The action is heating up and there were three casualties in quick succession over in the theater.
First to go was Yury Zinkevich, who four-bet shoved from under the gun for around 44,000 with the . Pavel Kovalenko called with and rivered an ace on the board .
Ivan Arbatskii followed soon after before it was Roman Kundasov that ran out of chips. Alexandr Potievskiy opened first to act and Kundasov shoved for 24,000 from one seat over, which Potievskiy called.
We missed the action but the was laid out in front of Oleg Chebotarev and we caught a glimpse of three more clubs on the board as a massive pot was slid his way. We know that Chebotarev had bet 30,000 on the river in a three-way pot and was called by one of his opponents.
Jason Wheeler and Mikhail Rudoy were moved to the theater and the latter git involved into a bigger pot with Alexander Lakhov. On the turn, Rudoy bet 20,000 from under the gun and Lakhov called. The river saw Rudoy check and Lakhov bet 27,000. Rudoy called and mucked when Lakhov turned over for a flopped flush.
Nacho Barbero opened to 6,000 and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau three-bet to 21,000 in the big blind. Barbero shoved for 109,600 and Vaskaboinikau snap-called.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau:
Nacho Barbero:
The board ran out and Barbero scored a big double. Vaskaboinikau couldn't believe his bad fortune and Barbero added "Sorry, I have 40 big blinds, nothing I can do."
There are less than 90 players remaining, and Arman Atshemyan, as well as Viktor Sorokin, are no longer among those in contention.
Atshemyan bet the turn for 10,500 and moved all in for around 28,000 when Alexandr Minakov raised. The latter had very few chips to add and called with . Atshemyan had for a big double draw, and the river was a blank.
As for Sorokin, he shoved the button with his short stack and . Daniyar Aubakirov in the big blind called with and held up despite a scary board of .
The player in the cutoff seat opened to 5,500, and Maxim Lykov called in the big blind. The flop came . Lykov paused for a moment before throwing out a bet of 4,200. His opponent made the call and the dealer gave them the on the turn. Lykov led again, this time for 5,700 and his opponent didn't continue.
Chris Moneymaker defended his big blind against a raise by Aram Vartevanyan and check-raised the flop before calling a bet of 8,800 on the turn. Moneymaker also checked the river and Vartevanyan shoved.
"How much is it?" Moneymaker asked and the all in was for 30,600. Moneymaker called and was shown for a full house by his opponent. The PokerStars Team pro paid off the all in with the words "that's so gross" and dropped below the average.
Daniyar Aubakirov raised to 5,500 and Andy Tyler defended his big blind, then check-called for most of his short stack on the flop. On the turn, Tyler shoved the rest of it with for a pair and a gutshot and Aubakirov called with for a better pair and the same gutshot.
The river blanked and Aubakirov claimed another victim to recover further chips.
. Pavel Kovalenko called with 
and rivered an ace on the board 
.
and Kundasov was gone as well.
was laid out in front of Oleg Chebotarev and we caught a glimpse of three more clubs on the board as a massive pot was slid his way. We know that Chebotarev had bet 30,000 on the river in a three-way pot and was called by one of his opponents.
river saw Rudoy check and Lakhov bet 27,000. Rudoy called and mucked when Lakhov turned over 
for a flopped flush.
and Barbero scored a big double. Vaskaboinikau couldn't believe his bad fortune and Barbero added "Sorry, I have 40 big blinds, nothing I can do."
for a big double draw, and the 
and held up despite a scary board of 
on the turn. Lykov led again, this time for 5,700 and his opponent didn't continue.
was ahead of the 
of Lykov.
and a relived Majewski lives to fight another day.
flop. On the 
