Fal Back to Starting Stack
The pots are getting bigger as the blinds slowly but surely force some players to make their moves. On nearby tables, two different scenarios played out, with one of them being a battle of short stacks and the other of above-average stacks.
Aleksei Opalikhin got his stack in after a flop of 
and Andrey Ivlev, who had defended his big blind, quickly called the shove for 6,500 with 
for a flush. Opalikhin had 
for a set and the 
turn and 
river gave him a full house. Ivlev was left with dust and Opalikhin has around the same stack as on the very same table Bertrand Grospellier now.
Nikolay Fal in the big blind and Sarkis Karabadzhakyan on the button battled for a much higher amount. Until the 
turn, there were already 21,000 in the middle and Fal made it 9,500 to go. Karabadzhakyan moved all in and Fal took a long time before electing to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
30,600
30,600
|
30,600 |
|
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|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
14,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
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