€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event Day 2 | 2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

08-20-2009 16:16 UTC+3

Dragan Loses Steam

[user66118]

Oops, sorry Dragan. Didn't mean to jinx you.

We counted him at 235,000 just a minute ago, putting him atop the field and posting him as the chip leader. But by the time we got back over to his table, he had less than 80,000 of that left, and he was slinging chips around once again in a contested pot.

Galic had opened with a raise under the gun, and a player two seats over had three-bet to about 9,000. The amounts aren't clear, but there was about 21,000 in the pot when the action came back to Galic, and he elected to re-raise an additional 17,800 on top.

The move would take his opponent aback as he tried to eye up Galic's remaining chips. English is the only language allowed at the table during hands, and the unknown player struggled to ask Galic if he would show his cards. It took about two minutes and six or seven players from three different tables to finally clarify the question, and Galic agreed to show his cards pending a fold.

His opponent quickly did just that, open-mucking {A-?}

, and Galic showed {K-Diamonds}

as he pulled in some chips that he actually does need now. That little pot will pull him back up close to 100,000, but it's a long climb back to his former stack.

Tags: Dragan Galic

08-20-2009 16:03 UTC+3

Pressure Serves Evdakov

Shamus

A player in the hijack seat raised to 3,000, and Nikolay Evdakov was the only caller from the small blind. The flop came {Q-Spades}

. Evdakov checked, the preflop raiser continued with a bet of 3,500, then Evdakov check-raised to 8,000. After some deliberation, his opponent called.

The turn brought the {10-Diamonds}

. Evdakov bet 11,000 this time, and his opponent called again. The river was the {9-Spades}

. Without hesitation, Evdakov pushed out 14,000, leaving himself about 28,000 behind. Eventually his opponent let it go.

Evdakov now has 72,000.

08-20-2009 15:51 UTC+3

Chippies

[user66118]

Dragan Galic is leading the way right now, putting together an impressive day of chip building. His stack of 235,000 is the one everyone's chasing, but a few players have started to close the gap:

Jeffrey Sarwer - 225,000
Mihaylo Demidenko - 166,000
Viktor Ivanov - 152,000
Andrew Mallot - 132,000

... and there are a few who have some work to do:
Fabio Di Giampietro - 18,000
Stuart Rutter - 19,000
Raoul Refos - 23,000
Alex Kravchenko - 32,000

... and a few whose days have come to an early end:
Kirill Rabtsov
Wendy Monosky
Cristian Dragomir
Alexander Kostritsyn

08-20-2009 15:41 UTC+3

Kings Krush Kravchenko

Shamus

A player in early position made a standard raise, and it folded back around to Alex Kravchenko who called from the big blind. The flop came {4-Hearts}

. Kravchenko checked, his opponent bet 3,400, and Kravchencko called. Both checked the {10-Spades}

on the turn.

The river brought the {K-Spades}

. This time Kravchenko bet 1,200, and his opponent promptly raised to 8,700 total. Kravchencko thought for three minutes, then called. His opponent showed {K-Diamonds}

for a rivered set, and Kravchenko mucked.

Kravchenko is at about 48,000 at the moment.

08-20-2009 15:30 UTC+3

The Dutch Report

[user66118]

This EPT Kyiv drew players from 33 countries stretching to the corners the world, including five who made the trip across Europe from the Netherlands. Of those five, four returned today to unbag their chips and begin Day 2.

Ad Schaap is leading the Dutch charge with his stack of 103,000, and unfortunately, he's the only Hollander with a healthy stack at the moment. Big man Ton Kleijnen has a good seat draw to the right of big stack Andrew Malott, but he's struggling to gain any momentum today. Kleijnen is still sitting on his starting stack right around 35,000. And the same holds true for the gregarious Raoul Refos, though his stack has been a bit up and down today. He found himself with just about 14,000 chips in the first level before managing to chip his way back up to about 25,000 where he sits now.

And unfortunately it looks like the fourth member of the quartet, online qualifier Menno Mulder, has already been sent home today.

Tags: Ton Kleijnen

08-20-2009 15:22 UTC+3

Six Saves Ziv

Shamus

Oleksandr Ziv has had a difficult first two levels, gradually sliding down to just 20,000. Just now a player raised to 3,000 from the cutoff and Ziv decided to push all in from the small blind. The big blind folded and Ziv's opponent called, showing {A-Hearts}