2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

₽77,000 EPT National
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
9,317,000 RUB
Event Info
Buy-in
77,000 RUB
Entries
721
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000

Lukin Slipping

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

Yury Masliankou opened to 400,000 and Daniil Lukin three-bet to 1,200,000. Masliankou four-bet all in and Lukin folded shortly thereafter.

The last few flops have not been good for Lukin, being bet out of most of them, and losing 1.2m in a single hand is a major setback with just 15 minutes left in the level.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Masliankou by
Yury Masliankou
Day 2 Chip Leader
17,100,000 2,300,000
Daniil Lukin ua
Daniil Lukin
4,500,000 -2,300,000

Tags: Daniil LukinYury Masliankou

Is That The Breakthrough?

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

Daniil Lukin check-called 200,000 on the {3-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop and both he and Yury Masliankou checked the {6-Spades} turn. The river was the {5-Spades}.

Lukin checked and Masliankou bet 800,000. Lukin called but mucked when his opponent turned over {4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a rivered straight.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Masliankou by
Yury Masliankou
Day 2 Chip Leader
16,450,000 1,300,000
Daniil Lukin ua
Daniil Lukin
5,150,000 -1,300,000

Tags: Daniil LukinYury Masliankou

Lukin Calls Masliankou River Raise

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

After the pair checked down a {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{9-Spades} flop and turn, Daniil Lukin bet 550,000 or about pot on the {5-Hearts} river.

Opponent Yury Masliankou raised in position to 1,400,000 and Lukin snap-called.

Masliankou showed {5-Spades}{2-Clubs} for trip fives but Lukin could beat that with {j-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Masliankou by
Yury Masliankou
Day 2 Chip Leader
13,850,000 -1,350,000
Daniil Lukin ua
Daniil Lukin
7,750,000 1,350,000

Tags: Daniil LukinYury Masliankou

Blinds Beginning to Bite

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

All it takes with the blinds at 100,000/200,000 is just over two called opening bets pre-flop to lose a million and that's exactly what's happened to Daniil Lukin.

The second he opened to 450,000 and Yury Masliankou called. The flop came {2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and both players checked. Masliankou bet 600,000 on the {5-Hearts} turn and Lukin quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Masliankou by
Yury Masliankou
Day 2 Chip Leader
15,200,000 825,000
Daniil Lukin ua
Daniil Lukin
6,400,000 -825,000

Tags: Daniil LukinYury Masliankou

Aces for Lukin, But No Fireworks

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

On a {j-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop Daniil Lukin bet 200,000 and Yury Masliankou called. The turn was the {j-Spades} and Lukin check-called 300,000 from Masliankou.

The river was the {6-Spades} and Lukin and Masliankou both checked. Lukin turned over {a-Clubs}{a-Spades} and that was enough to win the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Masliankou by
Yury Masliankou
Day 2 Chip Leader
14,375,000 -625,000
Daniil Lukin ua
Daniil Lukin
7,225,000 625,000

Tags: Daniil LukinYury Masliankou

Level: 32

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

Slowly But Surely

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

Daniil Lukin raised to 400,000 and Yury Masliankou called. Masliankou check-called 200,000 on the {a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{10-Spades} flop but check-folded to a bet of 650,000 on the {q-Diamonds} turn.

Lukin now has the most chips he's had in this heads-up contest but still has a long way to go to get ahead of his opponent in the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Masliankou by
Yury Masliankou
Day 2 Chip Leader
13,700,000 -550,000
Daniil Lukin ua
Daniil Lukin
7,900,000 550,000

Tags: Daniil LukinYury Masliankou

No Major Confrontations

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

Both players appear to be content to play a limping strategy pre-flop which has resulted in very few pots breaking the million chip mark which would necessitate some larger shifts in the chip stacks.

Masliankou still leads with 15 minutes until the blinds increase to 100,000/200,000.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Masliankou by
Yury Masliankou
Day 2 Chip Leader
14,250,000 200,000
Daniil Lukin ua
Daniil Lukin
7,350,000 -200,000