When we got to table five, there was an all-in button in front of Aliaksandr Shylko with in front of him. The dealer was counting Natalya Yakovleva's stack after she was the player on losing side of Shylko's straight with the board down .
Shylko saw his stack double to 1.4m as Yakovleva was left with 250,000.
If the information we have received is correct, it would seem that Timofey Asmolov, who exited the tournament in the first level decided to re-enter for a second bullet. But his second chance lasted only 15 minutes with the system confirming his name in the eliminations for the second time.
Oleg Tsoy raised to 25,000 from middle position and saw Kiryl Radzivonau call in the big blind. The flop came down , and Radzivonau check-called a 25,000 bet. On the turn, Radzivonau again checked before he called another bet from Tsoy, this time for 50,000.
When the river came down the , Radzivonau checked for the third time, and Tsoy continued to barrel by throwing 150,000 into the middle. Radzivonau didn't need much time to think before he made the call and saw the bad news that Tsoy had a full house with , and the Belarus player signed before he mucked.
Valeriy Avanesyan, who yesterday won the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Open for RUB10.8m after he defeated partypoker ambassador Dzmitry Urbanovich heads-up has decided not to take a break and has jumped straight back into poker action in Day 1c of the Main Event, and has been joined in the field by his son, Vitaliy.
Last night's Triton High Roller runner-up Vladimir Troyanovskiy has also jumped straight back on the horse and is sat down in the Main Event field, alongside 2018 World Series of Poker 8th place finisher Artem Metalidi, who banked $1,250,000 for his impressive run in Las Vegas.