Main Event Day 3 | 2019 888poker LIVE Festival Sochi

08-14-2019 12:31 UTC+3

Nekrasov Eliminated; Gromov More Than Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mikhail Gusev doubled for 58,000 when his held up against the of Evgeniy Nekrasov on a board of .

Nekrasov had two hands before he was going to be forced all in out of the big blind and pushed for the last 16,000 the next hand. Damir Gabdullin raised to 30,000 and the players behind him all used their 30 seconds to act. Among them was also Dmitry Gromov, who then pushed for 81,000. Gabdullin asked for a count and made the call.

Evgeniy Nekrasov:
Dmitry Gromov:
Damir Gabdullin:

The board ran out and Gromov had the check mark on the turn already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Gabdullin	740,000 -96,000	-96,000
Dmitry Gromov	190,000 89,000	89,000

Mikhail Gusev	140,000 63,000	63,000
Evgeniy Nekrasov	Busted

Tags: Damir Gabdullin Dmitry Gromov Evgeniy Nekrasov Mikhail Gusev

08-14-2019 12:27 UTC+3

Mankovich Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Vladislav Mankovich three-bet jammed for the last 62,000 against an open raise to 22,000 by Pavel Vershinin, who called after brief consideration.

Mankovich tabled the and Vershinin had one overcard in . The board came and the kings held up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Vershinin	610,000 -62,000	-62,000
Vladislav Mankovich	140,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: Pavel Vershinin Vladislav Mankovich

08-14-2019 12:17 UTC+3

Kudaev and Mukhin Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Two players have been sent to the rail thus far. Down to fewer than 20 big blinds, Artur Mukhin pushed with and Tatyana Nikitina folded from one seat over. Ernest Shakaryan reshoved with and Dmitry Vitkind mucked pocket jacks face up, Nikitina said in table chat she had folded ace-king.

No miracle straight or several queens appeared and that reduced the field to the last 85 hopefuls, as Islam Kudaev also ran out o chips prior to that.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ernest Shakaryan	500,000 158,000	158,000
Dmitry Vitkind	75,000 -15,000	-15,000
Artur Mukhin	Busted
Islam Kudaev	Busted

Tags: Artur Mukhin Dmitry Vitkind Ernest Shakaryan Tatyana Nikitina Islam Kudaev

08-14-2019 12:14 UTC+3

Golovin Takes From Tuguz

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With some 80,000 in the middle and the turn showing , Dmitriy Golovin checked out of the blinds and Yunus Tuguz in late position checked behind.

Golovin bet the river for 27,000 and Tuguz quickly called but mucked when he was shown for the nut flush by Golovin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitriy Golovin	640,000 74,000	74,000
Yunus Tuguz	245,000 -61,000	-61,000

Tags: Dmitriy Golovin Yunus Tuguz

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

08-14-2019 11:59 UTC+3

Shot Clock in Play

Christian Zetzsche

At the start of Day 3, a 30-second shot clock will be in play and all participants receive an additional four time bank extensions. The time banks will be refilled on the final three tables and on the final table. As of the last four tables, the tournament will also switch to eight-handed.

08-14-2019 11:19 UTC+3

Who Will Reach The Final Table of the 2019 888poker LIVE Sochi Main Event?

Christian Zetzsche

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

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Aleksey Istomin Alexsey Gatsko Andrey Malyshev Casino Sochi Damir Gabdullin Daria Feshchenko Dmitrii Sukhorukov Dmitry Gromov Dmitry Vitkind Elena Litvinyuk Evgeniy Golenko Fraser MacIntyre Leonid Semenyuk Maksym Lavrov Ravil Khamatgareev Sergey Stazhkov Sofia Lovgren Vangelis Kaimakamis Viktor Kudinov Yunus Tuguz

08-14-2019 11:05 UTC+3

Day 3 Seat Draw

Christian Zetzsche

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
14	1	Leonid Kartashov	Russia	211,000	26
14	2	Johnni Nielsen	Sweden	220,000	28
14	3	Dmitry Gromov	Russia	101,000	13
14	4	Mikhail Gusev	Russia	77,000	10
14	5	Valentin Ehmling	Germany	110,000	14
14	6	Vadim Gayduk	Belarus	593,000	74
14	7	Dmitrii Sukhorukov	Russia	505,000	63
14	8	Evgeniy Nekrasov	Russia	74,000	9
14	9	Damir Gabdullin	Russia	836,000	105

15	1	Sergey Pichugin	Russia	167,000	21
15	2	Vladislav Mankovich	Russia	66,000	8
15	3	Petr Bartagov	Russia	291,000	36
15	4	Ilya Nikolaev	Russia	172,000	22
15	5	Alexsey Gatsko	Russia	790,000	99
15	6	Arman Nugmanov	Japan	146,000	18
15	7	Sergey Kudryavtsev	Russia	278,000	35
15	8	Pavel Vershinin	Russia	672,000	84
15	9	Garik Tamasyan	Armenia	486,000	61

16	1	Konstantin Generalov	Russia	482,000	60
16	2	Andrey Malyshev	Russia	505,000	63
16	3	Dmitry Vitkind	Russia	90,000	11
16	4	Maksym Lavrov	Ukraine	335,000	42
16	5	Artur Mukhin	Russia	140,000	18
16	6	Tatyana Nikitina	Russia	128,000	16
16	7	Vyacheslav Petrovskii	Russia	232,000	29
16	8	Evgeniy Chernyak	Russia	182,000	23
16	9	Ernest Shakaryan	Russia	342,000	43

17	1	Ravil Khamatgareev	Russia	816,000	102
17	2	Artur Osipov	Russia	540,000	68
17	3	Dmitriy Golovin	Russia	566,000	71
17	4	Yuriy Volegov	Russia	140,000	18
17	5	Sergey Avdonin	Russia	335,000	42
17	6	Sergey Tatarkin	Russia	246,000	31
17	7	Ayvar Akhmedov	Kazakhstan	253,000	32
17	8	Ruben Karagozyan	Russia	332,000	42
17	9	Yunus Tuguz	Russia	306,000	38

18	1	Sedrak Bagdasaryan	Russia	375,000	47
18	2	Ezatulla Amani	Russia	279,000	35
18	3	Firudin Nasirov	Azerbaijan	79,000	10
18	4	Berkan Acarman	Turkey	362,000	45
18	5	Aleksey Runets	Ukraine	366,000	46
18	6	Dmitriy Derbenev	Russia	260,000	33
18	7	Roman Gadzhiev	Russia	233,000	29
18	8	Konstantin Lichagin	Russia	116,000	15
18	9	Islam Kudaev	Russia	88,000	11

19	1	Aleksandr Chernikov	Russia	810,000	101
19	2	Vladimir Petrenko	Russia	346,000	43
19	3	Ivan Fedorov	Russia	416,000	52
19	4	Eduard Barsegyan	Russia	105,000	13
19	5	Daniil Lesin	Russia	105,000	13
19	6	Katerina Miller	Israel	35,000	4
19	7	Fraser Macintyre	United Kingdom	89,000	11
19	8	Dmitriy Bimurzaev	Russia	79,000	10
19	9	Vartan Manucharyan	Russia	443,000	55

20	1	Andrey Danilyuk	Russia	91,000	11
20	2	Anton Konovalov	Russia	358,000	45
20	3	Evgeniy Golenko	Kazakhstan	862,000	108
20	4	Elena Litvinyuk	Russia	369,000	46
20	5	Oleg Volkov	Russia	547,000	68
20	6	Artem Metelskiy	Russia	230,000	29
20	7	Roman Avanesov	Russia	48,000	6
20	8	Aliaksei Dubrouski	Belarus	348,000	44
20	9	Leonid Semenyuk	Russia	753,000	94

21	1	Vladimir Lelgant	Russia	422,000	53
21	2	Vasiliy Tsapko	Russia	182,000	23
21	3	Howard Leung	Canada	198,000	25
21	4	Vitaliy Avanesyan	Russia	122,000	15
21	5	Aleksandrs Natalcenko	Latvia	218,000	27
21	6	Hristo Dechev	Bulgaria	450,000	56
21	8	Ruslan Mityaev	Ukraine	128,000	16
21	9	Dmitryi Ilyin	Russia	354,000	44

22	2	Andrey Berinov	Russia	533,000	67
22	3	Iraklis Manikaros	Greece	72,000	9
22	4	Vladimir Nikulshin	Russia	257,000	32
22	5	Aleksey Istomin	Russia	387,000	48
22	6	Nikolay Paskal	Russia	61,000	8
22	7	Oleksandr Krylov	Ukraine	156,000	20
22	8	Nikolay Fal	Russia	208,000	26
22	9	Nikolay Evdokimov	Russia	215,000	27

23	1	Ilias Hadzhyiakhiaiev	Ukraine	215,000	27
23	2	Abdul Mamin Abdal Ali Han	Russia	362,000	45
23	3	Evgeniy Shibaldin	Russia	198,000	25
23	4	Stepan Mikhno	Russia	125,000	16
23	5	Dmitriyu Batuev	Russia	627,000	78
23	6	Feliks Saakyan	Armenia	475,000	59
23	8	Mete Ustuay	Turkey	321,000	40
23	9	Vsevolod Nikolaev	Russia	602,000	75

Main Event

Day 3 Started