2019 PokerStars EPT Open Sochi

₽133,000 EPT Open Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Open Sochi

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Event Info
Buy-in
133,000 RUB
Prize Pool
103,370,400 RUB
Entries
879
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 4
Players Left
1

Ye Takes Over The Lead

Level 32 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Yi Ye
Yi Ye

In a limped battle of the blinds, the flop showed {8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Natalia Panchenko checked, as did Yi Ye in the big blind. Panchenko bet the {k-Hearts} turn for 200,000 and Ye came along to see the {j-Diamonds} on the river. Panchenko ended up check-calling a bet of 450,000 and mucked when Ye tabled {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for top two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Yi Ye cn
Yi Ye
EPT 1X Winner
10,450,000 2,950,000
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
7,700,000 -2,700,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Day 3 Chip Leader
5,500,000
Lidiya Kozenkova ua
Lidiya Kozenkova
2,600,000 -400,000

Tags: Natalia PanchenkoYi Ye

Skhulukhiya Loses to Panchenko and Ye

Level 32 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Natalia Panchenko defended out of the big blind against a raise by Giorgiy Skhulukhiya and check-called a bet on the {9-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop. After the {5-Diamonds} turn, Panchenko check-called another bet worth 875,000 and the {9-Clubs} on the river was checked.

Panchenko revealed {a-Spades}{4-Spades} for nines and fours, which won the pot.

Soon after, a battle of the blinds between Yi Ye and Skhulukhiya merged and the turn showed {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. Ye checked and Skhulukhiya bet 650,000, Ye tossed in calling chips after some consideration. Ye then led the {8-Spades} river for 580,000 and Skhulukhiya folded.

Player Chips Progress
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
10,400,000 2,300,000
Yi Ye cn
Yi Ye
EPT 1X Winner
7,500,000 1,050,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Day 3 Chip Leader
5,500,000 -3,100,000
Lidiya Kozenkova ua
Lidiya Kozenkova
3,000,000

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaNatalia PanchenkoYi Ye

Tight Counts at the Top

Level 32 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, the {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop brought a bet of 225,000 by Yi Ye and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya called to see the {k-Spades} on the turn. Ye bet 325,000 and Skhulukhiya folded.

Ye then three-bet an open raise of Natalia Panchenko from 450,000 to 1.3 million to win the next pot.

Player Chips Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Day 3 Chip Leader
8,600,000 600,000
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
8,100,000 -700,000
Yi Ye cn
Yi Ye
EPT 1X Winner
6,450,000 650,000
Lidiya Kozenkova ua
Lidiya Kozenkova
3,000,000 -540,000

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaNatalia PanchenkoYi Ye

Panchenko Takes Over The Lead

Level 32 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Natalia Panchenko
Natalia Panchenko

Natalia Panchenko raised the button to 425,000 and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya called from the big blind. On the {10-Hearts}{5-Spades}{4-Hearts} flop both checked and Skhulukhiya check-raised the {10-Clubs} turn from 350,000 to 925,000, which Panchenko called.

After the {j-Diamonds} river both checked and Skhulukhiya tabled {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for a bluff, which Panchenko had beat with {10-Spades}{9-Spades} for trips nines.

In the next hand, Lidiya Kozenkova shoved the small blind for 3,140,000 and Panchenko folded after getting a count.

Player Chips Progress
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
8,800,000 900,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Day 3 Chip Leader
8,000,000 -1,200,000
Yi Ye cn
Yi Ye
EPT 1X Winner
5,800,000 -700,000
Lidiya Kozenkova ua
Lidiya Kozenkova
3,540,000 950,000

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaLidiya KozenkovaNatalia Panchenko

Panchenko Doubles Through Skhulukhiya

Level 32 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Natalia Panchenko
Natalia Panchenko

Joining the action on the {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades} turn, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya and Natalia Panchenko invested 425,000 each to see the {3-Clubs} on the river and Skhulukhiya bet 680,000.

Panchenko moved all in for 3,225,000 and Skhulukhiya asked for a count before eventually making the call.

Panchenko already started celebrating as she turned over {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for the nut flush while Skhulukhiya mucked {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Day 3 Chip Leader
9,200,000 -4,100,000
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
7,900,000 4,200,000

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaNatalia Panchenko

Kozenkova Jams Twice

Level 32 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Lidiya Kozenkova
Lidiya Kozenkova

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya jammed into the big blind of Lidiya Kozenkova and forced a fold. Kozenkova then moved all in twice to boost her short stack. The first all in was for1,990,000 and Yi Ye folded in the big blind.

Natalia Panchenko went through the blinds once and then claimed the chips back with a button raise to 425,000.

Skhulukhiya then limped the small blind and folded to a shove of Kozenkova.

Player Chips Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Day 3 Chip Leader
13,300,000 100,000
Yi Ye cn
Yi Ye
EPT 1X Winner
6,500,000 -160,000
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
3,700,000 -200,000
Lidiya Kozenkova ua
Lidiya Kozenkova
2,590,000 100,000

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaLidiya KozenkovaNatalia PanchenkoYi Ye

Level: 32

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

Break After Level 31

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Yet another level has ended without any elimination and the remaining four players headed into a 10-minute break. Lidiya Kozenkova will be under immediate pressure with just 12 big blinds for the upcoming level.

Player Chips Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Day 3 Chip Leader
13,200,000 1,700,000
Yi Ye cn
Yi Ye
EPT 1X Winner
6,660,000 -740,000
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
3,900,000 -800,000
Lidiya Kozenkova ua
Lidiya Kozenkova
2,490,000 -460,000

Tags: Lidiya Kozenkova

Ye Bests Skhulukhiya After All

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Yi Ye seemingly lost almost all significant pots against Giorgiy Skhulukhiya on the final day so far but that has just changed.

Skhulukhiya raised to 320,000 first to act and Ye defended the big blind. Once both had checked the {10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop, Ye bet the {8-Hearts} turn and {6-Spades} river for 335,000 and 485,000 respectively. Skhulukhiya called twice and mucked when Ye flipped over {8-Spades}{6-Clubs} for backdoor two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Day 3 Chip Leader
11,500,000 -1,200,000
Yi Ye cn
Yi Ye
EPT 1X Winner
7,400,000 1,400,000

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaYi Ye

Ye and Skhulukhiya Show Cards Once More

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Yi Ye raised to 360,000 and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya three-bet to 1,030,000 from on seat over.

"You show, I show," Skhulukhiya offered and Ye shook his head. However, he eventually folded {a-Spades}{q-Hearts} face-up and Skhulukhiya revealed {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}.

Ye then raised to 330,000 from under the gun and Natalia Panchenko defended the big blind. Both checked the {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop and Panchenko check-folded the {j-Clubs} on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Day 3 Chip Leader
12,700,000 800,000
Yi Ye cn
Yi Ye
EPT 1X Winner
6,000,000 100,000
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
4,700,000 -100,000
Lidiya Kozenkova ua
Lidiya Kozenkova
2,950,000 -350,000

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaNatalia PanchenkoYi Ye