Main Event
Day 3 Started
Main Event
Day 3 Started
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 |
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 |
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.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
|
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Mikhail Gusev |
140,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
Evgeniy Nekrasov | Busted |
Two premium pocket pairs clashed and it was Vasiliy Tsapko all in and at risk for 156,000 with the , while Vladimir Lelgant tabled the inferior .
Kings were good on a board and Lelgsant had to forfeit about one third of his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vasiliy Tsapko |
330,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
Vladimir Lelgant |
315,000
-107,000
|
-107,000 |