2019 888poker LIVE Festival Sochi
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
The table of Dmitry Vitkind has just witnessed an all-in showdown in which Rustam Khamatgareev cracked ![]()
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for turned trips on a board of ![]()
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to score a full double. Khamatgareev was not done yet with stacking the chips when 888poker ambassador Sofia Lovgren joined the action for her second shot in the Main Event in Sochi.
Since his early setback, Vangelis Kaimakamis has doubled his stack and according to the Russian colleagues, this came after he clashed with Aleksey Karev. Kaimakamis held up with ![]()
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to jump well above the starting stack.
For the first time ever 888poker LIVE hosts a Russian poker tournament in the former Olympic host city of Sochi. Tiffany Michelle is on hand to cover the poker action and preview the $500,000 guarantee NL tournament, famous poker pros in the field and what to expect when in Russia.
The cards were already on their backs and Ivan Borisov ended up second-best with ![]()
for a flopped set of fours on a board of ![]()
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as Almat Idrisov had rivered the nut flush with ![]()
. Before heading out of the tournament area, Borisov took out his smartphone to snap a picture of the outcome while Idrisov was all smiles.
The Day 1c field size has grown to nearly 80 entries and the first player to bust was Grigoriy Terpelyuk. Below are some other notables that joined the action recently.
Terpelyuk may still re-enter in today's flight or the remaining two turbo heats to take another shot at the action.
Shortly after joining the action, Dmitry Vitkind was involved into a bigger pot after he defended his big blind against Rustam Khamatgareev. On a ![]()
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flop, Vitkind check-called a bet of 700 and then led the
turn for 5,000 into a pot of 8,000. Khamatgareev stuck around to see the
and a bet of 9,000 by Vitkind won the pot uncontested.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
With 2,600 in the middle and the flop showing ![]()
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, Andrey Topunov made it 2,000 to go out of the small blind and his sole remaining opponent Ivan Borisov raised big, tossing in 11,000. Topunov elected to fold but has still experienced the better start into the day while Borisov remains below the starting stack.