Hand #3-8: Four-Bet by Ni; Straight and Trips for Shirshikov
Hand #3: Lavrentiy Ni raised to 52,000 from under the gun with the 
and Dmitry Vitkind called in the big blind with the 
. The flop came 
and Vitkind checked. Ni bet 40,000 and that shut down all further action.
Hand #4: Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened to 50,000 with 
from the cutoff and Pavel Shirshikov on the button three-bet to 165,000 with 
. Ni looked down at 
in the big blind and elected to four-bet to 411,000 and Troyanovskiy quickly folded, Shirshikov took longer but came to the same conclusion.
Hand #5: Troyanovskiy found no callers of his raise and claimed the blinds and antes.
Hand #6: Dmitry Vitkind raised to 52,000 with 
and got no action.
Hand #7: Shirshikov opened the action with a raise to 55,000, holding 
, and Seyed Ghavam looked down at 
and called. Troyanovskiy called from the big blind with 
and the flop fell 
.
All three players checked and the 
turn gave Shirshikov a straight. The action checked to him and he bet 120,000 to force a fold from Ghavam, however, Troyanovskiy stuck around to see the 
river. Troyanovskiy checked and Shirshikov bet 300,000 into a pot of 429,000, which did the trick to claim the pot uncontested.
Hand #8: Ghavam raised to 51,000 with the 
and Shirshikov defended the in the big blind. The flop came 
and Shirshikov checked, Ghavam continued for 51,000 in order to pick up a call by Shirshikov.
The appeared on the turn and Shirshikov checked again, and Ghavam checked behind. After the river, Shirshikov bet 85,000 and Ghavam called with just king-high to drop down further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,244,000 | 295,000 |
|
3,158,000 | 244,000 |
|
2,122,000 | -28,000 |
|
1,754,000 | -37,000 |
|
715,000 | -68,000 |
|
621,000 | -290,000 |