Picking up the action on the turn, Oleg Eltsov checked out of the big blind and Van Thach Vu on the button made it 2,200 to go, which Eltsov called. After the river, Eltsov bet 6,400 with 11,300 behind and Vu took his time before raising to 15,000. Eltsov folded and the pot was shipped to Vu.
The same table also features Benjamin Lamprecht, Martin Finger and Ladies Event champion Olga Iermolcheva.
The mayor of Sochi, Anatoly Pakhomov, arrived at the Casino and will speak to all participants of Day 1b and a short unscheduled break will take place before the action resumes.
Fiodar Skrunda already lost a big pot early on and just paid off Vitaliy Gusak to slip down further in the counts. On the flop, Gusak in the small blind, Skrunda in the hijack and Arman Atshemyan on the button all invested 1,300.
The turn was checked through before Gusak bet the river for 3,500. Skrunda reluctantly called and Atshemyan folded. Gusak turned over and that won the pot, while Skrunda was left with his head shaking and less than half the starting stack.
Maxim Panyak opened the action and faced a three-bet to 700 from Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the big blind. Panyak called.
There was no further action as the board ran out .
Troyanovskiy showed but was beaten on the river by the of Panyak.
Panyak opened the next hand and Troyanovskiy three-bet to 700 from the small blind. Once more Panyak called. The flop was and Troyanovskiy continued for 700.
Panyak mucked and showed while Troyanovskiy showed .
All square after that with the promise of fireworks to come.
With around 6,000 in and the turn reading , Aleksandr Zhilinskii bet 2,175 and Konstantin Puchkov check-called. The river saw a check by Puchkov and Zhilinskii checked behind to muck when Puchkov showed .
Soon after, Yaniv Peretz and Sergei Chantcev got into a raising war. Peretz made it 3,250 on the button and Chantcev reraised to 7,500 in the small blind. That was enough to force a fold from Peretz and Chantcev raked in the pot.
Maxim Panyak at the PokerStars Championship Monte-Carlo
After his late session last night with a win and a second place in Side Events, the start of day 1b had been rather bad for Maxim Panyak. However, the Russian just doubled up after getting it in for 20,100 on a flop of .
Panyak had and was called by Sergey Kogotkov with for two pair. The turn improved Panyak to a flush, and the river was no scare anymore.
Anatolii Zyrin and Vladimir Troyanovskiy share a table with Maxim Panyak and especially Troyanovskiy may be seeking revenge after coming third in the PokerStars National High Roller last night. Fate would see him share the same starting table as Panyak on Day 1b of the Main Event as well, the perfect opportunity to get the better of his fellow countryman this time around.
turn, Oleg Eltsov checked out of the big blind and Van Thach Vu on the button made it 2,200 to go, which Eltsov called. After the 
river, Eltsov bet 6,400 with 11,300 behind and Vu took his time before raising to 15,000. Eltsov folded and the pot was shipped to Vu.
where Lodge bet 1,250.
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flop, Gusak in the small blind, Skrunda in the hijack and Arman Atshemyan on the button all invested 1,300.
turn was checked through before Gusak bet the 
river for 3,500. Skrunda reluctantly called and Atshemyan folded. Gusak turned over 
and that won the pot, while Skrunda was left with his head shaking and less than half the starting stack.
but was beaten on the river by the 
of Panyak.
river saw a check by Puchkov and Zhilinskii checked behind to muck when Puchkov showed 
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