₽77,000 EPT National Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

03-21-2019 20:43 UTC+3

Defending Champion Houzvicek Among Recent Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Matous Houzvicek had looked comfortable shortly before dinner break, but on a recent pass of his table his seat was empty and he will have to make his way through to Day 2 through one of the subsequent Day 1s.

Other players eliminated recently include Robert Blonski and Sedrak Bagdasaryan, the latter of which fired three bullets on Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matous Houzvicek	Busted

Sergey Moiseev	Busted
Valeriy Avanesyan	Busted
Vasily Yarkov	Busted
Danil Bukharin	Busted
Maksim Skripin	Busted
Sedrak Bagdasaryan	Busted
Robert Blonski	Busted
Konstantin Sipalo	Busted

Tags: Matous Houzvicek Robert Blonski Sedrak Bagdasaryan

03-21-2019 21:02 UTC+3

A Double and an Elimination

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Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Vadim Tatlenko limped and it folded to the small blind who completed before Roman Zhuravlev three-bet all in for 16,000 from the big blind. Tatlenko called and the small blind folded.

Vadim Tatlenko:
Roman Zhuravlev:

There were no dramas for Zhuravlev on the board and Zhuravlev doubled up.

Meanwhile Igor Nikolskij and Dmitry Yurasov were all in pre-flop with Yurasov at risk.

Dmitry Yurasov:
Igor Nikolskij:

The flop gave Nikolskij two pair and the lead in the hand. Yurasov slid his club closer to the board on the turn but the river bricked and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadim Tatlenko	150,000 5,000	5,000
Igor Nikolskij	50,000
Roman Zhuravlev	35,000
Dmitry Yurasov	Busted

Tags: Dmitry Yurasov Roman Zhuravlev Vadim Tatlenko

03-21-2019 21:05 UTC+3

Break

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Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With 92 players left and the tournament playing down to 37 players, the tournament is going on a 20 minute break. When they return the blinds will be 1,000/2,000 with a big blind ante of 1,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

03-21-2019 21:44 UTC+3

Lukyanov Gets it Right to Eliminate Sushant

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Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a board and with just 25,000 chips in the middle, Aditya Sushant checked to Andrey Lukyanov who bet 35,000.

Sushant check-raised all in for 106,000 and his opponent tanked. The clock was eventually called after which Lukyanov called.

Sushant quickly showed for trip sixes but Lukjanov held for a rivered straight and that was enough to send Sushant to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Lukyanov	220,000 220,000	220,000

Aditya Sushant	Busted

Tags: Aditya Sushant Andrey Lukyanov

03-21-2019 21:57 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arkadiy Stekolshchikov	310,000 247,000	247,000
Gor Kazaryan	240,000 50,000	50,000
Anatoly Korochensky	230,000
Anatoliy Zyrin	150,000 90,000	90,000
Kiryl Radzivonau	28,000 2,000	2,000

03-21-2019 22:10 UTC+3

More EPT Sochi National Pictures

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Will Shillibier

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

03-21-2019 22:18 UTC+3

Lappo Eliminated After Getting it in Dead

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Will Shillibier

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

On a board two players checked to Viktor Wall who bet 20,000. Vladimir Lappo check-raised all in for 50,000. The other player folded and Wall quickly called.

Lappo showed for two pair but was drawing dead against the top set of Wall. The river was the improving Lappo, but it wasn't enough as he was already getting to his feet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Wall	200,000 30,000	30,000
Vladimir Lappo	Busted

Tags: Vladimir Lappo Viktor Wall

03-21-2019 22:37 UTC+3

Chips Swing in Zyrin's Favour

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Will Shillibier

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Anatoliy Zyrin is now the man to beat with over 300,000 after taking a huge chunk out of Gor Kazaryan and then making a disciplined laydown to keep hold of them.

On a board he bet 6,000 and Viktor Smolyakov called. The river was the . Zyin bet 16,500 and Smolyakov raised in position to 45,000.