The seat of former big stack Vitaliy Li is empty and Timofey Vekshin has emerged as the new chip leader. Andriena Nutt has been eliminated as well while Paul Michaelis and Arunas Sapitavicius have joined the field.
Michaelis raised to 25,000 from the hijack and the cutoff three-bet to 65,000. The small blind called and Michaelis wasted little time before four-betting to 225,000 in order to force two folds.
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.
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.
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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!"
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.
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.
and Jachtmann quickly moved all in, eliciting a snap-fold from Schulze.
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.
turn and 
river both bricked off.
and Monroe continued for 35,000, which Jackson called.
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.
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.
