Mika Nordman moved all in for 4,200 and Seyed Ghavam called from the button. Lev Mnatsakanyan instantly moved all in for 40,000 from the small blind and the big blind folded, Ghavam tossed in a single chip for the call after a few seconds of consideration.
Seyed Ghavam:
Lev Mnatsakanyan:
Mika Nordman:
After a board of , the pocket tens held up and Ghavam knocked out two players with a full house to jump into the top spot.
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand Grospellier's table was the latest to break and he was moved to a new one and promptly raised from under-the-gun to 1,300. It folded all the way around to Alexander Lakhov in the big blind.
"Seven-Deuce, never lose," said Lakhov flashing . To his credit Grospellier showed and took down the small pot.
"It's beautiful here," said Grospellier to us after we asked him if he was enjoying his time so far, "It's a beautiful place and a beautiful casino.
"I've slept for 12 hours so it feels like I'm floating a little bit. It's nice playing poker with fresh faces, but I'm used to playing online with Russians in all the major tournaments so it's not that bad."
We'll see if ElkY can survive the last one-and-a-half levels and make it to Day 2.
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.
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.
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.
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 pocket tens held up and Ghavam knocked out two players with a full house to jump into the top spot.
. To his credit Grospellier showed 
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.
and a continuation bet of 2,000 from Lakhov got a call from Finogenova.
on the river.
for Lakhov but Finogenova had turned the straight with her 
and took the pot.
and the action checked to Denisov, who bet 2,600. Both opponents called and once again checked the 
for a flopped set and took the pot.
and Bandura was left drawing dead.
