Alexey Melnikov raised to 2,500,000 from the cutoff with 
and Viacheslav Zhukov three-bet to 6,900,000 with 
in the small blind.
Melnikov thought for a minute before he moved all in and Zhukov snapped to put his tournament life on the line.
The board came down 
, and Zhukov's pocket tens were unable to hold as Melnikov paired his king.
Zhukov departed in 18th place for 1,800,000 RUB.
Aleksandr Gukov moved all in for 15,600,000 from under the gun with pocket eights, and Ekaterina Fedyaeva thought for a long time with 
in the cutoff before she moved all in for 28,000,000.
The board came down 
, and Fedyaeva hit top pair on the turn to win the pot and condemned Gukov to 19th place for 1,800,000 RUB.
Viacheslav Zhukov raised to 2,000,000 with 
, and Mikhail Galitskiy called in the big blind with 
. Both players checked on the 
flop and again on the 
turn.
When the river came the 
, Galitskiy bet over the pot for 6,500,000 with his top pair and Zhukov called before mucking.
Konstantin Uspenskii open-shoved from the button and Pavel Zuev called all in for his last 15 million in the small blind over on the outer table.
Pavel Zuev: 
Konstantin Uspenskii: 
The 
flop didn't provide any help yet, but Zuev picked up some more counter fit outs on the 
turn. Instead, it was the 
on the river that improved Zuev to the superior two pair and he kept his hopes alive.
Gleb Tremzin called for 1,000,000 in the small blind with 
before Andrey Malyshev raised to 4,500,000 with . Tremzin moved all in for 18,000,000 and Malyshev called.
The 
gave Tremzin the straight, but Malyshev picked up the nut flush draw on the turn. However, the river peeled off the to give both players a straight and the pot was chopped.
Mikhail Galitskiy raised to 2.2 million with the in the hijack and Alexey Melnikov three-bet in the cutoff with the , making it 6.4 million to go. Gor Kazaryan four-bet to 13.5 million in the big blind and just Melnikov called.
The duo checked the 
flop and both invested 9 million on the turn. The 
river was checked and Kazaryan won the pot.
Over on the outer table, Viktor Khodorenko limped from the cutoff and Anatoly Filatov filled up from the small blind, Vadim Lipovka in the big blind checked his option. The flop came 
and the action checked to Khodorenko, who bet 1.5 million.
Filatov was the only caller and both players ended up checking through the 
turn and a blank on the river. Filatov showed for jacks and sixes, and that won the pot.
Another two levels will be played on top of the eight scheduled levels, or down to the last nine for the unofficial final table, whichever of the two comes first.
Gytis Lazauninkas moved all in for 16,000,000 with from under the gun and Viacheslav Zhukov reshoved for 22,600,000 from the cutoff with . The action folded to Oleg Netaliev on the button with pocket kings and only had 5,300,000, and he thought before he called.
The board came down 
, and Zhukov scored a double elimination with his overpair kings to the board.
Netaliev exits in 21st place for 1,500,000 RUB and Lazauninkas banked 1,800,000 RUB in 20th place.
Anatoly Filatov gave Vadim Lipovka a walk and then moved all in from the button for 7.6 million the next hand. Konstantin Uspenskii snap-called in the big blind.
Anatoly Filatov:
Konstantin Uspenskii:
The flop gave Filatov a gutshot and the turn was of no help just yet, however, Filatov spiked the 
on the river to improve to a straight and double.
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