As the preflop deal was progressing the 
was accidentally exposed. No fuss, it happens and sometimes leads to a change of preflop dynamics.
Each player had a peek at their cards before throwing them in the muck, not interested this time.
So Mikhail Korotkikh got a walk in the big blind and tabled his 
with a shake of the head as he collected the antes and small blind for his troubles.
On the three-way flop of 
, the action checked to Vladimar Shashkov and he bet 2,500. Only Alex Watson in the small blind called and the 
fell on the turn. Both players checked and Watson eventually bet the 
river for 2,500. Shashkov said just one word: "Straight?" before taking one minute of consideration.
Once Shashkov called, Watson rolled over 
for a pair of eights and Shashkov mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
41,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Just as Chris Moneymaker check-raised the river of a board of 
from 3,000 to 7,500 and was called by Andrey Sakolishch, fellow PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos arrived and sat down next to Moneymaker. The American showed 
for a bluff and Sakolishch turned over 
for a flush.
Also in: Ramin Hajiyev, who arrived at almost the same time as Ramos.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
34,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
The remaining 115 players are going on a 20-minute break of the day at the halfway stage of the day's play. When they return the blinds will be 200/400 with an ante of 50.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Unfortunately, Brazilian PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos just busted in the money of the National High Roller. Ramos banked $243,000 for 13th place.
Fortunately, he immediately registered for the PokerStars Championship Sochi Main Event just before the break and instantly found a hand to play and give himself a huge boost up the counts.
We missed the preflop action but Ramos and four tablemates including Pokerstars teammate Chirs Moneymaker — who is sitting to Ramos' immediate right — paid 700 to see a 
flop.
After it was checked all the way around to the player in late position, they fired out a bet of 2,100. Action folded back around to Ramos who bumped it up to 6,900. His opponent called.
The turn was the and Ramos led with a bet of 8,500. His opponent called. The completed the board on the river and both players checked. Ramos tabled 
, besting his opponent's 
.
A big smile crossed Ramos' face as he knew he got lucky on the river and Moneymaker was sure to let him know, tossing out a few needles about Ramos binking his first hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
||
Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano has been nursing his stack for a while now since he took a huge hit with set over set earlier in the day.
We arrived at the table just as Pagano was taking his leave.
In front of him was his 
with the board reading 
.
His top set was no good though as Andrei Shkerin's 
flopped a flush and the battle was over, for now. All the chips went in on the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
76,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
68,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
60,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
|
58,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
53,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
48,000 | |
|
42,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
40,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
33,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
30,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
28,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
14,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
14,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
Busted | |
Ramin Hajiyev admitted to have been "bluffing with the best hand" after jamming the 
turn with 
and Andrey Chernyy called with slightly more chips and for the straight and flush draw. The river was a blank and Hajiyev found a double.
For Chernyy it was all over shortly after when he got the rest of it in with 
against Anton Shamrayevsky's 
, as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
Busted |
An open to 800 from Viacheslav Manakov was met by a three-bet from Artsiom Zhadinsky to 2,350 from late position.
Vladimar Shashkov in the blinds had the players at his table covered and he moved all in and it was announced by the dealer.
Manakov and Zhadinsky quickly mucked and the dealer pushed the pot to the big stack.
There followed a heated discussion between Zhadinsky and the dealer the exact nature of which, as it was in Russian, was unclear. It seemed Zhadinsky was irked that he wasn’t made fully aware of who was shoving and for how much.
Shashkov wasn’t in the least bothered as he stacked some more chips,
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
26,000 |
