Arkady Stekolshikov was all in for around five million chips with pocket fours and Vadim Lipovka called with the . The board of gave Skolshikov a set on the river but Lipovka made a flush to claim the pot.
It folded to Maxim Babko in the small blind who moved all in for around seven million. Viktoriya Shalneva called in the big blind for her tournament life.
Babko:
Shalneva:
Shalneva had woken up with a big hand and looked set for a double up.
The board ran out however, with the Jack on the river handing the pot to Babko, eliminating Shalneva.
Daria Feshchenko previously announced loudly when she was all in and Aleksandr Gofman, friends with Feshchenko, came over to see the showdown. Now Gofman announced "hey Dasha I am all in" when being called by Fedor Algazin and Feshchenko came over to cheer on.
Aleksandr Gofman:
Fedor Algazin:
The board came and Gofman doubled for 16,475,000, essentially halving Algazin's stack.
Anatoliy Zyrin flatted on the button and Oleg Titov flatted in the small blind. Mikhail Pokhlebayev three-bet all in for 12,250,000 from the big blind and Zyrin called. "Easy fold," said Titov.
Dmitriy Kopyl raised to one million from under the gun and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called, as did Fedor Algazin in the small blind. On the flop the trio checked and Troyanovskiy bet the turn for 2.3 million when it was checked to him. Only Kopyl called and check-raised the river from 4.6 million to 14 million.
Troyanovskiy called with and Kopyl was caught bluffing with ,
The 34 remaining players are going on a 15-minute break, their first of the day.
Meanwhile in the $1m guaranteed 8-Max Day 1C there are just shy of 100 entrants, with partypoker Sponsored Pros Roberto Romanello and Johnny Lodden still in the field.
Out of the small blind, Yury Masliankou pushed all in for 8,350,000 and Maxim Babko gave it some thought in the big blind before calling.
Yury Masliankou:
Maxim Babko:
The flop took away some outs for Masliankou, and Babko turned a pair of kings with the . However, the fell on the river to give Masliankou a runner runner flush and he doubled to leave Babko short.
At almost the same time a player busted from the feature table to reduce the field to the last 33, and the details will be provided when the delayed live stream catches up.
Zdenek Mach moved all in from the hijack for 3,850,000 and Andrey Tkachenko called in the cutoff. Anatoliy Zyrin three-bet to 7,100,000 in the big blind and Tkachenko called.
The full board of was checked down and the cards were turned over.
Mach showed for ace high, Tkachenko for pocket sixes and Zyrin for top set. Mach was eliminated and Zyrin boosted his chip lead.