2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv
€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event
Day: 3
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Prydryk showed

, and stood up with an especially unexcited look when he saw Gorodetskiy's 
.The board came




, and there was some discussion afterwards to ensure that indeed Gorodetskiy's jack played. Prydryk is out in 42nd place. Meanwhile, Gorodetskiy -- down to nearly nothing a short while ago -- has rebounded up over 200,000.
Shaun Deeb -- 98,500
Andrew Feldman -- 42,000
Nikolay Evdakov -- 9,500


, Nikita Nikolaev announced he was all in. He had his opponent, Arthur Simonyan, well covered. Simonyan didn't wait long, however, before calling, turning over 
for top pair. Nikolaev showed 
for an open-ended straight draw.The turn was the
and the river the
, and Simonyan survives with 205,000. Nikolaev now has 265,000.
. He would soon find out that he was racing for his tournament life against his opponent's
.The board would run out
to hold Litvinov's pair and double him up. Those trip fours are good enough to move him up to just about 100,000 and save him from an untimely pre-bubble exit.*****
Simultaneously on an adjacent table, Ilya Gorodetskiy moved all in for about 40,000 after a raise from Michele Limongi. He called with
, and Gorodetskiy was in fine shape to double with
."You could still lose," reminded Limongi, but his words would fail to come to fruition. The board came out
to double up another of the short stacks.Forty-two players remain, and if we keep doubling the shorties, the bubble could last quite a while.


. Maxim Lykov clearly liked what he saw, so much so that he pushed out two towers of yellow chips, signifiying a bet of 200,000. [Removed:466] tanked for three minutes, then finally let it go.Lykov pushes closer to chip leader Michele Limongi. Lykov now has 675,000. Meanwhile Vyacheslav slips to 136,000.




and about 100,000 in the middle, Albert Sungatullin checked and Nikita Nikolaev bet 30,000. Sungatullin took several minutes to think about his decision, and eventually the clock was called. Finally Sungatullin folded, and Nikolaev showed 
as he dragged the pot.Sungatullin slips to 145,000, while Nikolaev now has 320,000.