Matous Houzvicek
Niveau 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Reigning National Champion Matous Houzvicek had one of the biggest stacks earlier. He has since seen his fortunes change, dropping back to little more than starting stack. Just now he won a small pot after opening in early position and getting one call from Nikolay Fal in the big blind. He barrelled on a 
board and took it down. Could this be the start of another upward trend?
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
43,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
giving Tang a flush draw.
. The river was the 
. Shmanov instinctively with a sharp body movement as Tang completed his flush, before the Kazakh player realised he had rivered a full house to more than double and stay alive in the tournament.
flop, Tobby Drimer was heads up with Anatoliy Zyrin. Zyrin check-raised Drimer's 3,500 bet to 8,700, which Drimer called. 
and Zyrin didn't continue. Drimer bet 10,000 and it was a quick fold from Zyrin, leaving the Israeli to take the pot.
flop, Tang continued for 4,600 and only Bogoyavlenskiy called. Tang took the pot on the 
board Leonid Bilokur bet 4,000 and opponent Oleg Titov called with a third player folding.
. Bilokur bet 7,700 and Titov quickly called.
for a full house and Titov looked skywards in apparent frustration before mucking and flicking the chips towards his opponent.
runout was safe for the preflop favourite and Ermakov is in much better shape as players get ready to take their next break.