As we walked over to table 3, the dealer already shouted "Player out table 3!"
We were just in time to see Nurlan Boobekov get up from his seat and head for the exit. His pocket sixes were cracked by Maksym Panyak's ace-trey on a 
board.
Panyak is getting richer and richer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
On a 
flop, Oleksii Khoroshenin bet out 41,000 in what was clearly a three bet pot. Kerem Kiyak in the hijack thought about it for some time.
"Time!" shouted the dealer all of the sudden. "Who said time?" asked Kiyak, "Who said time?" he repeated himself. The dealer indicated that it was in fact Khoroshenin who had called the clock.
Kiyak thought about it for about twenty seconds, before releasing his hand. With still 32 players in the tournament, peple are constantly looking at the clock to see if they're getting closer to the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
144,000
-21,500
|
-21,500 |
Ahmet Ucali opened under the gun for a min raise to 12,000, and Ivan Sheptytskyi made the call from middle position. Srda Milovic, seated in the hijack, three bet to 38,000. Just Ucali made the call, all other players folded.
Ucali carefully checked on 
, and proceeded to call Sheptytskyi's 33,000 bet. Both players checked the 
on the turn, and Ucali checked for a third time on the 
river. Sheptytskyi thought about it for a little bit, before checking behind eventually.
Ucali showed 
with a grin, Sheptytskyi mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
373,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
220,500
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
In two and a half hours, 32 players will start their quest for gold. The tournament isn't even in the stage of rewarding money yet, so that will be the first hurdle they're going to have to take.
Reaching the bubble will happen soon, 27 players will get in the money here in the Live Events International Main Event in Cyprus.
From there play will focus on reaching the final table of ten, and eventually a winner. All that has to be done today, so its going to be a long day here in Noah's Ark's poker room.
Leading the charge is Maksym Panyak, who won the $1,000 Iron Man tournament for $25,850 here earlier this week. The accomplished live player from Russia has over a million in chips, good for 168 big blinds at the start of the day. Panyak has a decent lead over Igor Ovcharenko (633,000) and Viacheslav Igin (598,500). Also still in contention are EPT Vienna champion Oleksii Khoroshenin (574,000), and Dutch tournament regular Jorn Walthaus (261,500).
So check back here in 2.5 hours, and follow all the action unravel here at PokerNews.com. We'll report from the first pitched card today, we'll have all the drama on the bubble, and we'll bring you the details on the last hand and photos of a fresh crowned champ. Enjoy the ride!
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Artur Gaynanov | 281,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Sevket Yildiz | 580,500 |
| 1 | 3 | Dmitriy Grishin | 536,500 |
| 1 | 5 | Kerem Kiyak | 165,500 |
| 1 | 6 | Mustafa Biz | 315,500 |
| 1 | 7 | Alexandr Komarrov | 111,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | 574,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Sergii Minaiev | 344,500 |
| 2 | 1 | Viacheslav Igin | 598,500 |
| 2 | 2 | Kassis Said | 100,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Iurii Slastushenskii | 84,500 |
| 2 | 4 | Vyacheslav Stoyanov | 206,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Ahmet Ucali | 273,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Nikolay Prokhorskiy | 134,500 |
| 2 | 8 | Ivan Sheptytskyi | 263,500 |
| 2 | 9 | Srda Milovic | 291,500 |
| 3 | 1 | Alexander Kupriyanov | 93,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Ilya Zuykov | 560,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Nurlan Boobekov | 146,500 |
| 3 | 5 | Heorhii Doroshev | 249,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Dmitrii Semenov | 139,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Aliaksandr Adzerykha | 115,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Maksym Panyak | 1,009,500 |
| 3 | 9 | Krill Radizvanov | 422,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Igor Ovcharenko | 633,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Evgeniy Nam | 123,500 |
| 4 | 4 | Aleksandr Orlov | 68,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Vyacheslav Bondartsev | 510,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Jorn Walthaus | 261,500 |
| 4 | 7 | Dmitry Chernikov | 214,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Mustafa Meryumoglu | 425,500 |
| 4 | 9 | Dmitrii Pashpekin | 101,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,009,500 | |
|
633,000 | |
|
598,500 | |
|
580,500 | |
|
|
574,000 | |
|
|
||
|
560,000 | |
|
536,500 | |
|
510,000 | |
|
425,500 | |
|
422,000 | |
|
344,500 | |
|
315,500 | |
|
291,500 | |
|
|
281,000 | |
|
|
273,000 | |
|
|
263,500 | |
|
261,500 | |
|
249,000 | |
|
214,000 | |
|
206,000 | |
|
|
165,500 | |
|
|
146,500 | |
|
|
139,000 | |
|
|
134,500 | |
|
123,500 | |
$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day 3 Started
