Andrey Pateychuk defended his big blind against a raise by Maksim Pak and the flop fell 
. Pateychuk checked and Pak continued for 350,000, which triggered the check-raise all in of Pateychuk. Pak called and the first hand for hand-for-hand brought the first all in showdown right away.
Maksim Pak: 
Andrey Pateychuk: 
Both players had flopped top pair, and the 
turn and 
river kept Pak's hand best to let him double for 1.585 million.
The play has resumed, and all tables will now be hand-for-hand.
Level: 21
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
The remaining 123 players have been sent into a 45-minute dinner break and the action then resumes very close to the money bubble when the cards get back in the air at approximately 5.35 p.m. local time.
Mikhail Surin opened the action with a raise to 300,000 and Saar Wilf called in late position. Out of the small blind, Maksim Haitsiukevich pushed for what appeared to be 3.8 million and Surin called, Wilf folded.
Maksim Haitsiukevich: 
Mikhail Surin: 
Haitsiukevich was dominated and the 
flop brought no help. On the 
turn, the Belorussian had one out for a split with the six of spades, and the miracle never came with a blank 
on the river.
When we got to Table 41, Artem Vezhenkov was stood up and shaking the hand of Viktor Khodorenko, who had just eliminated him from the tournament.
One of our colleagues from the Russian blog informed us of the action. It was reported that Vezhenkov raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and when the action folded around to Khodorenko in the big blind, he asked the floor to help Vezhenkov restore his chip stack that was laid out in front of him. The stack was verified at 2.6m and Khodorenko moved all in, which Vezhenkov called.
Artem Vezhenkov: 
Viktor Khodorenko: 
Board: 
Khodorenko hit a set and had Vezhenkov covered to send the former to rail.
Robbie Robinson survived a sweat with his against the of Maksim Pak after the latter flopped a flush draw and turned a gutshot on the board of 
.
Andrey Ivlev raised to 300,000 and Viktor Ustimov three-bet all in from two seats over for the last 1,120,000. Ivlev called after some consideration and the cards were turned over.
Viktor Ustimov: 
Andrey Ivlev:
The board came 
and Ustimov doubled prior to the approaching money bubble.
The flop was down 
, and Vlada Stojanovic was facing a 430,000 bet in the big blind after he checked on the flop, Stojanovic moved all in for 1.7m, and after some consideration, Maxim Panyak called.
Vlada Stojanovic: 
Maxim Panyak: 
Stojanovic was ahead with top pair against middle pair, with the turn and river cards not changing the action, as Stojanovic secured a vital double up close to the money bubble.
In a battle small blind versus big blind, Daniyar Aubakirov raised the small blind and Aleksandr Gukov called and Aubakirov fired all the way on a jack-high board with 
for middle pair on the flop. Gukov in the big blind had 
and rivered a straight to eliminate Aubakirov.
Chin Wei Lim raised on the button and was called by Viktor Khodorenko, who check-called a continuation bet on the 
flop. On the turn, Khodorenko checked again and folded to a bet of 1.1 million by Lim.
Robbie Robinson and Andrey Pateychuk just got all their chips into the middle preflop after Pateychuk had called Robinson's four-bet shove. Both players flipped over their hands and were surprised to see they both held pocket queens.
The board brought the likely chop as the players split the blinds and antes.
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