Blinds are getting chunky now and many players are sat on 20-30 big blinds. One of those was Igor Romanov, who opened in early position just now. He made it 7,500 and Aleksandr Denisov clicked to 11,500. Everyone else got out of the way and Romanov was quick to four-bet all-in. Denisov asked for a count but decided the price was too high and passed.
2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi
Table 4 has been broken, leaving 24 players left on three tables. Play will conclude for the day when there are 13 left.
All the money went in preflop between Dmitriy Zhdanov and Yaniv Peretz and it was a classic flip with Zhadanov the one whose tournament life was on the line.
Yaniv Peretz: ![]()
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Peretz connected on the ![]()
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flop and Zhadanov couldn't recover on the
turn or the
river. He finished in 26th place.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Aleksandr Denisov has dropped somewhat in the last couple of levels, most recently he lost a pot against Petr Bartagov.
Bargatov opened the betting to 6,000 and Denisov defended his big blind before the two went to the flop. It came down ![]()
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and Denisov check-called Bargatov's 4,000 continuation. On the
turn, he checked again and asked to see how much Bargatov was playing behind, before calling the 13,000 bet.
When the
landed on the river, Denisov checked for the last time and made a quick fold when Bargatov bet 34,500 all-in. He is still in good shape with more than one and a half times average, while Bargatov took the much-needed pot.
Dmitry Yurasov and Sergey Petrushevskiy have been moved but are still sat next to each other on their new table. Now though, it's Yurasov who has position.
Just now, Petrushevskiy opted to limp and Yurasov upped it four times, to 10,000. Petrushevskiy made the call and they went heads up to the flop.
It fell ![]()
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and Petrushevskiy check called Yurasov's small 6,000 continuation. On the
turn, Petrushevskiy checked and then tank-folded to the 16,000 barrel, leaving Yurasov to take the chips.
Three players got all their chips in on the turn on a draw-heavy ![]()
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board.
Andrey Chernokoz: ![]()
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German Sakavichyus: ![]()
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Roman Gadzhiev: ![]()
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Andrey Chernokoz had top set but he had to dodge a lot of outs in order to win the hand. The
river was a brick and Chernokoz eliminated Roman Gadzhiev, whereas German Sakavichyus was left extremely short.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
It's that time again, see you back here in 20 minutes.
The two experienced players are sat next to each other and they are involved in a pot on the flop. With a little over 30,000 in the middle, the action is on the turn and the board is showing ![]()
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Sergey Petrushevskiy bets 13,000 and Dmitry Yurasov calls. The river is the
. Petrushevskiy doesn't bet again and Yurasov checks it back. Petrushevkiy tables ![]()
for two pair tens and deuces and Yurasov shows ![]()
for a pair of deuces with the flush and inside straight draws.