Vasiliy Tsapko raised to 105,000 and Dmitriy Golovin defended out of the big blind. On a flop, Golovin checked and folded when facing a bet worth 90,000.
Maksym Lavrov raised to 100,000 on the button and Tsapko three-bet to 350,000 in the small blind to force a fold.
Aleksandr Chernikov raised to 100,000 in the hijack with the and Konstantin Lichagin three-bet to 330,000 with the on the button, Chernikov called. On the flop, Chernikov check-called a bet of 225,000 and they checked the turn and river to award the 1.2 million pot to Chernikov.
Ravil Khamatgareev opened to 100,000 first to act with the and Konstantin Lichagin called in the big blind with . On a flop of , Lichagin checked and called a bet of 100,000 before checking again the on the turn.
Khamatgareev fired a second bet of 255,000 and Lichagin came along to see the on the river. Lichagin tanked and moved all in for 1,100,000, and Khamatgareev called to get shown the bad news.
In a battle of the blinds, Garik Tamasyan limped in and Dmitriy Golovin checked his option. The flop brought and Tamasyan bet 50,000, which Golovin called. After the turn, Tamasyan checked and called a bet of 150,000 before checking again the on the river.
Golovin fired a bet worth 350,000 and Tamasyan reluctantly called.
"King high," Golovin announced and sheepishly turned over his , Tamasyan claimed the pot with .
In a battle of the blinds, Ravil Khamatgareev limped in with the and Anton Konovalov checked with the . The flop came and Khamatgareev min-bet only for Konovalov to raise it up to 150,000, which Khamatgareev called. After the turn, Khamatgareev checked and called a bet of 200,000 before doing so again for 500,000 on the river to claim the pot and chip lead on the feature table.
Maksym Lavrov raised to 100,000 on the button and Leonid Semenyuk moved all in for 1,040,000. Lavrov asked for a count and made the call.
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The board came and Semenyuk chopped, but also avoided the worst-case scenario.
Soon after, Mikhail Gusev defended his big blind and check-called a bet worth 175,000 by Lavrov on the turn. The on the river was checked and Gusev turned over for a missed straight draw, which Lavrov had beat with .
Konstantin Lichagin opened to 100,000 in the cutoff with the and Anton Konovalov called in the small blind with the . On the flop, Konovalov checked and Lichagin continued for 105,000 and faced a raise to 280,000 by Konovalov.
Lichagin made the call and they headed to the turn, on which Konovalov bet 300,000 with 945,000 behind. Lichagin used one time bank extension and moved all in, Konovalov called instantly.
The river was the and Konovalov doubled in the battle of 888poker qualifiers.
Dmitriy Golovin had raised from under the gun and was called by Garik Tamasyan in the big blind. On the turn, it was Tamasyan that bet 100,000 and Golovin raised to 280,000 to force a fold.
In the next hand, Golovin in the big blind led the river for 150,000 and Maksym Lavrov folded from under the gun.
Leonid Semenyuk got involved in the action with a min-raise to 100,000 but folded when Mikhail Gusev three-bet to 325,000.
Gusev limped in from early position and Golovin raised to 175,000, which Gusev called. On a flop, Gusev check-folded to a continuation bet.
Aleksandr Chernikov raised to 100,000 with the and Ravil Khamatgareev called with . They checked the flop and Khamatgareev bet the turn for 100,000, which Chernikov called. After the river, Khamatgareev checked and folded when facing a bet worth 175,000.
Mikhail Gusev opened to 165,000 first to act and was called by Garik Tamasyan in the hijack and Maksym Lavrov on the button. The flop came and Gusev continued for 330,000, which won the pot uncontested.