The action folded around to Fedor Algazin in the small blin d and he moved all in for around 10 big blinds. Gylbert Drolet checked his cards and quickly called.
Fedor Algazin:
Gylbert Drolet:
The board of provided plenty of outs for Algazin, but ultimately he was eliminated in 23rd place for 29,000 Casino Units (approximately $25,000).
The remaining 23 players have been sent into a 20-minute break, in which the T-25,000 chips will be raced off. The feature table line up will also change with Vladimir Troyanovskiy and David Laka taking the new spotlight.
On a flop Vladimir Troyanovskiy checked in the small blind to Sergey Chupodal who bet 2,200,000. Troyanovskiy check-raised to 5,000,000. Chupodal then raised all in for 19,500,000 and after some thought Troyanovskiy called.
Troyanovskiy:
Chupodal:
The turn was the and the river the meaning Chupodal doubled up and Troyanovskiy took a knock to his stack.
Down to 12.250 million chips, Gurgen Mkhitaryan moved all in from the cutoff and Leonid Logunov asked for a count in the small blind before announcing the call.
Gurgen Mkhitaryan:
Leonid Logunov:
The flop gave Logunov additional outs and he got there right away with the turn. Mkhitaryan needed one of the two remaining jacks or eights in the deck to avoid elimination, yet the on the river was a blank. Mkhitaryan was eliminated in 24th place and takes home 29,000 Casino Units (approximately $25,000).
Aleksandr Levashov raised to 2,000,000 from early position. It folded to Anatoliy Zyrin in the hijack who three-bet to 4,600,000. Oleg Titov was in the cutoff and he four-bet all in for 17,750,000. Levashov moved all in for 45,025,000 and Zyrin called putting two players at risk.
Levashov:
Zyrin:
Titov:
The flop as safe for Levashov as it came . The turn, however, was the and Zyrin turned a set. The river was the and both Levashov and Titov was eliminated.
There were back-to-back eliminations on the feature table and the details will be published according to the live stream in half an hour.
On the outer tables, Dmitriy Kopyl raised to 1.6 million and Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy three-bet the button to 4.7 million and Kopyl called. Both checked the flop and Kopyl check-called a bet of 3.3 million on the turn. Once the river was checked again, Kopyl's ended up second best to Merzhvinskiy's .
While Vladimir Troyanovskiy and David Laka hold the biggest stacks on the outer tables, the action has slowed down with barely any bigger pots being played.
Aleksei Kozlov check-raised a flop of out of the big blind from 1.3 million to 5 million and Gleb Tremzin let go on the button. That was about as exciting as it would get, and Kozlov raked in the pot without showdown.