On a 
flop Alexandr Sergutin check-called 425,000 from Giorgiy Skhulukhiya. The pair checked the 
runout and Sergutin turned over 
for a pair of sevens.
Skhulukhiya mucked and lost another pot as the first level of the day draws to a close.
Alexandr Sergutin opened from under the gun and got calls from Andrey Lukyanov and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya in the small and big blinds respectively.
The trio checked the 
flop and Lukyanov bet 115,000 on the 
turn. Skhulukhiya raised to 270,000. Sergutin folded and Lukyanov called.
Lukyanov then opted to bet 325,000 on the 
river. Skhulukhiya called but mucked when Lukyanov showed 
for a pair of eights.
Skhulukhiya moved under two million in chips.
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya opened to 125,000 on the button and Alexandr Sergutin three-bet to 475,000 from the button.
Yury Masliankou folded his big blind and Skhulukhiya four-bet to 1,125,000. Sergutin five-bet all in for 2,565,000 and Skhulukhiya snap-called, slamming his chips into the middle.
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: 
Alexandr Sergutin: 
Skhulukhiya looked set to soar back into the chip lead after the flop came 
. The turn was the 
but the river 
kept Sergutin alive as he doubled to over five million.
Yury Masliankou has been quiet so far today, even relinquishing his chip lead to Georgiy Skhulukhiya, but it didn't take much for him to utilise his big chip stack.
Leonid Bilokur opened to 125,000 and Alexandr Sergutin called in the small blind. Masliankou then made it 500,000 from the big blind and the two opponents quickly folded.
That puts Masliankou back into the chip lead with 5.8m.
Sarkis Karabadzhakyan moved all in from under the gun for 520,000. Alexandr Sergutin moved all in over the top and the remaining players folded.
Sarkis Karabadzhakyan: 
Alexandr Sergutin: 
The flop came 
giving both players a set. The turn was the and the river the 
meaning Karabadzhakyan, who came into the day as the short stack, became the first elimination of the final day.
The seven remaining players are all guaranteed RUB 1,295,000 ($19,425).
All the major confrontations so far on Day 3 have been between Leonid Bilokur and Georgiy Skhulukhiya, apart from an early shove from Kartik Ved.
This time Skhulukhiya opened and Bilokur defended his small blind. The flop came 
and Bilokur check-called 100,000.
The turn was checked by both players and the river was the . Bilokur checked and Skhulukhiya bet 325,000. Bilokur snap-called.
Skhulukhiya turned over 
but Bilokur had finally got some back having rivered top pair with .
Leonid Bilokur opened pre-flop and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya defended his small blind. The pair checked a 
flop and Skhulukhiya checked a 
turn to Bilokur who bet 250,000.
Skhulukhiya then check-raised to 725,000 and Bilokur folded.Bilokur has lost over a million chips in barely 15 minutes.
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya opened to 125,000 and Leonid Bilokur called. Daniil Lukin three-bet to 325,000 from the button both players called.
The trio checked the 
flop and turn and Skhulukhiya bet 525,000 on the flop. The two opponents folded and he took down the pot.
Action is underway on the final day of the EPT National with eight players remaining.
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