€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

08-21-2009 16:26 UTC+3

Break it Up

[user66118]

Despite the tournament being dealt hand-for-hand here on the bubble, we've reached the end of another level, and the players are taking a 15-minute break.

08-21-2009 16:24 UTC+3

Hand-for-Hand Begins

Shamus

With just one elimination to go until the money, the tournament is now being played hand-for-hand.

08-21-2009 16:23 UTC+3

Prydryk Out

Shamus

Ruslan Prydryk, down to his last 45,000, pushed all in, and after a bit of a think Iliya Gorodetskiy made the call.

Prydryk showed {A-Hearts}

, and stood up with an especially unexcited look when he saw Gorodetskiy's {A-Clubs}

.

The board came {K-Diamonds}

, and there was some discussion afterwards to ensure that indeed Gorodetskiy's jack played. Prydryk is out in 42nd place. Meanwhile, Gorodetskiy -- down to nearly nothing a short while ago -- has rebounded up over 200,000.

Tags: Ruslan Prydryk

08-21-2009 16:22 UTC+3

High Rollers Update

Shamus

A quick update from the High Rollers event, currently on a break:

Shaun Deeb -- 98,500
Andrew Feldman -- 42,000
Nikolay Evdakov -- 9,500

08-21-2009 16:20 UTC+3

Simonyan Survives

Shamus

With the board showing {J-Hearts}

, Nikita Nikolaev announced he was all in. He had his opponent, Arthur Simonyan, well covered. Simonyan didn't wait long, however, before calling, turning over {A-Clubs}

for top pair. Nikolaev showed {10-Clubs}

for an open-ended straight draw.

The turn was the {J-Hearts}

and the river the {9-Spades}

, and Simonyan survives with 205,000. Nikolaev now has 265,000.

08-21-2009 16:16 UTC+3

Bubble Doubles

[user66118]

The superstitious Artem Litvinov opened with a raise, and Volodymyr Pilyavskyy re-raised enough to put his man all in. Litvinov eventually called, committing his final ~45,000 chips to the pot with {4-Spades}

. He would soon find out that he was racing for his tournament life against his opponent's {A-Hearts}

.

The board would run out {10-Hearts}

to hold Litvinov's pair and double him up. Those trip fours are good enough to move him up to just about 100,000 and save him from an untimely pre-bubble exit.

*****

Simultaneously on an adjacent table, Ilya Gorodetskiy moved all in for about 40,000 after a raise from Michele Limongi. He called with {A-Clubs}

, and Gorodetskiy was in fine shape to double with {A-Hearts}

.

"You could still lose," reminded Limongi, but his words would fail to come to fruition. The board came out {6-Clubs}

to double up another of the short stacks.

Forty-two players remain, and if we keep doubling the shorties, the bubble could last quite a while.

08-21-2009 16:08 UTC+3

Two More Down

Shamus

Two more eliminations to report -- Vasyl Lagutin (Ukraine) and Fabio Bianchi (Italy). We're down to 42 players, playing seven-handed around the last six tables.

08-21-2009 15:59 UTC+3

44 Remain

Shamus

Play continues to crawl along at a snail's pace. We did have one elimination within the last little while -- David Sonelin of Poland in 45th place -- meaning we have four more to go before reaching the money.

08-21-2009 15:44 UTC+3

Lykov Likes Flop

Shamus

There was 120,000 already in the pot when the flop came {9-Spades}

. Maxim Lykov clearly liked what he saw, so much so that he pushed out two towers of yellow chips, signifiying a bet of 200,000. Vyacheslav Rotach tanked for three minutes, then finally let it go.

Lykov pushes closer to chip leader Michele Limongi. Lykov now has 675,000. Meanwhile Vyacheslav slips to 136,000.

Tags: Maxim Lykov Vyacheslav Rotach

08-21-2009 15:29 UTC+3

Nikita Not Little

Shamus

With the board showing {10-Diamonds}

and about 100,000 in the middle, Albert Sungatullin checked and Nikita Nikolaev bet 30,000. Sungatullin took several minutes to think about his decision, and eventually the clock was called. Finally Sungatullin folded, and Nikolaev showed {A-Hearts}

as he dragged the pot.

Sungatullin slips to 145,000, while Nikolaev now has 320,000.

Tags: Albert Sungatullin Nikita Nikolaev