Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier joined the field not long ago and sat down near the stage, where he was able to win a few chips early on. Grospellier joins fellow PokerStars Team Pro [Removed:532] and Team Online's Mikhail Shalamov to represent the red spade today and will try to run up a stack to join Chris Moneymaker for Day 2.
On the same table as Andrei Zaichenko and Andrey Gulyy, a big pot just emerged and would see Timofey Vekshin depart under painful circumstances. It started with a raise to 1,100 by Danila Solovyev and he was called by one player before Vekshin three-bet to 6,000 in the small blind. Only Solovyev called and the flop fell 
. Vekshin continued for 9,000 and Solovyev called before both players checked the 
turn.
After the 
river, Vekshin moved all in for what appeared to be around 14,500 and Solovyev didn't need to ask for a count, but snap-called with 
for turned quads. Vekshin turned over 
for a full house and headed to the rail.
Harry Lodge opened the action from early position for 700 and got a call from Seyed Ghavam in the cut-off.
Lev Mnatsakanyan on the button decided to put a squeeze on with a raise to 2,200. That didn’t shake Lodge who called and it was back to Ghavam. He decided to break put the four-bet with a chunky 8,700 bet.
Mnatsakanyan and Lodge threw in their cards.
On a 
board Anton Pozdniakov checked to Hugo Dos Santos Videira who bet 3,325. Vadim Kuvshinkov called, as did Pozdniakov.
The river was the 
and it checked to Kuvshinkov who bet 3,000 leaving himself just 175 chips behind. Pozdniakov folded and Dos Santos Videira called.
Kuvshinkov showed 
for a full house, and Dos Santos Videira scowled as he mucked his cards.
Hand 1
In a limped battle of the blinds, Sergey Lomakin bet 400 in the small blind and Mikhail Shalamov called in the big blind. The turn saw Lomakin check, Shalamov bet 1,200 and Lomakin call. There was no action on the 
river despite Shalamov carefully checking his remaining chips, and Lomakin claimed the pot with 
.
Hand 2
Lomakin three-bet an open-raise by Igor Yampolskiy to 1,600 and was called to see the flop fall 
. Yampolskiy check-raised to 13,000 and called the all in of Lomakin for little more.
Sergey Lomakin:
Igor Yampolskiy: 
The 
turn and 
river were no thread for Lomakin and he doubled back to more than the starting stack.
The flop was 
.
Vsevolod Nikolaev moved all in just covering his opponent Saman Nakhjavani.
Nakhjavani gave it some hard thought and called for his tournament life. His top pair though was behind the 
of Nikolaev.
The turn was the 
and the river the and Nakhjavani hit the rail.
On the three-way flop of 
with 10,000 in the middle, the action checked to Sergei Chantcev and he bet 5,000. Beka Iordanishvili called and the third player in the hand folded. The turn was checked through and Chantcev also checked the 
river. Iordanishvili bet 7,000.
Chantcev was not happy, but he eventually called and was shown 
for a straight by Iordanishvili as winning hand. So far, all had been going smooth for Chantcev, but this hand took a toll on the stack of the Russian.
Nível: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
A player in middle position limped and the player in the hijack raised to 1,000. Donatas Pilinkus called on the button and Sergey Feklisov three-bet to 2,900 from the big blind and Pilinkus was the only caller.
On a 
flop, Pilinkus checked out of turn. There were a few raised eyebrows but no one commented as Feklisov checked "behind" moments later.
The turn was the and again Pilinkus checked out of turn. At this point the dealer stepped in to remind him and Feklisov bet 3,700. Pilinkus called.
The river was the and Pilinkus came perilously close to checking out of turn for the third consecutive street, but managed to stop himself. Feklisov checked, and the Lithuanian qualifier checked behind.
Feklisov showed 
but Pilinkus showed 
and took down the pot.
Alexander Lakhov opened for 500 from first position and Aleksandr Tyavin sat next to him made it 1,500 to go. The player on the button called and it was back on Lakhov once the blinds folde.
Lakhov bet two chips worth 6,000 which the dealer initially mistook for a call and when Lakhov corrected her the player on the button too argued that it was a call. It was two chips however and it was a raise.
A bemused looking Tyavin called and the button folded.
The flop was 
and Lakhov bet 4,000 which Tyavin called leaving 8,500 behind.
The turn card was the and with a shrug Lakhov bet all his high denomination chips. Tyavin was left shaking his head and short stacked as he folded.
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