Alexander Lakhov opened to 20,000 and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier defended his big blind. The duo checked the flop and the turn before the fell on the river. ElkY bet 28,000 and Lakhov shoved, then mucked when he was shown for kings and jacks.
Hand 2
Lakhov made it 18,000 to go and Artsiom Zhadinsky three-bet to 45,000. Lakhov moved all in and Zhadinsky reluctantly folded. Lakhov flashed the with a big grin on the face.
With five minutes left in Level 18, the field is now down to 24 players and a redraw has been completed. The players have left on a 20-minute break. We will have the full redraw available soon.
Dmitrii Grinenko opened to 20,000 and Denis Pavlenko, who came back from the last break as far shortest stack, shoved from the button for 50,000. Grinenko quickly called when the action folded back to him and the cards were tabled.
Dmitrii Grinenko:
Denis Pavlenko:
Despite flopping top pair, Pavlenko was in desperate shape as the flop came to give Grinenko middle set. It was all over after the turn, making the river a formality. Pavlenko receives 1,185,000 RUB for his efforts, which equals approximately $20,967.
Mikhail Galitski shoved for 145,000 and claimed the blinds and antes. Soon after, Timur Bubnov opened to 24,000 from under the gun and the action folded all the way to Mikhail Rudoy in the big blind, who called.
On the flop, Rudoy checked and Bubnov bet 26,000. Within a matter of seconds, Rudoy check-raised all in and Bubnov asked for a count. Rudoy was all in for 90,000 and Bubnov reluctantly called.
Mikhail Rudoy:
Timur Bubnov:
The turn took away some outs from Bubnov to deal the final blow, and the river was also no threat for Rudoy either.