₽133,000 EPT Open Main Event Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars EPT Open Sochi

10-09-2019 23:50 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatolii Filonenko	260,000 -35,000	-35,000
Pavel Gergedeva	180,000 180,000	180,000
Andrey Baranyuk	180,000 10,000	10,000
Tobias Peters	130,000 73,000	73,000
Arkadiy Stekolshchikov	115,000 -30,000	-30,000
Maxim Lykov	90,000 10,000	10,000

Tatyana Barausova	70,000 10,000	10,000
Gleb Kovtunov	15,000 -30,000	-30,000
Vitaliy Avanesyan	6,000 -44,000	-44,000

Late Night Bustouts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Another two dozen players were felted and there are 178 players remaining out of a field of 468 entries. Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy busted once more after having recently re-entered and he was joined on the rail by Mikhail Semin, Aleksandr Lakhov, Vitaliy Li and Alekasandr Ilin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Lakhov	Busted
Mikhail Semin	Busted
Vitaliy Li	Busted
Sergei Popov	Busted
Aleksandr Ilin	Busted
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	Busted
Roman Tutoyan	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Lakhov Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy Mikhail Semin Vitaliy Li

10-09-2019 23:44 UTC+3

Amani Shows the Nuts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The board was all but rushed away as Vladislav Vinogradov had check-called a bet of Ezatulla Amani for 14,700 into a pot of 22,000 and was shown for the flopped nut straight.

Vinogradov quickly sent his cards into the muck but remains on almost two times the average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladislav Vinogradov	140,000 -10,000	-10,000
Ezatulla Amani	80,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Ezatulla Amani Vladislav Vinogradov

10-09-2019 23:36 UTC+3

Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	230,000 30,000	30,000

Andrey Baranyuk	170,000 170,000	170,000
Vladislav Naumov	160,000 160,000	160,000
Tibor Toth	150,000 150,000	150,000
Egenii Shkolnik	110,000 110,000	110,000
Ivan Vasilev	110,000 110,000	110,000
Aleksey Ivanov	105,000 105,000	105,000
Rihards Dobelis	100,000 -7,500	-7,500
Eran Shaham	80,000 -15,000	-15,000
Abdul Mamin Abdal Ali Han	65,000 45,000	45,000
Lidiya Kozenkova	60,000 28,000	28,000
Tatyana Barausova	60,000 33,000	33,000
Anatolii Zyrin	44,000 14,000	14,000
Sergey Verkhoturov	40,000 -10,000	-10,000
Mikhail Semin	20,000 -35,000	-35,000

10-09-2019 23:30 UTC+3

Second Barrel Works For Martirosyan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Only Alisa Sibgatova in the big blind came along with Artur Martirosyan had raised from the under-the-gun position and she check-called a bet on the flop. The appeared on the turn and Sibgatova checked once more to trigger a bet of 16,000 by Martirosyan, which this time went through to win the pot right there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosyan	130,000 106,000	106,000

Alisa Sibgatova	48,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Artur Martirosyan

10-09-2019 23:24 UTC+3

Filonenko In the Lead

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There is a new chip leader in town and that happens to be Anatolii Filonenko, who scrapes at ten times the starting stack with fewer than 200 players remaining.

Several other notables were less fortunate and hit the rail recently including Aleksandr Gofman, Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy, Laurynas Levinskas, Vasiliy Tsapko and Anvar Muratov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatolii Filonenko	295,000 135,000	135,000
Dzmitry Shut	Busted
Laurynas Levinskas	Busted
Anton Grabchak	Busted
Anvar Muratov	Busted
Aleksandr Sheshukov	Busted
Nikita Kuznetsov	Busted
Marko Boskovic	Busted
Arunas Sapitavicius	Busted
Igor Platonov	Busted
Vasiliy Tsapko	Busted
Aleksandr Gofman	Busted
Siarhei Chupadal	Busted
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Gofman Anatolii Filonenko Anvar Muratov Laurynas Levinskas Vasiliy Tsapko Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy

10-09-2019 23:14 UTC+3

Lakhov Collects Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Vladimir Pilyavskiy limped from the hijack and Aleksandr Lakhov raised to 3,500, which resulted in a call from Aleksandr Sokolov in the small blind and Pilyavskiy. The flop brought and two quick checks sent the action back on Lakhov.

All it took to claim the pot was a bet of 4,400, as Sokolov and Pilyavskiy quickly got out of the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Pilyavskiy	120,000 -25,000	-25,000
Aleksandr Lakhov	48,000 14,900	14,900

Tags: Aleksandr Lakhov Aleksandr Sokolov Vladimir Pilyavskiy

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-09-2019 23:07 UTC+3

Denisov Takes From Platonov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Just before the blinds went up for the final level of the night, Aleksandr Denisov boosted his stack after being the initial raiser from under the gun. He picked up resistance in Aleksandr Platonov from late position and they created a pot of around 21,000 to the river.

Denisov checked and Platonov bet 6,000 to receive a reluctant call. Platonov was bluffing with the and Denisov earned the pot with for sevens and fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Denisov	110,000 20,000	20,000
Aleksandr Platonov	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Aleksandr Denisov Aleksandr Platonov

10-09-2019 23:00 UTC+3

Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	200,000 13,000	13,000

Anton Komarov	185,000 85,000	85,000
Andrey Andreev	155,000 60,000	60,000

Vladimir Pilyavskiy	145,000 145,000	145,000
Vitaly Tevis	130,000 -5,000	-5,000
Nikita Kalinin	120,000 120,000	120,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	35,000 35,000	35,000

Svetlana Aubakirova	29,000 29,000	29,000
Abdul Mamin Abdal Ali Han	20,000 20,000	20,000
Mikhail Sokolovskiy	10,000 -25,000	-25,000