail as well now.
Ukraine's Igor Yaroshevsky has been knocked out by Philipp Gruissem. The two of them got their chips in before the flop, with Yaroshevsky being severly short stacked already.
Igor Yaroshevsky:
Philipp Gruissem:
The board ran out 
and Team Ukraine lost its player on Table 5.
It's five handed now on that table, so they're right on the bubble. Gruissem leads for Team Germany over there, while Team France's Bertrand Grospellier is the short stack.
After a little over 90 minutes of play, and an hour before the hard stop of the first heat, there are four countries that are still complete. Team Canada, Germany, Italy and France have all eight players still competing, while the other countries have lost at least one player each.
In total nine players have been knocked out so far.
Over on table four two players got eliminated in the same hand. Both Simon Deadman and Oleksii Khoroshenin got knocked out by Team Italy's Andrea Dato.
The three of them got it in before the flop. We're sure Dato had , the two other hands were and , but we're unsure which hand belonged to which player.
The board ran out 
and both Team United Kingdom and Team Ukraine lost a player.
It's six-handed over on table 4.
