Main Event Day 1c | 2019 888poker LIVE Festival Sochi

08-12-2019 17:13 UTC+3

Shafigullin and Shibaldin On Top

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Former bigger stacks Ruslan Mityaev and Evgeniy Golenko have been eliminated and that has seen the stack sizes of Marat Shafigullin and Evgeniy Shibaldin grow with the former as a runaway chip leader at the moment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marat Shafigullin	305,000 75,000	75,000

Evgeniy Shibaldin	220,000 220,000	220,000
Evgeniy Golenko	Busted

Irakliy Nutsubidze	Busted
Ruslan Mityaev	Busted

Tags: Evgeniy Golenko Evgeniy Shibaldin Marat Shafigullin Ruslan Mityaev

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-12-2019 17:25 UTC+3

Chashchin Regains Some Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Igor Chashchin had more than doubled his stack early on but has since dwindled back to where he started with. In a three-bet pot with 22,000 in the middle to the he checked out of the small blind and his opponent checked back. Chashchin bet the turn for 7,100 and that won the pot right there.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gamlet Keshishyan	185,000 185,000	185,000
Andrey Topunov	180,000 35,000	35,000
Almat Idrisov	145,000 60,000	60,000
Konstantin Solovev	120,000 10,000	10,000
Aleksandr Zdobnikov	90,000 -20,000	-20,000
Igor Chashchin	70,000 70,000	70,000
Vangelis Kaimakamis	55,000 -85,000	-85,000

Sofia Lovgren	40,000 -65,000	-65,000
Anton Bragin	Busted
Mikhail Zamyatin	Busted
Arkadiy Stekolshchikov	Busted

Tags: Igor Chashchin

08-12-2019 17:32 UTC+3

Even More for Shafigullin

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Irakliy Nutsubidze and Ayvar Akhemedov re-entered and ended up on the table of big stack Marat Shafigullin. The latter used the power of his chips and pushed into Nutsubidze on the river of a board. A sigh-fold followed and Nutsubidze was left with a fraction of the stack he started with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marat Shafigullin	345,000 40,000	40,000

Ayvar Akhemedov	40,000 40,000	40,000
Irakliy Nutsubidze	16,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Ayvar Akhemedov Irakliy Nutsubidze Marat Shafigullin

08-12-2019 17:33 UTC+3

Daria's DO'S & DON'TS When Playing Poker in Russia

TiffanyMichelle

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In her native country of Russia, poker player Daria Feshchenko joins Tiffany Michelle for a little "Talk Russian to Me" tutorial on poker etiquette in Russia: what to say and what not to say when playing poker at the 888poker LIVE Sochi festival.

Tags: 888poker live daria feshchenko tiffany michelle

08-12-2019 17:42 UTC+3

Torrents Avalos Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Anton Badulin raised to 3,000 and Katerina Miller three-bet to 7,000. Manuel Torrents Avalos pushed for what appeared to be 22,000 and Badulin went over the top, which forced out Miller.

Manuel Torrents Avalos:
Anton Badulin:

The board came and that sent the Spaniard to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Badulin	75,000 30,000	30,000
Katerina Miller	75,000 5,000	5,000
Manuel Torrents Avalos	Busted

Tags: Anton Badulin Katerina Miller Manuel Torrents Avalos

08-12-2019 17:48 UTC+3

Vitkind And Shemirani Among Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Despite his decent start into Day 1c, Dmitry Vitkind has gradually lost his stack and was not able to run it back up. Arsalan Shemirani has also been sent to the rail as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Kudinov	Busted
Vanush Mnatsakanyan	Busted
Giorgyi Skhulukhiya	Busted
Arsalan Shemirani	Busted
Dmitry Vitkind	Busted

Tags: Arsalan Shemirani Dmitry Vitkind

08-12-2019 17:51 UTC+3

Dechev Busts Eliahu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With 70,000 already in the middle and the completed board showing , Hristo Dechev pushed all in and Moshe Eliahu was the sole remaining opponent. Eliahu had around 30,000 behind and was sent deep into the think tank, the clock was called on him eventually.

Eliahu called and Dechev tabled for the overpair, which was good as Eliahu tried to muck his cards. As per all in showdown rule, his were exposed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hristo Dechev	145,000 95,000	95,000
Moshe Eliahu	Busted

Tags: Hristo Dechev Moshe Eliahu

08-12-2019 18:00 UTC+3

Third Time a Charm for Tertychnyi?

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Andrii Tertychnyi has entered for a third time on Day 1c and was spotted in a long hand at the end of level eight. Aleksey Yurin in the big blind check-called a bet of 13,000 by Tertychnyi on the turn and checked again the on the river. Tertychnyi made it 22,500 to go and that eventually forced a fold.