€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

08-21-2009 11:22 UTC+2

Kichigin Surives, Peisert Avoids Trouble

Vladimir Kichigin just shoved his entire stack of 38,100 all in from under the gun, and the table folded to Lucasz Plichta who called from the cutoff. "Miami" John Cernuto folded from the button, and Jorg Peisert -- sitting in the small blind -- appeared miserable.

"Oh my God," said Peisert. "I would've snap-called if you hadn't called," he said, pointing to Plichta. Finally he folded, as did the big blind.

Kichigin showed {A-Hearts}

and Plichta {A-Spades}

. The board came {4-Spades}

, and the pair split the pot. Peisert was clearly relieved once he saw that ace on the river, as he apparently folded a big pair.

"I made that mistake with tens yesterday," said Cernuto to Peisert. "You saved 38K."

Plichta remains at about 190,000, and Kichigin got his 38,000 back. Peisert has 70,000.

08-21-2009 11:12 UTC+2

Turner Takes One

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Priit Turner of Estonia has resumed his aggressive ways here on Day 3. On the first hand dealt, Jorg Peisert opened with a raise to 5,700 from middle position, and it folded back to Turner who reraised to 19,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Peisert called.

The flop came {J-Diamonds}

. Turner promptly fired a bet of 34,100, and Peisert thought a moment before letting it go. Turner showed his {A-Diamonds}

as he dragged the pot.

Turner has 255,000 now, while Peisert slips to 72,000.

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08-21-2009 11:07 UTC+2

Let's Go!

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After some quick opening remarks from Tournament Director Thomas Kremser, he said those magical words, and the cards are in the air on Day 3. We'll play until we reach our final four tables (32 players) before we bag it up for the night.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 200

08-21-2009 10:45 UTC+2

Day 3 Dawns

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Good morning from Kyiv and welcome back to the cavernous Sport Palace for the start of Day 3 here at the opening event of this year's PokerStars.net European Poker Tour.

With half of the event's days already in the books, our starting field of 296 has been trimmed down to a slim 68 as we commence the run to the final table. Russian Max Lykov is leading the charge, though there is a large group of players who are breathing hard down his neck. Those remaining are just now beginning to file into their seats as the chip bags come out and the dealers prepare the decks for play.

We're scheduled for a noon o'clock start today, and we expect to be underway pretty close to that time.