The raise of Arunas Sapitavicius was called by the player in the cutoff and the flop fell . The Lithuanian got the remainder of his stack of 464,000 in with the and the cutoff called with .
Sapitavicius immediately got there with the turn to render the river as a formality. After a long spell way below average, Sapitavicius jumped to the starting stack once again for a fresh start. Jan-Peter Jachtmann registered before the dinner break again and is featured on the same table.
In a battle of the blinds, Vadim Lipovka raised to 32,000 and Gary Banks called in the big blind. On the flop, Lipovka continued for 22,000 and was called by Banks before doing so again for 80,000 on the turn. After the river, Lipovka bet 180,000 and Banks raised to 575,000.
Lipovka folded the face up and asked "good fold?" to which Banks replied "I think so."
Right after they went on dinner and below are further assorted counts.
Aliaksandr Maistrenko appears to be the current chip leader after the dinner break while Philipp Zukernik registered not long ago and sent an opponent to the rail right after play had resumed.
partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia High Roller Winner David Laka
We have a winner in the High Roller! On the second hand of heads-up play David Laka completes on the button with and Viktor Ustimov checked his big blind with .
The flop came and Ustimov open-shoved all in for 1,690,000 and Laka called.
The turn was the and the river was the .
Viktor Ustimov was eliminated in 2nd place for 197,450 Casino Units ($173,200) while David Laka, who held the chip lead midway through Day 2 of this event walks away with 285,000 Casino Units (approximately $250,000) for his efforts and the High Roller trophy.
Joining the action on the flop, Boris Kotleba checked in middle position and Vadim Lipovka bet 85,000 from one seat over, which Kotleba called. After the turn, Kotleba checked once more and Lipovka bet 230,000.
Kotleba was taken aback and took a minute before asking how much his opponent had behind. "Around 650,000," replied Lipovka, and he raked in the pot half a minute later after Kotleba sent his cards into the muck.
Aleksei Milica has started well after dinner. There were just 250,000 in the middle until the river when Zulfia Korgu check-raised in the small blind from 150,000 to 350,000. Milica took some time to get a read and ultimately called to see Korgu turn over . Milica had that beat with and bumped up his stack.
While Day 1b of the Main Event will bag up at around 10 p.m. local time, the players can look forward to another highlight after. The partypoker team will be providing a player's party in the Skyclub as of 11 p.m. local time and the wristbands are being given out to all participants in the stunning Sochi Casino and Resort.