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A raise to 500 by Iurii Simonov was called by three players including Alexey Fedin from one seat over and Alexander Kostritsyn in the big blind. The flop fell and all four players checked. On the turn, Kostritsyn checked and Simonov bet 1,450. Only Fedin called before doing so again for 4,300 on the river.
Simonov turned over for a set and Fedin had that beat with for a flush.
Daniyar Aubakirov opened to 450 from the cutoff and Ivan Totskiy three-bet to 1,225 on the button. The blinds folded and Aubakirov four-bet to 3,250. After about five minutes in the tank, Totskiy five-bet to 7,225. Aubakirov called.
The flop came and Aubakirov took the lead, betting 4,000. Totskiy called. The turn was the and once again Aubakirov led, this time for 6,000. Totskiy called again and the completed the board on the river.
Aubakirov bet 8,000 and Totskiy went into the tank. About five minutes went by before a tablemate asked for the clock. Before the floor staff could start the countdown, Totskiy folded.
On the turn, Vladimir Medvedev bet 900 out of the big blind and Alexandr Minakov called from the button. The fell on the river and this time Medvedev made it 2,000 to go and Minakov folded.
It wasn't much of a hand, but helped to let Medvedev climb to six figures.
Tsogtjargal Yadamjav opened from early position for a slightly larger than usual 600. Oleg Bychkov was directly to his left and raised to 1,800. It quickly folded back round to Yadamjav who clarified the bet and called.
The flop was and Yadamjav led out for 2,500. No quick surrender from Bychkov who called.
The turn card was the bringing four to a flush which slowed both players down before the river completed the board.
Yadamjav again with the lead bet of 5,600 and Bychkov tossed out a call.
Yadamjav showed the nut flush and Bychkov showed his losing giving a distasteful look to the troublesome knaves as his stack continued to head in the wrong direction.
Without many showdowns, Daniyar Aubakirov has managed to more than double his stack and the latest hand was no different. He called a raise to 425 by Matthijs Silkeit and the flop was checked by both. Aubakirov check-called a bet worth 600 on the turn before leading the river for 3,500.
Silkeit folded and the pot was shipped to the 2017 WPT Amsterdam champion.
With a board of and about 6,000 already in the pot, Ilya Sumzin fired out a bet of 3,500 from the small blind and Igor Dimitrijevic made the call on the button. The river was the and after some time, both players checked. Sumzin tabled queens and they were good enough to claim the pot.
Nine players have been eliminated so far and among them was also Driss Ekadioin. Below are further updated chip counts with Denis Davydov and Yehor Filipenko among the big stacks.
Daniyar Aubakirov opened the action from the hi-jack and faced a three-bet from Ivan Totskiy in the cut-off who was getting low on chips and looking to regain some traction. Sat on the button though was Georgi Koev who had a big stack and he called in position.
Aubakirov raised his eyebrows but not the bet and threw his hand in.
The heads-up flop came and Totskiy bet 1,500. Koev called and the turn card was the . Totskiy had just over 10,000 behind and he thought for a short time before committing 3,000 of it to the pot. Once more Kovev called.
The river was the . Some contemplation from Totskiy before he checked. Kovev checked behind and showed the winning .
Totskiy mucked without much emotion before holding his remaining stack in one hand.