Who Will Reach The Final Table of the 2019 888poker LIVE Sochi Main Event?
Only 87 players out of 569 entries remain in the hunt for their share of the 35,000,000 RUB prize pool (~$500,000) in the 2019 888poker LIVE Sochi Main Event and the money bubble is looming when the action recommences at 12 p.m. noon local time in the first-ever 888poker LIVE festival on Russian soil in cooperation with Poker Club Management at the stunning Casino Sochi in Krasnaya Polyana.
The bubble is only half a dozen casualties away as the top 80 spots will receive 1,425 CSU (Casino Sochi Units, ~ 99,750 RUB, ~$1,535) for their efforts and the penultimate tournament day is scheduled to play eight levels of 60 minutes each or down to the final table, whichever of the two comes first.
Leading the field into Day 3 is Evgeniy Golenko with 862,000, closely followed by Damir Gabdullin (836,000), Ravil Khamatgareev (816,000), Aleksandr Chernikov (810,000), Alexsey Gatsko (790,000) and Leonid Semenyuk (753,000). Several other notables are also aiming for a Russian flag in Andrey Malyshev (505,000), Dmitrii Sukhorukov (505,000), Aleksey Istomin (387,000), Elena Litvinyuk (369,000), Maksym Lavrov (335,000), Petr Bartagov (291,000), Nikolay Fal (208,000), Dmitry Gromov (101,000), Dmitry Vitkind (90,000), and Fraser MacIntyre (89,000).
The 2019 888poker LIVE Sochi Main Event at a Glance
| Day | Date | Level Duration | Entries | Survivors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | August 10th, 12 p.m. | 40 min | 100 | 41 |
| 1b | August 11th, 12 p.m. | 40 min | 83 | 32 |
| 1c | August 12th, 12 p.m. | 40 min | 135 | 64 |
| 1d | August 12th, 8 p.m. | 25 min | 77 | 48 |
| 1e | August 13th, 10 a.m. | 15 min | 59 | 44 |
| 2 | August 13th, 1.30 p.m. | 60 min | 83 | - |
| 3 | August 14th, 12 p.m. | 60 min | 569 | 87 |
| 4 | August 15th, 12 p.m. | 60 min | tba | - |
The action recommences in level 18 with blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a big blind ante of 8,000. After the first break of the day, the live stream of the feature table with hole cards displayed on a security delay of 30 minutes will be available on the 888poker YouTube channel and Facebook page. The PokerNews team will be roaming the floor to provide ll you need to know in Sochi.
11 Remain in the High Roller
After Day 2 of the Main Event had wrapped up, several players that bagged up their chips headed straight back for more poker action as Day 3 of the High Roller resumed with 31 players out of 80 entries remaining. Late registration remained open for another two levels and that boosted the field to 93 entries in total.
Aleksandr Chernikov, who was among the biggest stacks in the Main Event, was the chip leader heading into the day but became one of the earlier casualties before the registration had closed. The 888poker ambassadors Sofia Lovgren and Daria Feshchenko missed out on the money, as did Fraser MacIntyre, Marat Shafigullin and Yunus Tuguz.
Sergey Stazhkov became the bubble boy and two further players cashed, 11 hopefuls remain with Karen Arutyunyan as the overwhelming chip leader. Viktor Kudinov, Vangelis Kaimakamis, Dmitry Gromov and Ruslan Mityaev remain in contention.
High Roller Payouts
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in CSU) | Prize (in Rubles) | Prize (~ in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45,812 | 3,206,840 | 49,336 | ||
| 2 | 28,820 | 2,017,400 | 31,037 | ||
| 3 | 19,265 | 1,348,550 | 20,747 | ||
| 4 | 12,895 | 902,650 | 13,887 | ||
| 5 | 9,255 | 647,850 | 9,967 | ||
| 6 | 7,280 | 509,600 | 7,840 | ||
| 7 | 5,915 | 414,050 | 6,370 | ||
| 8 | 4,855 | 339,850 | 5,228 | ||
| 9 | 4,250 | 297,500 | 4,577 | ||
| 10 | 3,640 | 254,800 | 3,920 | ||
| 11 | 3,640 | 254,800 | 3,920 | ||
| 12 | Roman Lesko | Russia | 3,035 | 212,450 | 3,268 |
| 13 | Arkadiy Stekolshchikov | Russia | 3,035 | 212,450 | 3,268 |
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and Gromov had the check mark on the turn already.
flop gave Gabdullin a gutshot, and he filled up to a pair on the 
turn. A blank 
came on the river and that reduced the field to the final 81 players. One table will now break and the action then continues on the money bubble.
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for a jack-high straight on the 
board to become the latest chip millionaire.
flop and Dmitryi Ilyin snap-called with the 
, Eduard Barsegyan ended up at risk for what appeared to be more than 250,000 as Pavel Vershinin used the power of his big stack to put pressure on shorter stacks.
turn was a blank but Vershinin spiked the 
for top two pair.
river let Acarman celebrate.
