Courtesy of Manuel Kovsca / PokerStars.
2019 PokerStars EPT Open Sochi
₽133,000 EPT Open Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2019 PokerStars EPT Open Sochi
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
133,000 RUB
Prize Pool
103,370,400 RUB
Entries
879
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
468
Players Left
166
Players Left 1 / 879
Filter
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Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
135,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
112,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
90,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
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|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Aleksandr Gofman raised to 2,300 and Aleksey Levin moved all in for 12,100. Mikhail Kukin flat-called and that got Gofman out of the way.
Aleksey Levin: 
Mikhail Kukin: 
The 
board failed to improve Levin and he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
38,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Nikolay Fal was all in or around 20 big blinds and behind him, two big stacks went to war in Oleg Volkov and Roman Gadzhiev. The latter former was the biggest stack of the trio and could end up in the top spot if he were to hold with his pocket pair.
Nikolay Fal: 
Roman Gadzhiev: 
Oleg Volkov: 
The board came 
and the king on the flop let Gadzhiev double through Fal for 75,900 while sending Fal to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
12,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Aleksey Badulin was all in for the last 35,000 against Andrey Andreev and his were ahead going into the showdown, as Andreev only held the 
.
Andreev picked up a gutshot on the 
flop but the 
turn and 
river were both blanks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
74,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Soon after losing the big three-way all in, Oleg Volkov three-bet jammed for around 13 big blinds and initial raiser Konstantin Streltskiy called in an instant.
Oleg Volkov: 
Konstantin Streletskiy:
It was all over for Volkov on the turn of a board 
and he was on the way out by the time Streletskiy had further improved to the nutflush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The field size has been cut into more than half already as just 215 players remain in the penultimate level of the night. Among others, Svetlana Aubakirova, Andrey Pateychuk, Maxim Panyak, and Dmitry Yurasov all ran out of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Vladislav Vinogradov raised to 2,000 in the hijack and picked up two callers in Irshat Shaykhov in the cutoff as well as the small blind, Kiryl Radzivonau in the big blind let go.
On a 
flop, action checked to Shaykhov and a bet of 4,000 did the trick to let the Russian climb back to an almost average stack on his second bullet of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
60,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
15,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
|
185,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
155,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
130,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
10,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Just before the blinds went up for the final level of the night, Aleksandr Denisov boosted his stack after being the initial raiser from under the gun. He picked up resistance in Aleksandr Platonov from late position and they created a pot of around 21,000 to the 
river.
Denisov checked and Platonov bet 6,000 to receive a reluctant call. Platonov was bluffing with the and Denisov earned the pot with 
for sevens and fours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
