2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv
€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event
Day: 5
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 2,000
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Plichta Drags the First One
No Action for Tent's Aces
Three-Bet Fold
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
Dovzhenko Draws Even
It came out , and both players checked. Fourth street brought the and a bet of 110,000 from Lykov. Without any delay, Dovzhenko put in the call.
The river came the , and Lykov quickly checked again. Dovzhenko stacked out 300,000 of his new orange T25,000 chips and flung them across the line messily. Lykov cut the calling chips out of his stack and gave his opponent a good long look. After a minute or so, he made the call to put Dovzhenko to the test.
The Ukrainian tabled for the flush, and Lykov returned his cards to the muck. After that big exchange, the gap has been almost completely close between the two chip leaders.
Lykov - 2,112,000
Dovzhenko - 2,102,000
Markushevski Squeezes
Ship it to Schaap
The flop came , and Schaap fairly quickly moved all in for 381,000. Lykov folded his ace-queen face up.
"Good fold," said Schaap as he dragged the pot. "But not for me," he added with a smile. He's now at 570,000. Lykov has 1.955 million, almost dead even with Alexander Dovzhenko for the chip lead.