Julian Stuer raised from the cutoff and picked up a single caller in Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the big blind. The flop fell and Troyanovskiy checked, Stuer continued for 30,000 and Troyanovskiy then check-raised all in for around 120,000. Stuer called and, upon tabling cards, Troyanovskiy let out some Russian words that didn't sound too positive.
Vladimir Troyynovskiy:
Julian Stuer:
The turn and river were both blanks and Troyanovskiy stormed out, still muttering in Russian.
Isaac Haxton asked Igor Yaroshevskyy what was being said and just received "you don't want to know" as reply.
Isaac Haxton raised to 32,000 from the hijack and Davidi Kitai moved all in from one seat over in the cutoff. Pavel Plesuv on the button asked for a count and Kitai was all in for 358,000. Plesuv pushed all in and the blinds folded, Haxton quickly announced all in himself as well to create a three-way showdown.
Davidi Kitai:
Pavel Plesuv:
Isaac Haxton:
The board ran out and Kitai's elimination was already confirmed on the turn. The stacks of Plesuv and Haxton were counted and both had exactly 601,000 to cause a double elimination and reduce the field to the last 14 hopefuls.
After coming back from the dinner break, it took little time to see one of the short stacks at risk. Zorlu Er limped in from the small blind with around 10 big blinds, Isaac Haxton shoved from the big blind and Er called.
Zorlu Er:
Isaac Haxton:
After a board of , the kicker played and Er was eliminated in 17th place.
Mustapha Kanit has been eliminated from the tournament. He got it in before the flop holding up against the of Julian Stuer. The board came and just like that, Kanit hit the rail in 18th place.
The remaining 18 players have been sent into a 75-minute dinner break and will return to the tables at approximately 8.45 p.m. local time. The chip counts will be provided shortly.
Oleksii Khoroshenin raised to 27,000 from middle position and Ramin Hajiyev three-bet to 75,000 on the button. Nariman Yaghmai four-bet shoved for 130,000 in the big blind and Khoroshenin folded, Hajiyev called.
Nariman Yaghmai:
Ramin Hajiyev:
The board ran out and Hajiyev improved on the river to eliminate Yaghmai just before everyone was going on break.