Main Event Day 3 | 2019 888poker LIVE Festival Sochi

08-14-2019 12:45 UTC+3

Barsegyan More Than Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

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

Vladimir Petrenko opened to 17,000 and Ivan Fedorov three-bet to 60,000 from one seat over. Eduard Barsegyan called all in for 58,000 and Petrenko folded.

Ivan Fedorov:
Eduard Barsegyan:

On a board of , Barsegyan secured the double on the turn to remain in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Petrenko	380,000 34,000	34,000
Ivan Fedorov	365,000 -51,000	-51,000
Eduard Barsegyan	140,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Eduard Barsegyan Ivan Fedorov Vladimir Petrenko

08-14-2019 12:50 UTC+3

Avanesov Doubles; Manikaros Doesn't

Christian Zetzsche

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

Roman Avanesov was all in for the last 28,000 and chip leader Evgeniy Golenko reluctantly called out of the big blind, turning over the . Avanesov was ahead with and dodged the four card flush on a board.

Shortly after, Iraklis Manikaros ran with ace-queen into the ace-king of Nikolay Fal and found no help.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgeniy Golenko	900,000 38,000	38,000

Nikolay Fal	285,000 77,000	77,000
Roman Avanesov	70,000 22,000	22,000
Iraklis Manikaros	Busted

Tags: Evgeniy Golenko Iraklis Manikaros Nikolay Fal Roman Avanesov

08-14-2019 13:03 UTC+3

Paskal Eliminated in Three-Way All In

Christian Zetzsche

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

Nikolay Paskal was in the big blind as one of the shortest stacks and faced a raise by Nikolay Evdokimov and the shove of big stack Aleksey Istomin in the small blind. Paskal called all in for 33,000 and Evdokimov snap-called for his last 239,000.

Nikolay Paskal:
Nikolay Evdokimov:
Aleksey Istomin:

On a board of , Paskal was drawing dead on the turn and Istomin took a big hit to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Evdokimov	540,000 325,000	325,000

Aleksey Istomin	370,000 -17,000	-17,000
Nikolay Paskal	Busted

Tags: Aleksey Istomin Nikolay Evdokimov Nikolay Paskal

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

08-14-2019 13:12 UTC+3

Think You Have What It Takes to Be a Poker Commentator?

TiffanyMichelle

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Tiffany Michelle joins 12-year poker commentator veteran and training site coach Nick Wealthall in the booth at the 888poker LIVE Sochi feature table to get the rarely talked about inside dish on what it takes to become a poker commentator. Think you could do this job? You might wanna think again!

Tags: 888poker 888poker LIVE Nick Wealthall Tiffany Michelle

08-14-2019 13:14 UTC+3

Lichagin Doubles Through Runets

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The cards were already on their backs as Konstantin Lichagin snapped out his smartphone to record his all in showdown with Aleksey Runets. Lichagin was ahead with while Runets held the . On a board of , the queens held up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Lichagin	245,000 129,000	129,000

Aleksey Runets	155,000 -211,000	-211,000

Tags: Konstantin Lichagin Aleksey Runets

08-14-2019 13:23 UTC+3

Gromov Eliminated by Gabdullin

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Out of his massive stack of 900,000, Damir Gabdullin raised to 400,000 by using all his red T-25,000 chips and had everyone on the table covered by a lot. One after the other folded, except for Dmitry Gromov who used his 30 seconds to act and called all in for what appeared to be 155,000.

Dmitry Gromov:
Damir Gabdullin:

The 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Gabdullin	1,080,000 340,000	340,000
Dmitry Gromov	Busted

Tags: Damir Gabdullin Dmitry Gromov

08-14-2019 13:34 UTC+3

Golenko Above a Million

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Evgeniy Golenko used the approaching money bubble to boost his stack significantly and just took on Artem Metelskiy, who called a bet of 45,000 by Golenko on the turn. Golenko instantly jammed the river and Metelskiy folded, he was shown an ace.

One hand later, Leonid Semenyuk jammed the small blind and short stack Andrey Danilyuk folded out of the big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgeniy Golenko	1,280,000 380,000	380,000

Leonid Semenyuk	740,000 -13,000	-13,000
Elena Litvinyuk	240,000 -129,000	-129,000
Artem Metelskiy	127,000 -103,000	-103,000
Andrey Danilyuk	55,000 -36,000	-36,000

Tags: Andrey Danilyuk Artem Metelskiy Evgeniy Golenko Leonid Semenyuk

08-14-2019 13:43 UTC+3

Gabdullin Shows a Bluff

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On the three-way turn of , Dmitrii Sukhorukov checked out of the big blind and Damir Gabdullin made it 31,000 to go from two seats over. Johnni Nielsen called and Sukhorukov came along as well. The appeared on the river and Sukhorukov checked once more, Gabdullin bet 177,000 and forced two folds.

With a big grin on the face, Gabdullin flashed the for a successful ten-high bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Gabdullin	1,250,000 170,000	170,000
Dmitrii Sukhorukov	385,000 -120,000	-120,000
Johnni Nielsen	130,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Damir Gabdullin Dmitrii Sukhorukov Johnni Nielsen

08-14-2019 13:53 UTC+3

Chernikov Next Chip Millionaire

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The next player above one million in chips is Aleksandr Chernikov. He had already built a decent profit throughout the day and just four-bet jammed into a three-bet worth 100,000 by Vsevolod Nikolaev. An instant fold followed and Chernikov tabled .

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Chernikov	1,150,000 340,000	340,000
Vsevolod Nikolaev	675,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Vsevolod Nikolaev