On the flop of , Vadim Botosan bet 3,200 and was called by Natan Chauskin before the turn saw a bet of 7,000 by Botosan. Chauskin moved all in and Botosan reluctantly folded with 25,000 behind and mucked face up. Chauskin grinned and showed his .
Hand 2
Plenty of table chat and banter in Russian followed after all was done and dusted. One hand later, Mikhail Korotkikh bet the flop for 5,100 and Ulrich Jungen as well as Dmitry Yurasov in the small blind folded. Korotkikh also showed a bluff, with , and more jokes and laughs came after.
Hand 3
Ulrich Jungen raised to 2,100 and Yurasov three-bet to 6,300 in the small blind, which Jungen called. On the flop, Yurasov bet 4,500 and Jungen moved all in. Yurasov asked for a count and eventually called the shove for 43,500.
Dmitry Yurasov:
Ulrich Jungen:
The turn improved the Swiss, and the river bricked off to deny Yurasov a potential chip leader pot.
Dmitry Yurasov raised to 1,800 from under the gun. The player in middle position called, Mikhail Korotkikh called in the hijack and the player in the big blind called.
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the . It checked to Yurasov who bet 4,000 and Korotkikh was the only caller.
On the river, which was the both players checked again and Korotkikh waved his hand at Yurasov who showed for a rivered pair of eights. Korotkikh muttered something in Russian and flashed before folding.
Mikhail Rudoy opened to 1,900 from early position and was called by Vitaliy Li before the action reached Konstantin Podogin in the big blind. He raised to 5,100 and Rudoy four-bet to 11,200, forcing a fold from Li. Pogodin moved all in for what appeared to be 40,000 and was snap-called by Rudoy.
Mikhail Rudoy:
Konstantin Pogodin:
After a board of , Pogodin was eliminated and Rudoy took the lead.
PokerStars Team Pro Chris Moneymaker opened for 1,800 and got a call from neigbor and fellow Team Pro Felipe Ramos. The rest of the table ducked for cover and left them to it.
With the pot heads-up Ramos couldn’t help but burst into a big grin now they were in a potentially big pot together.
The flop was and Moneymaker continued for 1,700. Ramos joked that he had backdoor outs and it was too cheap to fold so in the chips went.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river card was the and Moneymaker bet a cheeky 2,000.
“I hope we’re chopping.” Ramos said and called. Indeed they were.
The last few levels were not as kind to early chip leader Denis Davydov and he just claimed a pot to stop the draining of his stack. Anton Shamrayevsky opened to 2,000 and Davydov defended the big blind. On a flop of , Davydov checked and subsequently called a continuation bet worth 2,000 before the duo checked through the turn.
Davydov bet the river for 6,000 with 16,100 behind and Shamrayevsky called, but soon after mucked after Davydov turned over for a straight.
On the four-way turn of , Dmitrii Grinenko bet 5,400 in the small blind and Pavel Ignatov called in the big blind. Oleg Sklyanov folded and Alexandr Prysev called. The fell on the river and Grinenko carefully counted his stack before announcing all in.
The shove was for approximately 16,000 and Ignatov quickly folded. Prysev took longer for his decision, but came to the same conclusion. Grinenko flashed the and raked in the pot.
Yehor Filipenko opened from middle position and Pavel Kovalenko three-bet from the button. Filipenko then four-bet to 12,500 and Kovalenko five-bet to 21,200.
After some time, tablemate Ramin Hajiyev cried out: "Viva la shot clock!" as Filipenko thought about his decision. Eventually the clock was called and the Ukrainian live satellite winner Filipenko eventually folded.
, Vadim Botosan bet 3,200 and was called by Natan Chauskin before the 
turn saw a bet of 7,000 by Botosan. Chauskin moved all in and Botosan reluctantly folded with 25,000 behind and mucked 
face up. Chauskin grinned and showed his 
.
flop for 5,100 and Ulrich Jungen as well as Dmitry Yurasov in the small blind folded. Korotkikh also showed a bluff, with 
, and more jokes and laughs came after.
river bricked off to deny Yurasov a potential chip leader pot.
and all three players checked. The turn was the 
. It checked to Yurasov who bet 4,000 and Korotkikh was the only caller.
both players checked again and Korotkikh waved his hand at Yurasov who showed 
for a rivered pair of eights. Korotkikh muttered something in Russian and flashed 
before folding.
and both players checked. The river card was the 
.
, Davydov checked and subsequently called a continuation bet worth 2,000 before the duo checked through the 
for a straight.
board and after some time, his heads-up opponent made the call. 
