₽133,000 EPT Open Main Event Day 1b | 2019 PokerStars EPT Open Sochi

10-10-2019 12:39 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadim Lukiyan	45,000 45,000	45,000
Aleksandr Ivanov	39,000 39,000	39,000
Osman Yel	38,000 38,000	38,000
Vyacheslav Goryachev	33,000 3,000	3,000
Nikita Bochkin	30,000 30,000	30,000
Johannes Job	30,000 30,000	30,000
Vitaliy Li	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mikhail Sokolovskiy	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fengjiao Wang	28,000 28,000	28,000
Vitaliy Karaivan	15,000 -16,000	-16,000

Straight Flush for Agababaev

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Joining the action on the flop, Georgiy Agababaev checked in the small blind and Vivien Nagy in the cutoff made it 800 to go. Anatoli Mazhnikov on the button called and Agababaev came along to see the turn.

The action now checked to Mazhnikov and his bet of 1,700 was called only by Agababaev. No betting action took place on the river and Agababaev sighed before announcing a straight flush and bouncing over his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgiy Agababaev	33,000 33,000	33,000

Vivien Nagy	30,000 1,500	1,500
Anatoli Mazhnikov	24,100 24,100	24,100

Tags: Anatoli Mazhnikov Georgiy Agababaev Vivien Nagy

10-10-2019 13:00 UTC+3

Guarantee Surpassed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

With more than 130 entries in the second level of the day, the guaranteed prize pool has been surpassed already and there is the entire second flight and the upcoming Day 1c to come.

Below are the first casualties for Day 1b including Vitaliy Karaivan and Pavel Kireev.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitaliy Khvan	Busted
Vitaliy Karaivan	Busted
Dmitriy Zhukov	Busted
Pavel Kireev	Busted
Vladimir Kononenko	Busted

Tags: Pavel Kireev Vitaliy Karaivan

10-10-2019 13:04 UTC+3

Kulachko Chips Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Simon Burns opened the action with a raise to 300 and picked up three callers including Siarhei Chupadal on the button and Mykhailo Kulachko in the big blind. The flop came ad Kulachko bet 300, Burns and Chupadal called while the small blind folded.

After the turn, Kulachko bet 1,100 and both opponents folded, Chupadal revealed his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mykhailo Kulachko	50,000 50,000	50,000
Simon Burns	38,000 8,000	8,000
Andrey Bondar	23,000 -7,000	-7,000
Siarhei Chupadal	8,000 -22,000	-22,000

Tags: Mykhailo Kulachko Siarhei Chupadal Simon Burns

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

10-10-2019 13:12 UTC+3

Ivanov Up for the Day

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Aleksandr Ivanov has started well on a table that also includes Yuryy Gulyy, among others. Mikhail Sokolovskiy is also a recent re-entry after he busted in the final hands of Day 1a and Daniil Kiselev claimed to have a great day ahead as he always plays better on little sleep.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Ivanov	41,000 2,000	2,000
Daniil Kiselev	37,000 7,000	7,000
Yury Gulyy	31,000 31,000	31,000
Mikhail Sokolovskiy	30,000
Wilhelm Isaak	24,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Aleksandr Ivanov Daniil Kiselev Mikhail Sokolovskiy

10-10-2019 13:20 UTC+3

Tatarkin Doubles Through Vartevanyan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

On a flop of , Sergey Tatarkin was all in for 14,700 and Artem Vartevanyan looked him up to create the following showdown.

Sergey Tatarkin:
Artem Vartevanyan:

The turn gave Tatarkin additional outs with a gutshot and he got there when the struck on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artemiy Bolshakov	50,000 50,000	50,000
Sergey Tatarkin	35,000 35,000	35,000
Anzor Lepshokov	31,000 31,000	31,000
Aram Vartevanyan	19,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Artem Vartevanyan Sergey Tatarkin

10-10-2019 13:27 UTC+3

Gulyy Folds to Zakharov's Shove

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

With some 11,500 in the middle and the turn showing , Vladimir Zakharov was all in for 16,300 out of the blinds and that sent Yury Gulyy into the think tank.He eventually announced a fold and flashed .

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Zakharov	28,000 -2,000	-2,000
Yury Gulyy	25,300 -5,700	-5,700

Tags: Vladimir Zakharov Yury Gulyy

10-10-2019 13:31 UTC+3

Tutoyan Shows a Set

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Heads-up to the flop with 5,000 in the middle, Roman Tutoyan check-raised from 1,500 to 5,500 and his sole remaining opponent Alexandr Savchenko tank-folded.

Tutoyan flipped over the and Savchenko also showed his .