Oleg Pavlyuchuk raised to 70,000 with the and was called by Stepan Mikhno in the hijack with and big stack Sergey Zybin with the in the small blind. The flop came and action checked to Pavlyuchuk, who continued for 175,000. Both opponents called to see the on the turn, and again it was checked to Pavlyuchuk, who bet 375,000 and was called both ways.
The river killed all the action and the trio checked, Mikhno was last to show and was clearly frustrated when raking in the pot.
The board was down , and Ludovic Geilich was heads-up against Yury Tuzov.
Tuzov had checked the river, and with a stack of around 1,500,000 behind him, he was put to the ultimate test by Geilich who bet 2,000,000. Tuzov thought about his decision for a minute before he put his tournament life on the line and called.
Geilich flipped over for the flopped straight, and Tuzov's pocket fours went into the muck as he exited from the table.
partypoker ambassador Geilich who joined the Day 2 action midway through level 10 moved his chip stack up to 5.3m.
Sergey Tsoy raised to 80,000 in the hijack and Daria Feshchenko in the small blind three-bet to 225,000. Once the action was back on Tsoy, he pushed for around 850,000 and Feshchenko called instantly with the far superior stack.
Sergey Tsoy:
Daria Feshchenko:
Tsoy shook his head when he saw the cards of Feshchenko, put picked up a massive sweat with the flop. The turn and the river provided no help and Tsoy was eliminated, while Feshchenko's rise continues. Said Butba has also entered the same table a few minutes ago and sits one seat over from Feshchenko.
Joining the action on the flop, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier bet 125,000 and Rustem Muratov raised it up to 300,000 in the cutoff, Grospellier called. Both checked the turn and the river and Grospellier showed the . Muratov had that beat with the for two pair and raked in the pot.
Also in the Triton Poker room, Evgeniy Kurilenko pushed his short stack in the cutoff and Andrey Gulyy reshoved on the button to force out the blinds including Manig Loeser.
Evgeniy Kurilenko:
Andrey Gulyy:
The flop gave Gulyy middle pair and Kurilenko a gutshot, while the turn added a flush draw on top. However, it wasn't meant to be for Kurilenko, who bricked off with the river to join the rail.
A cold four-bet to 535,000 was in front of Andrey Gulyy in the big blind and the initial raiser had already folded. Ming Juen Teoh on the button squeezed for more than 1.3 million and Gulyy moved all in, Teoh called instantly.
Ming Juen Teoh:
Andrey Gulyy:
The board came and Teoh doubled for 2,125,000, which put a major dent into Gulyy's stack.
Nikolay Dementiev raised from middle position and saw Andrey Pateychuk, in the small blind, and Niall Farrell, in the big blind, make the call. Both players in the blinds checked to Dementiev on the flop, and he bet 60,000, with only Farrell calling.
Heads-up to the turn, Farrell led with a 150,000 bet which Dementiev called.
After the river card was revealed to be the , Farrell bet again, this time big for 510,000. Dementiev gave his decision a few moments of thought before he passed his cards to the deal as Farrell picked up the pot.
In the meantime, Farrell's fellow Scot Ludovic Geilich has chipped up to 2.6m.
The feature tables changed in the last break and now feature big stacks Jessica Pilkington and Sergey Zybin. Igor Yaroshevskyy has built a profit recently, as did Vladimir Shchemelev.