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

10-09-2019 20:27 UTC+3

Gadzhiev Doubles Through Volkov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Oleg Volkov made it 1,300 to go and Roman Gadzhiev jammed for the last 17,000 to pick up a call after around 15 seconds of consideration.

Roman Gadzhiev:
Oleg Volkov:

The flop provided no help to Vplkov while he picked up some outs with the turn. A blank followed on the river and Gadzhiev doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Volkov	60,000
Roman Gadzhiev	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Oleg Volkov Roman Gadzhiev

10-09-2019 20:22 UTC+3

Ivlev Takes From Panyak

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

On the tail end of a pot between Andrey Ivlev and Maxim Panyak, the board showed and Panyak called a bet worth 10,000. Ivlev revealed the for a flush and Panyak mucked to drop back to the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Ivlev	58,000 18,000	18,000
Maxim Panyak	31,000 -9,000	-9,000

Tags: Andrey Ivlev Maxim Panyak

10-09-2019 20:15 UTC+3

Andreev Busts Shutenko

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

With some 15,000 in the middle in a battle of the blinds, the flop showed and Andrey Andreev made it 12,000 to go. Dmitriy Shutenko gave it some thought and shoved for 22,000, which Andreev called within a few seconds.

Dmitriy Shutenko:
Andrey Andreev:

The turn gave Shutenko top pair but the river improved Andreev to a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Andreev	225,000 33,000	33,000

Dmitriy Shutenko	Busted

Tags: Andrey Andreev Dmitriy Shutenko

10-09-2019 20:12 UTC+3

Gabdullin Makes the Right Fold

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Damir Gabdullin defended his big blind against a raise by Giorgi Rukhadze and checked the flop, as did his opponent. Gabdullin check-called a bet of 1,600 on the turn and check-folded the face-up when facing a bet worth 3,000.

Rukhadze returned the favor and revealed the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgi Rukhadze	75,000 75,000	75,000
Damir Gabdullin	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Damir Gabdullin Giorgi Rukhadze

10-09-2019 20:05 UTC+3

Post Dinner Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladislav Vinogradov	170,000 25,000	25,000
Lev Moiseenko	140,000 140,000	140,000
Aleksey Istomin	90,000 50,000	50,000
Vitaliy Avanesyan	46,000 6,000	6,000
Andrey Ivlev	40,000 13,000	13,000
Maxim Panyak	40,000 -8,000	-8,000
Irshat Shaykhov	37,000 37,000	37,000
Dmitry Yurasov	31,000 -9,000	-9,000
Viktor Shegay	30,000 30,000	30,000
Anatolii Zyrin	30,000 30,000	30,000
Dmitry Vitkind	30,000 30,000	30,000
Svetlana Aubakirova	15,000 15,000	15,000
Kiryl Radzivonau	12,000 -26,000	-26,000

10-09-2019 19:55 UTC+3

Day 1a Pictures

Christian Zetzsche

Courtesy of Manuel Kovsca / PokerStars.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

10-09-2019 18:52 UTC+3

Dinner Break on Day 1a

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Andrey Andreev appears to be the current chip leader in the Ballroom while former big stack Konstantin Buranov was among those to bust before the end of level six.

There are 285 players out of 438 entries remaining and they were sent on a 60-minute dinner break, the action is scheduled to resume at 7.50 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Andreev	192,000 192,000	192,000

Arutyun Minosyants	145,000 78,000	78,000
Vladislav Vinogradov	145,000 145,000	145,000
Dmitriy Kopyl	Busted
Konstantin Buranov	Busted
Roman Timergazin	Busted
Dmitriy Pokhabov	Busted
Sergey Fedyaev	Busted

Tags: Andrey Andreev Konstantin Buranov

10-09-2019 18:46 UTC+3

Paygusov and Kovtunov Meet Again

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

On a three-way flop of , Aleksandr Paygusov made it 4,000 to go out of the small blind and forced one fold. Gleb Kovtunov, however, made the call and they headed to the turn. Paygusov now quickly bet 10,000 and that eventually won the pot.

One table over, Viktoriya Taranova opened to 1,200 and Vartan Manucharyan called. Siarhei Chupadal three-bet to 4,000 and all opponents including Sergey Verkhoturov in the big blind let go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Siarhei Chupadal	57,000 37,000	37,000
Aleksandr Paygusov	55,000 19,000	19,000
Rostislav Kindratyshyn	40,000 -27,000	-27,000
Sergey Verkhoturov	40,000 9,000	9,000
Alisa Sibgatova	36,000 6,000	6,000
Viktoriya Taranova	32,000
Vartan Manucharyan	32,000 4,000	4,000
Gleb Kovtunov	32,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Aleksandr Paygusov Gleb Kovtunov Sergey Verkhoturov Siarhei Chupadal Vartan Manucharyan Viktoriya Taranova

10-09-2019 18:38 UTC+3

Urbanovich Felts Shaykhov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Irshat Shaykhov had a decent start into Day 1a but his chips since vanished. Down to around 11,000 he open-shoved and the action folded all the way to 2016 EPT Dublin champion Dzmitry Urbanovich in the big blind. Urbanovich glanced at his cards and called immediately.

Irshat Shaykhov:
Dzmitry Urbanovich: