Kristjan Rausberg went all-in for four big blinds from the small blind against Sergei Oganesjan.
Rausberg:
Oganesjan:
He began to stand up thinking he would likely lose the race, and still thought so despite hitting a set on the board. Rausberg was able to breath a bit easier after the on the turn gave him quads and left his opponent drawing dead.
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Mihail Jefremenkov was just eliminated in 11th place after he shoved his 45,000 stack in early position with and was called by Urmo Velvelt who held from the big blind.
Velvelt flopped a set on the board and Jefremenkov was unable to get runner-runner to improve his hand. With the elimination of Jefremenkov we are down to 11 players or two shy of the final table.
Mauri Dorbek began today as the chip leader, however, his stack dwindled before the first break and he is now eliminated from the tournament in 17th place.
Seppo Lehtonen opened up with a limp for 5,000. Mauri Dorbek without looking at his cards declared he was all-in from the small blind. Rauno Tahvonen raised to 17,500 from the big blind and Lehtonen got out of the way.
Dorbek:
Tahvonen:
Dorbek didn't appear happy until the flop came giving him eight out to a straight. The on the turn was of no help, however, the on the river gave him the straight temporarily tripling his stack to 24,500.
On the next hand, Dorbek was all-in and was unable to catch up against Viacheslav Novoselov who was holding