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Vitaly Tolokonnikov - 3rd Place
Fireworks right away after the return from the dinner break! Max Lykov barely had Vitaly Tolokonnikov covered when the following hand went down.
Tolokonnikov opened with a raise to 210,000, Lykov reraised to 550,000, Tolokonnikov reraised all in, and without too much hesitation Lykov made the call.
Tolokonnikov
Lykov
The flop came , and Tolonnikov's sevens were still ahead. But the popped out on the turn, and suddenly Tolokonnikov was searching for his two remaining outs. The river brought the , and just like that we're down to two!
A brief delay here as preparations are made for heads-up play.
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Just a few minutes away from the return of players and the continuation of three-handed play. Here are the stacks to which they'll be returning:
Alexander Dovzhenko -- 3.11 million
Vitaly Tolokonnikov -- 3.05 million
Maxim Lykov -- 2.755 million
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We've burned through another level, and the three remaining players are now on a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume just after 7:30pm local time.
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Maxim Lykov and Alexander Dovzhenko
Last hand of the level:
Maxim Lykov opened with a raise to 140,000 from the button, only to see Alexander Dovzhenko three-bet to 400,000 from the small blind. Big blind Vitaly Tolokonnikov laid his cards down, and Lykov instantly announced an all in for just over 2,000,000.
With Dovzhenko stuck firmly in the tank for several minutes, Lykov appeared confident and relaxed as he took sips from his water bottle and tried to make small talk. Finally, the Ukrainian elected to concede to Lykov, bringing the Russian's stack closer to those of his two opponents.
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After Vitaly Tolokonnikov folded from the button, Maxim Lykov completed from the small blind. Alexander Dovzhenko then raised to 125,000 from the big blind, and Lykov made the call.
The flop came , and both players checked. The turn was the . Lykov pushed out a stack of blue chips, a bet of 200,000, and Dovzhenko called.
The river brought the . This time Lykov pushed a stack of orange -- a smaller bet of 105,000. Dovzhenko thought for a moment, then let it go.
Dovzhenko has 3.88 million, and Lykov just over 2 million. Tolokonnikov sits in between with 3.03 million.
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Arthur Simonyan - 4th Place
Alexander Dovzhenko started the action with a raise to 140,000 under the gun, quickly folding Vitaly Tolokonnikov on the button. In the small blind, though, Arthur Simonyan grabbed his diminutive stack of 275,000 chips and moved them into the middle confidently. Big blind Max Lykov appeared to be debating a call, but he eventually ducked out of the way and let Dovzhenko and his abundance of chips put Simonyan at risk.
Showdown
Dovzhenko:
Simonyan:
The flop would pair Simonyan, but it was the wrong card as it came out . The on the turn was a blank, and the that filled out the board did nothing to save the at-risk player either.
With that, Arthur Simonyan becomes our fourth-place finisher here in Kyiv. Commendations are in order for the poised way in which the Russian rode his short stack to a near-podium finish today. For his efforts, he will take home a very respectable €100,000.
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Lucasz Plichta - 5th Place
Vitaly Tolokonnikov came into the pot with a raise to 140,000, and Lucasz Plichta quickly announced an all in from the next seat over. When the table folded back around to the Russian, he immediately called with the covering stack, Plichta now at risk for his tournament life.
Showdown
Tolokonnikov:
Plichta:
The news was not good for Plichta as he'd run smack into an overpair at the worst time. The flop would bring a huge reaction from the spectators as it fell to set up both players but leave the at-risk player drawing to just one lonely out. The turn would open the door a crack as it gave him a gutshot straight draw to the chop.
It wasn't meant to be though. The blank fell on the river, spelling the end of the day for young player from Poland. Plichta will walk away with a big smile on his face though, turning a FPP satellite into €80,000 in just five short days.
, and Tolonnikov's sevens were still ahead. But the 
popped out on the turn, and suddenly Tolokonnikov was searching for his two remaining outs. The river brought the 
, and just like that we're down to two!
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, and both players checked. The turn was the 
. This time Lykov pushed a stack of orange -- a smaller bet of 105,000. Dovzhenko thought for a moment, then let it go.
on the turn was a blank, and the 
would open the door a crack as it gave him a gutshot straight draw to the chop.
fell on the river, spelling the end of the day for young player from Poland. Plichta will walk away with a big smile on his face though, turning a FPP satellite into €80,000 in just five short days.
