Level 19
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
The cards of Aleksandr Gofman were already in the muck and Michael Sklenicka confirmed that Gofman had held pocket kings against his 
. The board of 
gave Sklenicka a pair of Aces and Gofman was left very short.
Soon after, Gofman was all in for the last 380,000 and Maksim Haitsiukevich was at risk for 2,385,000, Pavel Kireev in the small blind had both opponents comfortably covered to create a three-way showdown.
Aleksandr Gofman: 
Maksim Haitsiukevich: 
Pavel Kireev: 
The board ran out 
and Kireev more than doubled, while Gofman's dream to defend the title in Sochi was crushed in brutal fashion. Earlier in the day he had already lost kings to ace-queen as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,200,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
5,300,000
3,675,000
|
3,675,000 |
|
3,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
Busted |
and was called by Saar Wilf. 
, and Wilf needed to hit with the flush draw as he held 
changed nothing, but when the river card was revealed to be the 
, Wilf celebrated as he hit the nut flush and scored an elimination.
and showed the 
for a straight and flush draw. Verenko had the 
and the 
river brought no help for Vandyshev.
, and Pateychuk called another bet from Tevosov, this time for 450,000. Both players checked after the river was revealed to be the 
for trip jacks after Tevosov had flipped over pocket sevens.
flop gave Bura some hope, but the 
. The 
on the turn was a blank and the 
flop and Bura folded.
