Said Butba open-jammed all-in for 200,000 from early position, getting a call from Lavrentiy Ni in the cutoff.
Butba:
Ni:
A classic race was underway for Butba's tournament life. The dealer tapped the table and fanned out a board. Butba received zero help from the board and fell in ninth place for RUB 2,865,000 (approx. USD $50,693).
Oleg Chebotarev moved all in from under the gun and it folded round to small blind Lavrentiy Ni who moved all in. Nadar Kakhmazov was in the big blind and he called to make it a three-way all in.
Oleg Chebotarev:
Lavrentiy Ni:
Nadar Kakhmazov: .
The board ran out .
A flush on the turn for Ni eliminated Chebotarev in 10th for $41,934 and put a big dent in Kakhmazov’s stack.
Seyed Ghavam opened to 45,000 from early position and Timur Bubnov three-bet jammed for 538,000 on the button. Alexander Lakhov called all-in for 282,000 and Ghavam folded.
Lakhov:
Bubnov:
The board ran out , giving Bubnov a pair of aces on the turn and Lakhov hit the rail in 11th place, earning RUB 2,370,000 (approx. USD $41,934).
The action started with a raise to 46,000 by Pavel Shirshikov in the cutoff and Vitaliy Li three-bet to 120,000 on the button. Daniyar Aubakirov four-bet to 275,000 in the small blind, which he had done so twice earlier already, and the action was back on Shirshikov.
He gave it some thought and the clock was requested on him. It was not enforced just yet, though, and when the one minute countdown was about to start, Shirshikov five-bet to 477,000. Li quickly announced all in and Aubakirov sighed, but folded in a few seconds. Shirshikov snap-called and the cards were tabled.
Pavel Shirshikov:
Vitaliy Li:
The left Li in even more desperate shape, as he needed running kings for quads to survive. It was all over after the turn, making the river a formality. The stacks were counted and Shirshikov had 1,160,000, while Li was covered by just 10,000 to hit the rail in 12th place. Li receives RUB 2,055,000 for his efforts, which equals around $36,361.
It folded around to short-stacked Bertrand Grospellier in the small blind and moved all in for 160,000 or his last seven big blinds. Dmitry Vitkind called in the big blind.
Grospellier:
Vitkind:
The flop was but the turn was the giving Vitkind the lead. Grospellier still had some outs to a straight, but the on the river wasn't one of them and he was eliminated in 13th place for $36,361.