We didn't see how the money went in, but Egor Bulychev was all in and ahead of his opponent Yury Gulyy. Bulychev held while Gulyy held .
The flop came with no help for Gulyy. The turn was the giving him a flush draw, and the river completed the flush draw, ensuring that Gulyy eliminated his opponent shortly before the dinner break.
The player under the gun raised to 1,300 from under the gun and Seyed Ghavam three-bet to 3,125 from the button. Dimitrii Naumov called in the small blind, as did the initial raiser.
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the and it checked to Ghavam who bet 5,525. Naumov called and the third player in the hand folded.
The river was the and Naumov checked to Ghavam who bet 6,500. Naumov then check-raised his Iranian opponent to 18,900.
After some thought, Ghavam called. Naumov showed but Ghavam had found the call with just top pair and took down a healthy pot.
Georgii Bandura raised to 1,500 from the hijack and Aleksei Istomin called on the button. Gaby Livshitz three-bet to 5,300 and Bandura moved all in for 10,200. Istomin folded and Livshitz quickly called.
The board at the river was and Vladimir Troyanovskiy had bet 13,200.
Maxim Panyak was the man who faced the decision. It was just under a pot sized bet and Troyanovskiy had 15,000 behind. After some contemplation Panyak called.
Troyanovskiy flipped over for a flopped set and took the pot.
Evgeny Nekrasov raised to 1,400 and Aleksandr Gofman called. Aleksandr Denisov min-clicked to 2,200 and Nekrasov was taken aback, then asked to confirm whether or not it was a legit raise. The min-click was indeed correct and Nekrasov called, Gofman also came along.
The flop fell and the action checked to Denisov, who bet 2,600. Both opponents called and once again checked the turn. Denisov fired a second bet worth 5,800 and this time two folds followed to let Denisov pick up the pot without resistance.
There are plenty of chips at the table of Maxim Panyak, but the National High Roller champion here in Sochi has plummeted to fewer than the starting stack. He got into a three-way hand with Grigorii Rodin and check-called a bet worth 3,800 out of the big blind, as did Dmitry Manashov on the button.
After the turn, the action checked to Manashov and he bet 8,000, Panyak folded and Rodin called. The river was checked and Manashov mucked his cards to forfeit the pot.
One hand later, Rodin opened to 1,500 and folded when Alexander Lukyanov three-bet to 3,700. The other big stacks on the table are Siarhei Buracheuski and Vladimir Troyanovskiy.