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.
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.
Michael Sklenicka picked up on the button and he raised to 5,300,000. David Laka three-bet to 18,500,000 with in the small blind. Sklenicka just called and the flop came .
Laka checked and Sklenicka checked behind.
The turn was the . Laka checked again and Sklenicka bet 10,600,000. Laka folded.
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy raqised to 4.8 million with and Anatoliy Zyrin in the small blind three-bet to 19 million with . Philipp Zukernik in the big gave it some thought with and folded, as did Merzhvinskiy.
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy raised from under the gun and Aleksandr Gofman defended from the big blind.
Right after David Laka raised to five million with the and Merzhvinskiy defended the big blind with . Both players checked the flop and the appeared on the turn. Merzhvinskiy bet 6.8 million and Laka called before the river completed the board.
Merzhvinskiy bet 21.5 million and claimed the pot without showdown after forcing a fold from Laka.
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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.
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.
in the small blind. Sklenicka just called and the flop came 
.
. Laka checked again and Sklenicka bet 10,600,000. Laka folded.
. David Laka three-bet to 18,500,000 with 
giving Sklenicka a set, but Laka rivered a straight.
. Philipp Zukernik in the big gave it some thought with 
river completed the board.
for his last 27,000,000. David Laka called in the big blind with 
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moving all-in and being called by 
, I hit my queen. I then built up and won again all-in with 
called by 
. I now have 835,000." 
.