The hole cards were face-up on the table, and Gleb Kovtunov was the player at risk, but a slight favorite with pocket queens against Alexandr Labunskiy's 
.
The board fell 
and kept Kovtunov in the lead, and secured him a full double up against the big stack Labunskiy.
Joining the action on the 
river with 750,000 in the middle, start-of-the-day chip leader Hadi Khordbin bet 450,000 and just had to get through Maksim Pak in the nine seat. Pak, however, had no plans of forfeiting the pot and raised it up to 1,285,000 with as many chips behind.
Khordbin gave it some thought and elected to fold.
Stanislav Petriv called the shove of short stack Alexandr Shalkovskiy for 330,000 with the 
in the big blind and had a flip for most of his stack against 
. The board came 
and Shalkovskiy paired his king.
Petriv got his stack up to 375,000 after before moving all in with the . Alexandr Konovalov looked him up with the 
and the board ran out 
to eliminate Petriv. Shalkovskiy's fortune barely lasted a few minutes as he also bowed out from the table soon after.
Robert Askarov raised to 65,000 from middle position, and Michael Sklenicka called in the cutoff. The player on the button folded before Aleksei Gorodnichev moved all in for 510,000.
Both Askarov and Sklenicka called and decided to check all the way to showdown after the board came 
.
Robert Askarov: 
Michael Sklenicka:
Aleksei Gorodnichev: 
Gorodnichev's pocket aces were the winning hand, and he secured a treble up to 1.6m.
[Removed:510] and Mihails Morozovs re-entered, as did Gary Banks and Natalia Panchenko. Below are further assorted counts from the Triton Poker Room.
Level 11 is underway after a slightly extended first break.
Level: 11
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
The players have gone on their first 20-minute break of the day.
When they return, late registration will remain open for another three hours.
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