Live satellite winner Ruslan Goncharov called from the big blind after Sergey Tikhonov raised to 250 from the cutoff.
The flop came and Goncharov checked to his opponent who bet 250. Goncharov then check-raised to 500 and Tikhonov called.
Goncharov bet 700 on the turn and Tikhonov checked. The river was the and Goncharov checked and Tikhonov bet 2,000. Goncharov called and watched as Tikhonov showed .
He showed for a pair of sevens and took down the pot.
Vladimir Medvedev and Vadim Botosan got into a preflop raise war which ended in the amount of around 2,000. We arrived as the dealer was raking in the chips and delivered a flop.
Both players checked and saw the introduced on the turn. Medvedev led with a bet of 2,000 and Botosan called. The completed the board on the river and Medvedev fired out 4,000.
A few moments went by before the two began to chat back and forth in Russian with Medvedev begin to chuckle. Botosan eventually called and Medvedev tabled , flopping a set, and Botosan mucked.
With some 5,000 in the middle and the board showing , Ilya Sumzin checked out of the small blind and [Removed:19] bet 3,000 from under the gun. Sumzin folded and was shown by Sokolovskiy, who then added "I wish you had aces, next card six and all in."
Soon after, a big pot emerged on the very same table and Driss Ekadioin as well as Konstantin Tolokno were the players involved. On the river, Tolokno bet 6,000 and Ekadioin called. Tolokno turned over for quads and Ekadioin sighed and muckewd his for a flush.
According to the tournament screens, there are 96 players registered towards the end of level one and among the latest players to show up and take their seat was Mikhail Rudoy. The best score of the Russian to date was a 10th place in the EPT11 Barcelona Main Event for €77,600 and he is looking to better that result on home soil. Rudoy shares a table with Igor Dubinsky, who lost some early pots.
As we walked up to the table, Vladimir Medvedev was being pushed a pot and two pretty aces sat face up in front of him. The pot wasn't huge but did include some T1,000 chips.
We walked away, only to hear some more chatter from that table a few moments later. We returned to see Medvedev had tabled pocket aces again and was being pushed another pot.
Russian banter ensued which seemed to be directed towards the dealer and without knowing any Russian was obvious that the players wanted the rockets passed around the table.
The latest WPT Champion Daniyar Aubakirov has entered the field and is seated at a table in the same distinctive red hoodie he wore in the Dutch capital earlier this month.
Aubakirov took home $166,344 for his win and was the latest WPT Champion as he took down WPT Amsterdam. The Kazakh player is now here in Sochi looking for another deep run in a big field.
Luca Pagano and the player in the big blind defended against a raise by Alexey Fedin and both players in the blinds check-called a bet of 300 on the flop and a second barrel worth 600 on the turn. Pagano then took the lead by betting the river for 2,800 and both opponents called.
Pagano turned over for the nut flush and that won the pot.
Vladimir Medvedev has been on a tear early on and it comes as no surprise to see the first player eliminated come from his very table. The first casualty of the day was Mohammadjavad Haddadnia, while Medvedev has more than three times the starting stack already.
With action folded around to the player in the small blind, he raised to 450. Dmitrii Filimonov was in the big blind and three-bet to 1,350. His opponent made the call.
The flop came and Filimonov's continuation bet of 1,400 was check-called. The touched down on the turn and both players checked to see the on the river.
Filimonov's opponent led with a bet of 2,500. Taking a moment, Filimonov tossed out two 5,000 chips, raising to 10,000. His opponent went into the tank and eventually folded.
and Goncharov checked to his opponent who bet 250. Goncharov then check-raised to 500 and Tikhonov called.
and Tikhonov checked. The river was the 
and Goncharov checked and Tikhonov bet 2,000. Goncharov called and watched as Tikhonov showed 
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for a pair of sevens and took down the pot.
completed the board on the river and Medvedev fired out 4,000.
, flopping a set, and Botosan mucked.
by Sokolovskiy, who then added "I wish you had aces, next card six and all in."
flop and a second barrel worth 600 on the 
river for 2,800 and both opponents called.
and Filimonov's continuation bet of 1,400 was check-called. The