Daniyar Aubakirov raised to 30,000 and was called by Franco Cantarella from one seat over. The flop of brought no betting action before Aubakirov check-called a bet of 35,000 on the turn. The player from Kazakhstan checked the on the river and folded when facing a bet of 400,000 by Cantarella.
Without showdown, the Italian chipped up further and closes in on three times the starting stack.
On neighboring tables, the fates of Gurkan Gorguren and Benjamin Winsor took different directions. The three-way turn of saw Gorguren call a bet of 110,000 before the heads-up river of was checked. Gorguren showed for the nut flush and his sole remaining opponent mucked .
As far as Winsor is concerned, he called a bet of 110,000 by Andrey Kozlenko on the turn. The river was checked by Kozlenko and Winsor moved all in to see Kozlenko snap-call with for a flush. Winsor only had for a set of sixes and dropped to fewer than half a million chips.
Andrey Ivlev's raise from early position picked up a single call in Jeff Lisandro out of the big blind and the Aussie check-called a bet on the flop. After the turn, Lisandro check-raised small from 50,000 to 135,000 and Ivlev called with just 310,000 behind.
The river completed the board and Lisandro bet 125,000. Ivlev pondered about his decision and eventually folded to be shown the . "I had diamonds, the ten," the Russian said. With that pot, Lisandro moved up to around 1.4 million for an above-average stack.
In a battle of the blinds, Kevin Monroe raised to 31,000 and Paul Jackson called from one seat over. The flop fell and Monroe continued for 35,000, which Jackson called.
After the turn, Monroe fired a second barrel worth 40,000 and received a call before slowing down and checking the river. Jackson's bet of 85,000 was called and the Brit flashed . A brief glance in surprise by Monroe saw him muck the cards and both players are now almost even in chips.
Dzmitry Urbanovich's Main Event Day 1A is going "perfectly" he says on his way to dinner.
"I'm having fun," he explained, "Every one raising three bets, lots of fun."
Urbanovich shot to fame after winning four events in a single EPT stop back in 2015, and is now a partypoker Sponsored Pro.
"There's a great atmosphere [in the Main Event]. Everybody is friendly and having fun.
"So far every day had a lot of playing, not much sleep. So I hope that I will be still like this during the week because I want to make a deep run in the Main Event!"
Players are going on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at 19.55 local time. They will then play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the evening.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates live from the Sochi Casino & Resort.
According to Andreas Klatt, Alexander Krasuntsev sent Natalia Panchenko to the rail when his rivered a king-high flush and Panchenko only had for the inferior flush. That pot brought Krasuntcev's stack up to around 1.8 million and he soon added more chips to that.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann raised to 26,000 and Krasuntcev three-bet to 77,000. "Seventy-seven? Is that a missclick?" Jachtmann asked and Krasuntcev shook his head, after which the German called.
On the flop, Jachtmann moved all in for around 350,000 and Krasuntcev called.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann:
Alexander Krasuntcev:
The partypoker sponsored pro had a massive draw with straight and flush outs, but the turn and river both bricked off.
brought no betting action before Aubakirov check-called a bet of 35,000 on the 
turn. The player from Kazakhstan checked the 
on the river and folded when facing a bet of 400,000 by Cantarella.
saw Gorguren call a bet of 110,000 before the heads-up river of 
was checked. Gorguren showed 
for the nut flush and his sole remaining opponent mucked 
.
turn. The 
for a flush. Winsor only had 
flop. After the 
river completed the board and Lisandro bet 125,000. Ivlev pondered about his decision and eventually folded to be shown the 
. "I had diamonds, the ten," the Russian said. With that pot, Lisandro moved up to around 1.4 million for an above-average stack.
turn, Monroe fired a second barrel worth 40,000 and received a call before slowing down and checking the 
. A brief glance in surprise by Monroe saw him muck the cards and both players are now almost even in chips.
rivered a king-high flush and Panchenko only had 
for the inferior flush. That pot brought Krasuntcev's stack up to around 1.8 million and he soon added more chips to that.
flop, Jachtmann moved all in for around 350,000 and Krasuntcev called.
