While Ivan Arbatsky was a big stack early and mid way through Day 3, Karen Arutyunyan took over that role in the last few hours and just won a flip to bust Arbatsky.
Arbatsky was all in for 9.7 million with the and Arutyunyan looked him up with the . The board came and that was it for Arbatsky.
Daria Feshchenko has been busy over the course of the last few levels, having doubled up at least twice before this hand.
A player in the hijack opened to 700,000 and Gylbert Drolet three-bet to 1,350,000 from the cutoff. Feshchenko was in the small blind and four-bet all in for 4,575,000. The initial raiser folded and Drolet called.
After a raise by Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy, Steve O'Dwyer moved all in for just over 15 big blinds out of the small blind. Merzvhinsky called and the cards were tabled.
Steve O'Dwyer:
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy:
The board of provided a jack on the flop and that sent O'Dwyer to the rail, while Merzhvinskiy cemented his role near the top of the leader board.
Lev Moiseyenko busted in one of the first hands after coming back from the break, and he was closely followed by Vadim Volkhonsky and Karen Karamanov.
Badra Bazba was more fortunate as he more than tripled up his short stack. Bazba shoved for 800,000 and big stack Aleksandr Merzvhinskiy called from one seat over. Steve O'Dwyer moved all in for 5,550,000 in the cutoff and that forced out Merzvhinskiy.
Badra Bazba:
Steve O'Dwyer:
The board came and Bazba held up with his pair of tens.
The 73 remaining players are going on a break. When they return they will play one more level. If by that time the field has not reached 54 players, they will continue until such time as they do so.
In a battle cutoff versus small blind, David Laka and Anatoliy Zyrin got into a raising war that saw the latter end up all in and at risk for 7,775,000 with the . Laka had and the board came .
Just before the end of the level, though, Laka got most of those chips back when winning a flip with against the of Andrey Razov.
Maxim Babko was in prime position to send two opponents to the rail in Alexey Tsessarskiy and Aleksandr Gofman, but the latter spiked a two-outer to double up for 8,125,000.
Alexey Tsessarskiy:
Aleksandr Gofman:
Maxim Babko:
The board of provided one of the two remaining queens in the deck on the river and the table broke right after.
Aleksandr Chernikov opened from under the gun to 575,000. It folded to Mikhail Pokhlebayev in the small blind who three-bet all in for 4,425,000. Chernikov gave it some thought before calling.
Chernikov:
Pokhlebayev:
There was an ace on the flop of giving Pokhlebayev an even stronger lead. The turn was another and the river the meaning that Pokhlebayev doubled up.
and Arutyunyan looked him up with the 
. The board came 
and that was it for Arbatsky.
provided a jack on the flop and that sent O'Dwyer to the rail, while Merzhvinskiy cemented his role near the top of the leader board.
and Bazba held up with his pair of tens.
. Laka had 
.
against the 
of Andrey Razov.
