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Grigorii Rodin got the last of his chips in with 
and had been given a spin by a player holding 
.
Rodin was out of his seat as the 
hit the flop and with the 
coming on the turn onl a queen could save him.
The dealer delivered salvation in the shape of the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,000 |
We caught up with the action preflop as the dealer was raking in 3,500 from three players, including Alexey Vlasov. They were issued a 
flop and action folded around to the player on the button, who bet 3,700. Vlasov called and the 
fell on the turn.
Both players checked as the 
completed the board on the river. After a moment, Vlasov stacked his chips and slid the small tower into the middle. His opponent asked for a count, which was about 8,500, and eventually made the call.
Vlasov tabled 
for a flopped flush and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 |
Yevgeniy Bakhvalov got the last of his chips in on the flop reading 
holding 
for an open ended straight draw. He was called by Dimitry Motorov holdoing 
.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
and Bakhvalov was on his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
A player in early position raised to 1,050 and Mark Simankov flat-called on the button. Andrey Andreev was in the small blind and moved all in for 8,650 with the blinds at 200/400 with a 50 ante.
The initial raiser folded and Simankov called.
Simankov: 
Andreev:
The Russian, who finished 38th in the partypoker Millions event here in Sochi two months ago was flipping, and watched as the flop came 
.
Andreev's best cash came in 2015 where he finished 4th in the €25k High Roller at the EPT 11 Grand Final, and the turn gave him extra outs coming the 
.
However the river was the meaning Simankov boosted his stack, and is now sitting above 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Five players just walked in with a tournament ticket in the hand and grabbed fresh stacks to enter the competition mid-way through Day 1b. Among them was Andrey Shatilov, who has more than $2.5M in tournament cashes, and the tournament screens show 233 entries for the second starting day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Jorg Bohme opened the action with a raise to 1,000 and Alimbay Sultanov three-bet to 2,200. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau called before Evgeny Talagaev in the small blind raised to 16,000 with another 10,150 behind. Bohme moved all in and that got Sultanov and Vaskaboinikau out of the way. In table chat, Sultanov mentioned he folded pocket queens.
Jorg Bohme: 
Evgeny Talagaev: 
The board came 
and Talagaev was eliminated, while PokerStars qualifier Bohme jumped to twice the average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
47,000 | 47,000 |
|
45,000 | 11,000 |
|
|
Busted |
A player in the cutoff seat opened to 800 and Andrei Kaigorodtsev called on the button. The player in the big blind three-bet to 3,400 and just Kaigorodtsev called.
The flop came 
and the player in the big blind continued with a bet of 2,600. Kaigorodtsev took no time bumping it up to 15,000 — almost all his remaining chips — and after a few moments, his opponent found a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,500 |
Dmitrii Makarov opened for 1,025 and got a call from Stanislav Vlasov before Alexander Lakhov three-bet to 4,000.
Makarov came right back at him with a four-bet to 11,025. Both Vlasov and Lakhov called to create a big three-way preflop pot.
The dealer fanned 
.
It was Makarov to act first and he bet 13,000. Vlasov folded but Lakhov called.
The turn was the and Makarov shoved. Lakhov was the player at risk and he called.
Makarov tabled his but Lakhov had flopped a set with his to the despair of Makarov.
The river was the and Lakhov doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000 | 14,000 |
|
|
17,000 | 17,000 |
