David Laka raised to 10 million with the on the button and Aleksandr Gofman called from the small blind. Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy raised all in for 139 million out of the big blind and Laka folded, Gofman called rather quickly.
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy:
David Laka:
The board came and the pair of fives held up for Gofman to eliminate Merzvhinskiy in third place for 464,000 Casino Sochi Units (~$400,000).
Both remaining players agreed to take a 15-minute break after before heads-up action gets underway.
Anatoly Filatov pictured earlier this trip at MILLIONS Russia
After Manig Loeser busted in 11th place, the German posted this on Twitter:
Got 11th. Gl @johnnylodden & @nl_profit !
— Manig Loeser (@swordfish007)
Not so much the commentator's curse but the malediction from a mate, Loeser's words were barely in the Twittersphere before Filatov ("I had 7 million chips a minute ago") departed. Filatov felt the pain.
"It's a shame because I had such a spin-up. But queens into aces from the small blind into the big blind was followed by pocket tens into when I was in the cut-off position and he was on the button. That's it. I can't be unhappy."
Indeed, Filatov came into the day short and put on a superb show to run so deep. Daniel Clark is one of the biggest stacks with eight players left. There are more Brits on the supporting rail than players left in the tournament.
Aleksandr Gofman raised to 12,500,000 with and David Laka called with .
The players checked a flop and the came on the turn. Laka checked and Gofman bet 15,000,000. Laka called.
The river was the and Laka checked to Gofman who bet 26,000,000 and Laka called. Laka's two pair was good enough to take down the pot after Gofman mucked.
Aleksandr Gofman raised to 12,500,000 with and Laka defended his big blind with .
Laka check-called a bet of 15,000,000 on the flop and the turn was the .
Both players checked and the river brought the . Laka checked and Gofman bet 30,000,000. Laka called quickly with his pair of tens, but Gofman's rivered Ace was good enough to take down the pot.
David Laka raised to 10,000,000 with and Aleksandr Gofman three-bet to 35,000,000 with . Laka then four-bet to 82,500,000.
Gofman called and then checked a flop. Laka bet 40,000,000 and Gofman called. The turn was the and Gofman checked to Laka again and the Spanish player bet 90,000,000.
Gofman called again and the river was the . Both players checked and Gofman took down a monster pot with Ace-high.
on the button and Aleksandr Gofman called from the small blind. Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy raised all in for 139 million out of the big blind and Laka folded, Gofman called rather quickly.
and the pair of fives held up for Gofman to eliminate Merzvhinskiy in third place for 464,000 Casino Sochi Units (~$400,000).
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when I was in the cut-off position and he was on the button. That's it. I can't be unhappy." 
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flop and the 
came on the turn. Laka checked and Gofman bet 15,000,000. Laka called.
and Laka checked to Gofman who bet 26,000,000 and Laka called. Laka's two pair was good enough to take down the pot after Gofman mucked.
and Laka defended his big blind with 
.
. Laka checked and Gofman bet 30,000,000. Laka called quickly with his pair of tens, but Gofman's rivered Ace was good enough to take down the pot.
. Laka called and the flop came 
.
. Both players checked and Laka took down the pot.
and David Laka three-bet with 
to 40,000,000. Gofman called and the flop came 
.
and Laka check-folded to a bet from Gofman.
and Aleksandr Gofman three-bet to 35,000,000 with 
. Both players checked and Gofman took down a monster pot with Ace-high.