2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
49
Prize
€330,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,700
Prize Pool
€1,391,200
Entries
296
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000

Vitaly Revitalized

Vitaly Lunkin
Vitaly Lunkin
Looking down at {A-Spades} {5-Diamonds} and his shrinking stack, Vitaly Lunkin moved all in and was called by one opponent further down the line. The board would end up showing {5-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {7-Diamonds}, and the trip fives were good enough to earn the at-risk Lunkin a crucial double up. He has bounced back, moving his stack back up over 35,000 after having struggled with less than half that most of the last couple of levels.

Still, it's not all smooth flying for the Russian. Just now Lunkin was raising to 1,125 before the flop from middle position, only to have Andrea Benelli reraise to 4,175 from the cutoff.

It folded back to Lunkin, who asked Benelli how much he had left. "About 20,000," said Benelli. Lunkin rechecked his cards, then decided discretion was the best course and tossed them dealerward.

Lunkin remains right around 35,000 at the moment, while Benelli has 22,500.

Tags: Andrea BenelliVitaly Lunkin