With a bit more than 30,000 in the middle of a board, Vladimir Troyanovskiy and Chris Moneymaker both checked to see the complete the board on the river. Troyanovskiy led with a bet of 13,500 and Moneymaker called. Troyanovskiy tabled missing his flush and Moneymaker took down the pot with .
An orbit earlier Jason Wheeler had opened the action and folded to a shove from Konstantin Tolokno and the same just happened.
Wheeler opened for 7,000 and Tolokno moved in for 54,000. Wheeler decided to let him know his thoughts.
“You don’t like this tournament? I don’t know how many more nice hands I can fold to you. Next time I have to call out of principle. I’m not the Bank of America.”
There were two seat open on the feature table early on. The first to go was Andrey Morgun and Igor Sharaskin just followed. Alexey Nikolenko raised to 7,000 and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier called from one seat over in the small blind. Sharaskin shoved for 34,000 in the big blind and Nikolenko eventually folded, Grospellier called.
Bertrand Grospellier:
Igor Sharaskin:
The board came and Sharaskin was drawing dead after the turn already.
Igor Dimitrijevic opened to 7,000 from the button and called the shove of Yurii Zdanovskyi with . Zdanovskiy only had but got there on the board .
Soon after, Michal Majewski and Yehor Filipenko tangled in a pot. The former shoved the river for 37,000 and Filipenko asked for a count before calling. Majewski was bluffing with and Filipenko claimed the pot with for two pair.
Artem Savchenko opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and one seat over, Chris Moneymaker bumped it up to 15,000. Action folded back around to Savchenko who though for a moment before announcing a four-bet to 41,000.
Moneymaker cut down his stack, gave his decision some thought, and slid his cards into the muck.
The big stack of Nadar Kakhmazov has vanished while Daniyar Aubakirov is thriving and players at the table confirmed what happened. Kakhmazov's raise from the cutoff was three-bet by Aubakirov in the big blind. On a flop nothing much happened with a bet and a call. But the turn provided fireworks with a bet worth 25,000 by Aubakirov, a raise to 100,000 by Kakhmazov and the shove of Aubakirov with kings.
Kakhmazov called with tens for a set while Aubakirov had the redraw for the flush draw with the in his hand. The river brought the and Aubakirov scored a huge double.
Soon after, Kakhmazov raised to 6,000 and Nacho Barbero three-bet to 19,000 which Kakhmazov called. On the flop, Kakhmazov check-called a bet worth 20,500 and check-folded the turn to a bet worth 32,500.
Konstantin Tolokno opened to 7,000 under-the-gun, getting a call from the player in early position. Konstantin Bugaev then three-bet shoved for 42,000 one seat over and Tolokno called after action was folded around.
Bugaev:
Toloknov:
The board ran out and Bugaev's flopped pair of tens were best.
Vladimir Demenkov was involved in a three-bet pot against Aram Vartevanyan and bet a flop of for 16,000, which Vartevanyan called. On the turn, he checked and folded to the shove of Vartevanyan.
Two hands later, Demenkov shoved for his last 29,500 with the and Andrey Razov called in the small blind with . The board came to let Demenkov double.
Last but not least, Mikalai Vaskaboinikau survived a huge sweat when shoving for 45,000 with . Vartevanyan called with and saw the board run out .