Isaac Haxton opened under the gun and big blind Dzmitry Urbanovich was the sole caller.
Urbanovich checked on and Haxton decided to check behind. The on the turn paired the board and Urbanovich bet out 7,600. Haxton called in position. The completed the board and Urbanovich bet out 21,900. Haxton shoved all in for effectively about 100,000.
Urbanovich made the call holding for the straight, but Haxton had him beat with the and Urbanovich hit the rail.
Pratyush Buddiga opened for 3,500 under the gun, Rono Lo called from the button, Dov Malnik called from the small blind, and Thomas Muehloecker called from the big blind.
All four of them checked the flop and turn. The river came the and both blinds checked to Buddiga. He bet out 6,000 and Lo raised it up to 13,000. Malnik and Muehloecker folded, Buddiga three-bet to 31,000. Lo smiled, doubled checked the board one more time, and announced all in. Buddiga called and already knew what time it was.
Buddiga showed while Lo tabled . Both played the nuts and both got half the chips in the pot.
Lo must have been responsible for one of the bust outs today, as he's the owner of a stack already well over 500,000. Buddiga, despite gaining some chips in this pot, is one of the smaller stacks in the room.
Russian businessman Vasily Klyukin has been eliminated from the tournament. We unfortunately have no details on his bust out, but we're sure he's the first to go today. He has the option to reenter, as long as he decides to before 17:00 local time.
Klyukin is a Russian living in Monaco, planning to go to space with Leonardo Dicaprio, according to Forbes:
"How do you get to go into outerspace with an A-lister, in this case Leonardo DiCaprio? Well, first you have to be go to the Cannes Film Festival and bid on the same trip Leo is taking aboard Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic SpaceShipII. Then you fork over about $1.5 million to lock it down.
"That’s what 37-year-old Vasily Klyukin, a Russian businessman living in Monaco, did recently, according to Sky News."
David Dayan has also been eliminated from this tournament, so there currently are 43 players active in this tournament from 45 total entries.
Jean-Noel Thorel opened from middle position, and Yingui Li three-bet to 6,500 from the hijack. Action folded quickly to Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the big blind and the Russian high roller cold four-bet to 19,000. Thorel folded, Li rapidly called without making much of a show out of it.
The flop came and Troyanovskiy bet out 21,000. Li glanced at his stack, counted out some chips, and slid forward 48,000. Troyanovskiy tanked for just 30 seconds before announcing all in. Li needed a little bit more time now, but folded not too long after.
After Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 3,000 from the hijack seat to kick off the action, Connor Drinan reraised on the button to 8,000. Vladimir Troyanovskiy was in the big blind, and he made it 21,000 to go. After Thorel folded, Drinan made the call to see a flop.
Shaun "The Dealer" Harris spread the flop, and Troyanovskiy led with a bet of 23,000. Drinan popped it up to 57,000, and Troyanovskiy tank-folded.
Justin Bonomo opened for 3,500 under the gun and Andrew Chen three-bet from the hijack to 11,000. Mikita Badziakouski tanked for a bit but folded his button, both blinds folded and Bonomo called.
Both players checked a flop of and Bonomo bet out 17,000 on the turn. Chen wanted to see how much Bonomo was playing, and made the call.
Both players checked again on the river and Bonomo showed . That turned out a winner as Chen mucked.
and Haxton decided to check behind. The 
on the turn paired the board and Urbanovich bet out 7,600. Haxton called in position. The 
completed the board and Urbanovich bet out 21,900. Haxton shoved all in for effectively about 100,000.
for the straight, but Haxton had him beat with the 
and Urbanovich hit the rail.
flop and 
turn. The river came the 
and both blinds checked to Buddiga. He bet out 6,000 and Lo raised it up to 13,000. Malnik and Muehloecker folded, Buddiga three-bet to 31,000. Lo smiled, doubled checked the board one more time, and announced all in. Buddiga called and already knew what time it was.
while Lo tabled 
. Both played the nuts and both got half the chips in the pot. 
and Troyanovskiy bet out 21,000. Li glanced at his stack, counted out some chips, and slid forward 48,000. Troyanovskiy tanked for just 30 seconds before announcing all in. Li needed a little bit more time now, but folded not too long after.
flop, and Troyanovskiy led with a bet of 23,000. Drinan popped it up to 57,000, and Troyanovskiy tank-folded.
and Bonomo bet out 17,000 on the 
. That turned out a winner as Chen mucked.
