Alexander Lakhov raised to 35,000 and Pavel Shirshikov three-bet to 81,000 from one seat over, which Lakhov called. On the flop, Lakhov checked and Shirshikov's bet of 45,000 won the pot.
Nadar Kakhmazov opened twice to 32,000 and won the blinds and antes once, Oleg Chebotarev shoved from one seat over in the second hand and all opponents folded.
Bertrand Grospellier moved all in from early position for 179,000 and Said Butba called on the button.
Grospellier:
Butba:
The flop was a mixed bag for the PokerStars Team Pro coming giving Butba an open-ended straight draw.
The turn was the and the river was the meaning that Grospellier doubled up and is no longer the shortstack in the PokerStars Championship Sochi Main Event.
Alexander Lakhov raised to 36,000 and Nadar Kakhmazov defended the big blind, then checked the flop. Lakhov bet 50,000 and Kakhmazov folded, he was shown by Lakhov.
Hand 2
Lakhov made it 35,000 to go and Kakhmazov flat-called in the small blind. On a flop of , both players checked. After the turn, Kakhmazov bet 48,000 and Lakhov called before doing so again for river for 78,000.
Kakhmazov showed for a busted straight draw and Lakhov flipped over . In Russian he said "thank you for the bet on the river, I would not have known what to do," before adding in English "maximum value."
After a raise by Daniyar Aubakirov, Nadar Kakhmazov three-bet to 76,000 on the button. Aubakirov clicked it back to 176,000 and Kakhmazov called. On the flop, Aubakirov continued for 75,000 and Kakhmazov quickly called before the action was checked to him on the turn.
Kakhmazov bet 230,000 and Aubakirov check-raised all in for around 650,000. Some table chat followed and Kakhmazov let go to award the big pot to Aubakirov.