Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov opened to 2,000 and Jorma Nuutinen came along on the button, Georgi Sandev also called in the big blind and the flop came . Sandev checked, Emelyanov bet 3,688 and earned two calls.

On the turn, Sandev check-folded when Emelyanov bet 9,220 and Nuutinen raised to 26,400, as Emelyanov tagged along to the river. Emelyanov check-called the shove of Nuutinen for 45,503 with but ran into the of Nuutinen.

In the next hand, Emelyanov raised to 2,000 and Nuutinen three-bet to 7,000, picking up a call from the Russian. Emelyanov ended up check-calling three bets for 10,600 on the flop, 21,788 on the turn and 26,780 on the river. Nuutinen tabled and Emelyanov took another hit with .