The action has somewhat slowed down with barely any hands making it post the flop. Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy defended his big blind with against a button raise by Philipp Zukernik, who held , and checked the flop.
Zukernik continued for 5.5 million and was called before the turn and river eventually went check-check. Zukernik saw the bad news and immediately sighed.
David Laka raised to 5,000,000 from early position with and Leonid Logunov three-bet all in for 36,100,000 with from the hijack. Aleksandr Gofman was in the small blind with and tanked. He was the short stack at the table and eventually the clock was called on him.
Eventually he folded allowing Laka to fold and Gofman to take down the pot.
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy limped in with the and Philipp Zukernik called with the , Aleksandr Gofman checked with the . The flop fell and the action checked to Merzhvinskiy, who bet 3.1 million. Zukernik was the only caller and the fell on the turn.
Zukernik checked again and Merzhvinskiy followed up with a second bet worth 6.8 million
Anatoliy Zyrin raised from under the gun to 4,800,000 with and Michael Sklenicka called on the button with . David Laka also called in the small blind with as well as Leonid Logunov in the big blind with .
The flop came giving Laka a set, but it checked to Sklenicka who bet 9,000,000. Laka check-raised to 26,000,000. Zyrin and Logunov both folded but Sklenicka called.
The turn was the and Laka bet 42,000,000. Sklenicka folded and Laka took down the pot.
Aleksandr Gofman raised to 4.5 million with the from early position and Anatoliy Zyrin defended the big blind with the . The flop fell , giving Zyrin an open-ended straight draw, and he checked.
Gofman continued for five million with second pair and Zyrin check-raised all in. Gofman had 15 big blinds behind and gave it some thought and the clock was called on him before letting go.
Richard Dubini is cruising along in the 8-Max Side Event
With just 32 players left, three high profile partypoker Sponsored Pros are still in the mix.
Argentinian player Richard Dubini (pictured) has 1.4 million chips at 15,000/30,000 blinds. That's a fraction over Johnny Lodden's average stack of 1.2m, but Anatoly Filatov is slightly shorter.
"I came in with 214,000 but I have 260,000 now. It's going up!" he told us.
With $266,800 up for grabs for the win, everyone still involved with four tables left is clearly desperate to make the final table.
against a button raise by Philipp Zukernik, who held 
, and checked the 
flop.
turn and 
river eventually went check-check. Zukernik saw the bad news and immediately sighed.
and Leonid Logunov three-bet all in for 36,100,000 with 
from the hijack. Aleksandr Gofman was in the small blind with 
and tanked. He was the short stack at the table and eventually the clock was called on him.
and Philipp Zukernik called with the 
, Aleksandr Gofman checked with the 
. The flop fell 
fell on the turn.
and Michael Sklenicka called on the button with 
. David Laka also called in the small blind with 
as well as Leonid Logunov in the big blind with 
.
, giving Zyrin an open-ended straight draw, and he checked.
giving Lipovka a gutshot. The turn was the 
meaning Lipovka became the first elimination at the final table.
and Anatoliy Zyrin defended his big blind with 
and Zyrin checked again. Laka then bet the pot to 21,000,000. Zyrin called.