₽133,000 EPT Open Main Event
Day 3 Started
₽133,000 EPT Open Main Event
Day 3 Started
The 2019 PokerStars EPT Open Sochi festival will be one step closer to crowning a champion on Day 3 of the RUB133,000 Main Event (~$2,040) as 46 remaining players out of 879 total entries aim to reach the final table on the penultimate tournament day at the stunning Casino Sochi.
Five players have more than one million in chips to their name and Vladislav Petrov leads the pack by a very small margin with 1,452,000, as Lidiya Kozenkova (1,420,000) is right on his heels. Dmitriy Kopyl (1,300,000), Yi Ye (1,300,000), and Natalia Panchenko (1,147,000) follow not far behind.
Plenty of other notables remain in the hunt for the top prize of more than $300,000 such as Artur Osipov (978,000), Aleksey Istomin (683,000), Dmitry Ponomarev (643,000), Pavel Vershinin (633,000), Mikhail Zamyatin (581,000), 2019 WSOP bracelet winner Anatolii Zyrin (326,000), and Vyacheslav Goryachev (256,000).
All remaining 46 players will return to the action at noon local time and the blinds continue at 8,000-16,000 with a big blind ante of 16,000. As of Day 3 and for the remainder of the tournament, the level duration increases to 75 minutes and the aim for Day 3 is to reach the final table and play down to the final six, if possible.
Remaining Payouts
Position | Prize (in CSU) | Prize (in Rubles) | Prize (~ in USD) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 275,800 | 19,306,000 ₽ | $301,378 |
2 | 167,460 | 11,722,200 ₽ | $182,991 |
3 | 118,140 | 8,269,800 ₽ | $129,097 |
4 | 88,600 | 6,202,000 ₽ | $96,817 |
5 | 69,850 | 4,889,500 ₽ | $76,328 |
6 | 52,280 | 3,659,600 ₽ | $57,129 |
7 | 36,770 | 2,573,900 ₽ | $40,180 |
8 | 25,840 | 1,808,800 ₽ | $28,236 |
9 | 20,500 | 1,435,000 ₽ | $22,401 |
10-11 | 16,910 | 1,183,700 ₽ | $18,478 |
12-13 | 15,140 | 1,059,800 ₽ | $16,544 |
14-15 | 13,660 | 956,200 ₽ | $14,927 |
16-17 | 12,180 | 852,600 ₽ | $13,310 |
18-20 | 10,710 | 749,700 ₽ | $11,703 |
21-23 | 9,230 | 646,100 ₽ | $10,086 |
24-27 | 7,750 | 542,500 ₽ | $8,469 |
28-31 | 6,720 | 470,400 ₽ | $7,343 |
32-39 | 5,820 | 407,400 ₽ | $6,360 |
40-46 | 5,020 | 351,400 ₽ | $5,486 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide the Main Event action and two further highlights await for poker enthusiasts from near and far in Sochi today. The second starting flight of the RUB10,500 "Moneymaker's Road to PSPC" with a Platinum Pass valued at more than €26,000 to the winner is scheduled for a noon start and Day 1 of the RUB257,600 EPT Open High Roller kicks off at 3 p.m. local time.
Main Event Day 3 Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Azim Orunov | Russia | 505,000 | 32 |
1 | 2 | Mikhail Zamyatin | Russia | 581,000 | 36 |
1 | 3 | Svetlana Sokolova | Russia | 255,000 | 16 |
1 | 4 | Aleksey Shkolnikov | Russia | 226,000 | 14 |
1 | 5 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | 501,000 | 31 |
1 | 6 | Sergey Galaktionov | Russia | 654,000 | 41 |
1 | 7 | Filipp Aukhodeev | Russia | 750,000 | 47 |
1 | 8 | Vladimir Dmitriev | Russia | 458,000 | 29 |
2 | 1 | Aleksey Badulin | Russia | 208,000 | 13 |
2 | 2 | Anatolii Zyrin | Russia | 326,000 | 20 |
2 | 3 | Iliya Poyarkov | Russia | 517,000 | 32 |
2 | 4 | Abdul Mamin Abdal Ali Han | Russia | 748,000 | 47 |
2 | 5 | Lidiya Kozenkova | Ukraine | 1,420,000 | 89 |
2 | 6 | Andrey Malyshev | Russia | 471,000 | 29 |
2 | 7 | Vyacheslav Goryachev | Russia | 256,000 | 16 |
2 | 8 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Russia | 318,000 | 20 |
3 | 1 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 786,000 | 49 |
3 | 2 | Ilya Penkov | Russia | 200,000 | 13 |
3 | 3 | Sergii Ulitskyi | Ukraine | 965,000 | 60 |
3 | 4 | Pavel Vershinin | Russia | 633,000 | 40 |
3 | 5 | Thom Greben | Netherlands | 950,000 | 59 |
3 | 6 | Zahiri Banafsheh | Iran | 204,000 | 13 |
3 | 7 | Aleksey Istomin | Russia | 683,000 | 43 |
3 | 8 | Evgenii Shkolnik | Russia | 287,000 | 18 |
4 | 1 | Dmitriy Kopyl | Russia | 1,300,000 | 81 |
4 | 2 | Artem Metelskiy | Russia | 598,000 | 37 |
4 | 3 | Aleksandr Andreev | Russia | 708,000 | 44 |
4 | 4 | Denis Trenchenko | Russia | 302,000 | 19 |
4 | 5 | Karen Arutyunyan | Russia | 264,000 | 17 |
4 | 6 | Vladimir Lelgant | Russia | 138,000 | 9 |
4 | 7 | Artem Voziyanov | Russia | 316,000 | 20 |
4 | 8 | Vladislav Petrov | Russia | 1,452,000 | 91 |
5 | 1 | Boris Kitov | Russia | 600,000 | 38 |
5 | 2 | Artur Osipov | Russia | 978,000 | 61 |
5 | 3 | Vage Melikyan | Armenia | 216,000 | 14 |
5 | 4 | Dmitry Ponomarev | Russia | 643,000 | 40 |
5 | 5 | Aleksey Gortikov | Russia | 337,000 | 21 |
5 | 7 | Natalia Panchenko | Russia | 1,147,000 | 72 |
5 | 8 | Egor Sukhov | Russia | 655,000 | 41 |
6 | 1 | Igor Reznik | Russia | 217,000 | 14 |
6 | 2 | Giorgi Rukhadze | Georgia | 619,000 | 39 |
6 | 3 | Aleksandr Sokolov | Russia | 277,000 | 17 |
6 | 5 | Roman Novoselov | Russia | 475,000 | 30 |
6 | 6 | Ghassan Bitar | Ghana | 120,000 | 8 |
6 | 7 | Konstantin Streletskiy | Russia | 601,000 | 38 |
6 | 8 | Yi Ye | China | 1,300,000 | 81 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
The day started with many smaller pots and three-bets that went through. Artur Osipov then raised first to act and was called by Dmitry Ponomarov and Boris Kitov in the big blind.
On the flop, Kitov check-called a bet of 52,000 by Osipov and Ponomarev also came along. Kitov was then the only one to check-call bets of 70,000 and 80,000 by Osipov on the turn and river to get shown the as the winning hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Artur Osipov | 1,350,000 | 372,000 |
Dmitry Ponomarev | 550,000 | -93,000 |
Boris Kitov | 330,000 | -270,000 |
Banafsheh Zahiri faced a raise by Sergii Ulitskyi and the flat-call of Thom Greben in the small blind. Zahiri moved all in from the big blind and Ulitskyi reshoved to isolate successfully.
Banafsheh Zahiri:
Sergii Ulitskyi:
The board came and the ace on the flop spelled the end for Zahiri.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sergii Ulitskyi | 1,300,000 | 335,000 |
Thom Greben | 950,000 | |
Banafsheh Zahiri | Busted |
The cards were already on their backs and Karen Arutyunyan was the player at risk with the while Dmitriy Kopyl held for a flush draw on the flop. The turn was a blank but the river gave Kopyl a flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dmitriy Kopyl | 1,600,000 | 300,000 |
Karen Arutyunyan | Busted |
A short-stacked Ilya Penkov was all in with the and Nikita Kuznetsov looked him up with the , as he had pushed from the small blind.
The flop gave Penkov top pair but Kuznetsov spiked the turn, the river was a blank.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nikita Kuznetsov | 850,000 | 64,000 |
Ilya Penkov | Busted |
Aleksey Gortikov was spotted all in with the and needed plenty of help as Natalia Panchenko had him crushed with the .
The flop provided no reason to get excited while the on the turn reduced the outs of Gortikov to four. It was not meant to be with a blank on the river to send Gortikov out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Natalia Panchenko | 1,630,000 | 483,000 |
Aleksey Gortikov | Busted |
Yi Ye had opened to 33,000 from under the gun and Roman Novoselov called on the button. Ghassan Bitar in the small blind moved all in for 128,000 and Ye min-clicked it to what appeared to be 129,000.
Novoselov moved all in for 579,000 and Ye asked for a count before calling after three minutes of consideration.
Ghassan Bitar:
Roman Novoselov:
Yi Ye:
Novoselov flopped a set on while Bitar had a gutshot, Ye was already in dire need of a miracle straight or chop to avoid a major setback early on Day 3. The turn and river bricked off and Bitar was eliminated, while Ye lost a big chunk of his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roman Novoselov | 1,350,000 | 875,000 |
Yi Ye
|
700,000 | -600,000 |
Ghassan Bitar | Busted |
Denis Trenchenko got his stack in with the on a turn and he was called by Artem Metelskiy with the for a straight. The on the river provided the fourth spade and Trenchenko doubled fo 302,000.
At the same time, Andrey Malyshev was eliminated by Vyacheslav Goryachev and that reduced the field to the final five tables.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Denis Trenchenko | 800,000 | 498,000 |
Vyacheslav Goryachev | 620,000 | 364,000 |
Artem Metelskiy | 100,000 | -498,000 |
Andrey Malyshev | Busted |