Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy raised to 4,000 and Jacek Pustula called from the button to see a flop of 
. The 2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi Main Event winner continued for 4,000 and Pustula called before Merzhvinskiy checked the 
on the turn. Pustula bet 11,000 and was called before the 
river completed the board.
Merzhvinskiy checked once more and eventually called a bet of 26,900 by Pustula, who turned over 
as winning hand.
Jeff Sarwer got his remaining 31,800 in on what looked to be a shove over an early open from Serhii Popovych, who called with 
. Sarwer revealed 
and got lucky, making an eight-high straight.
From early position, Antonin Duda opened for 3,500. His neighbor, also in early position, three-bet shoved for 17,200. Thomas Muehloecker in late position cold four-bet to 27,000.
When the action was back on Duda, the local player shoved for 46,000. Muehloecker needed his time and eventually called.
Antonin Duda: 
Thomas Muehloecker: 
Third player: 
The flop came 
, helping Muehloecker in front. The 
on the turn made for some excitement at the table and the 
on the river made Duda's straight.
Muehloecker left short, the third player down and out, while Duda now plays over 110,000.
Michal Mrakes was all the way down to 80,000 but has since more than doubled his stack again. Gianluca Speranza, Jussi Nevanlinna and Marco Regonaschi are also all up for the day while Sergio Castelluccio just busted.
Regonaschi had opened to 3,400 from early position and Castelluccio shoved for 25,100. Jakutis Povilas in the big blind asked for a count and eventually raised to see Regonaschi quickly dump his 
.
Sergio Castelluccio: 
Jakutis Povilas:
The board of 
gave Povilas a full house and Castelluccio an early exit on Day 2.
Steve O'Dwyer pushed what appeared to be all in for 47,000 from middle position on a completed board of 
. That looked to be almost exactly the size of the pot and a player on the button went into the tank. After several minutes, he splashed in calling chips. O'Dwyer revealed the 
for Broadway.
The player on the button moved to muck, but another player instructed the dealer to turn the cards over per all-in rules. However, O'Dwyer had left a T500 chip behind and pointed out he wasn't all in so the muck was fair.
Niveau: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
After a raise by Rasmus Vogt from under the gun, Mikita Badziakouski got his last 32,000 in from late position and Vogt called to create the following showdown:
Mikita Badziakouski:
Rasmus Vogt:
The board came 
and Badziakouski got there with the king on the flop.
After a raise to 4,500 by Assaf Ben Yosef, Chris Dowling shoved his short stack in with the 
and Ben Yosef looked him up with the . The classic coin flip saw Dowling ahead until the river of a board 
and Ben Yosef got there to eliminate the Irishman.
Ben Yosef is now only trailing Fidan Zahiti's even bigger stack at the very same table.
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