The last three players are having a twenty minute break. Here are the chip counts when they return.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
4,500,000 | -100,000 |
|
2,800,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,400,000 | -1,100,000 |
Nível: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
We are back and playing three handed. The yellow T1000 chips have been taken out of play and they are now using the black 100,000 chips. No significant pots have been contested as yet, they are still relatively deep and none of the players have shown signs of doing anything crazy. There has been no talk of a deal so it looks as if all three of the players still have their eyes firmly set on that first prize of €382,050.
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Action folded to Ivan Soshnikov in the small blind and he moved all in to put the pressure on Olivier Busquet, who liked what he saw and called off for 705,000.
Busquet: 
Soshnikov: 
Busquet got it in good, but Soshnikov was holding to live cards. Busquet improved on the 
flop, and successfully held as the 
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000 | -700,000 |
|
|
1,425,000 | 720,000 |
Ivan Soshnikov opened on the button for 100,000 and Olivier Busquet raised from the button to 250,000. Dmitry Yurasov in the big blind cold four bet to 450,000. Soshnikov’s response? He went all in. Busquet flicked his cards away to fold and Yurasov asked for a count. It was 2.8m. Yurasov gave it serious consideration and decided eventually to make the call. Soshnikov turned over 
and was in great shape against the frustrated Yurasov’s 
. The board ran out 
and Soshnikov knew he had won it on the turn and gave a quiet fist pump as he knew the momentum had swung significantly his way for now.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,600,000 | 3,100,000 |
|
|
1,700,000 | -2,800,000 |
Ivan Soshnikov opened for 100,000 on the button and Dmitry Yurasov defended from the big blind. Both players checked the 
flop and then Yurasov bet 125,000 on the 
turn. Soshnikov called, the 
completed the board on the river, and Yurasov bet 300,000.
Soshnikov thought long and hard before dropping in a call, and he was glad he did as his 
was good against Yurasov's 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,200,000 | 500,000 |
|
|
1,600,000 | -400,000 |
Nível: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
With his new big stack Ivan Soshnikov is really seizing this table by the throat now, putting his remaining two opponents to the test time and time again. In this hand he raised on the button to 120,000, Busquet folded and the increasingly frustrated short stack Dmitry Yurasov made the call in the big blind. The flop was 
. Yurasov checked and called a bet of 100,000 from Soshnikov. Turn card 
. Again Yurasov checked and called abet of 150,000. The river was the . A last check from Yurasov was met with an all-in from Soshnikov and a disgusted Yurasov hurled his cards face down at the flop.
