Chris Moneymaker raised to 23,000 from early position. Dmitry Chop called on the button, as did Anton Gililov in the big blind.
The flop came and Gililov checked to Moneymaker who bet 32,000. Chop called and Gililov folded.
The turn was the and Moneymaker checked to Chop who bet 51,000. Moneymaker then check-raised to 250,000 putting Chop all-in. After some thought, Chop folded.
Moneymaker has increased his stack by over 600,000 over the course of the day, as Chop slipped down to around 150,000.
Seyed Ghavam opened to 23,000 and Mikhail Galitski defended the big blind to see a flop of . Galitski check-called a bet worth 23,000 before the turn went check, check. After the river, Galitski bet 32,000 and Ghavam folded.
Hand 2
Dmitrii Grinenko raised to 20,000 from under the gun and Jonas Lauck called in the big blind before quickly check-folding the flop to a continuation bet.
Hand 3
Galitski min-raised the button to 20,000 and Grinenko called out of the big blind. Grinenko checked the flop, Galitski bet 13,000 and was called. The turn brought no betting action before Grinenko bet the river for 57,000. Galitski quickly called and Grinenko mucked his cards, Galitski showed while raking in the pot.
The last three hands before the break provided some fireworks. First Daniyar Aubakirov took off fellow Kazakh Lavrentiy Ni before the latter limp-shoved into Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.
Last but not least, the clock was about to run down for the level while Yurii Zdanovskyi had raised to 22,000. Ni was on the button and waited until 10 seconds remaining before announcing all in. The blinds folded and Zdanovskyi snap-called.
Yurii Zdanovskyi:
Lavrentiy Ni:
The flop came and Ni said in Russian "give someone a set." Sure enough, the appeared on the turn and Ni improved to a set. A blank river let the rail of Ni celebrate and Zdanovskyi will return for the next level with less than two big blinds.
and Gililov checked to Moneymaker who bet 32,000. Chop called and Gililov folded.
and Moneymaker checked to Chop who bet 51,000. Moneymaker then check-raised to 250,000 putting Chop all-in. After some thought, Chop folded.
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and Grospellier’s cards went into the muck after a costly pot.
. Galitski check-called a bet worth 23,000 before the 
turn went check, check. After the 
river, Galitski bet 32,000 and Ghavam folded.
flop to a continuation bet.
flop, Galitski bet 13,000 and was called. The 
turn brought no betting action before Grinenko bet the 
while raking in the pot.
while Aubakirov showed 
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and Ni said in Russian "give someone a set." Sure enough, the 
appeared on the turn and Ni improved to a set. A blank 
