Reigning National Champion Matous Houzvicek had one of the biggest stacks earlier. He has since seen his fortunes change, dropping back to little more than starting stack. Just now he won a small pot after opening in early position and getting one call from Nikolay Fal in the big blind. He barrelled on a 
board and took it down. Could this be the start of another upward trend?
Tournament officials have confirmed that Day 1c will conclude when we reach 58 players. The remaining players will all be in the money and join the 50 players already confirmed for Day 2.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
On a 
board Aben Zholgaliev bet 7,500 from under the gun and Maksim Panyak called in the next position.
The river was the 
. Zholgaliev bet 16,000 and Panyak contemplated his decision before calling. Zholgaliev turned over 
for ace high and Panyak took down the pot with 
.
Valeriy Avanesyan opened in early position and Denis Ivanov moved all-in for 17,100 in middle position. All other players passed and Avanesyan made the call.
Denis Ivanov: 
Valeriy Avanesyan: 
It was a flip with Ivanov holding the slight edge and with no ace or queen on the 
board, Ivanov netted the double.
Aleksandr Lakhov is out of the running, after busting in the last level before the dinner break. Currently sat in 12th place on Russia's all-time money list with $3.5 million recorded in live tournament earnings.
Lakhov chose not to re-enter before the late registration closes but we may well see more of him in later events in the festival.
With 35,000 chips in the middle there were still four players in the hand. One checked and Nikolay Chebotarev bet 23,500. Another folded before Roman Gristenko called.
The first player folded and the two went heads-up to a 
river. Gristenko had around 14,000 behind and Chebotarev bet enough to put his opponent all in. Gristenko called.
Chebotarev showed but Gristenko held 
and had flopped a set. Chebotarev was clearly tilted and slammed his cards into the table and knocked his chip stack over in apparent frustration.
There are no more re-entries or late registrations allowed as the registration period has ended now. Full player numbers, prizepool and payouts information will follow as soon as they have been confirmed.
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