2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

₽371,000 EPT High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

Event Info
Buy-in
371,000 RUB
Entries
84
Players Left
1
Average Chip Stack
4,200,000
Total Chips
4,200,000
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000

Irshat Shaykhov Eliminated in 8th Place for ₽1,071,000 ($16,462)

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Irshat Shaykhov
Irshat Shaykhov

It has been a terrible day for Irshat Shaykhov. First he got it all in preflop against Sergey Kolyasnikov with ace-queen versus queen-jack and lost and now he has just suffered his second outdraw in 40 minutes.

Elvin Sarkarov opened to 26,000 and Maksim Bukreev called from the small blind. Irshat Shaykhov was in the big blind and he raised 114,000 all in. Sarkarov called and when the action came back to Bukreev, he went all in for 466,000 total. Sarkarov decided it was too much and passed.

Maksim Bukreev: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Irshat Shaykhov: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Bukreev needed to hit and he didn't have to wait long, with the flop coming down {2-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{10-Spades}. The turn was the {3-Spades} and only the case queen could save Shaykhov now. The river was the {9-Diamonds} though and he hits the rail in 8th place, while Bukreev is sat third in the counts now after winning that hand.

Player Chips Progress
Elvin Sarkarov az
Elvin Sarkarov
1,045,000
-105,000
-105,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Maksim Bukreev ru
Maksim Bukreev
706,000
210,000
210,000
Irshat Shaykhov ru
Irshat Shaykhov
Busted

Tags: Elvin SarkarovIrshat ShaykhovMaksim BukreevSergey Kolyasnikov

Daniil Kiselev Eliminated in 9th Place for ₽812,000 ($12,481)

Daniil Kiselev
Daniil Kiselev

First hand, first elimination. With less than 14 big blinds, Daniil Kiselev got it all in against Pete Chen.

Pete Chen: {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Daniil Kiselev: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The {6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} board connected for Chen, giving him trip queens and it is the end for Kiselev. Eight players remain.

Player Chips Progress
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
853,000
187,000
187,000
Daniil Kiselev ru
Daniil Kiselev
Busted

Tags: Daniil KiselevPete Chen

Welcome to the Final Day of the High Roller

Sochi
Sochi

84 runners paid the ₽371,000 ($5,725) entry fee to have a shot at winning a slice of the ₽28,518,000 ($439,142) prizepool. Of those, only nine remain and they will return to the felt shortly to play the final table here at Casino Sochi.

Of the finalists, Elvin Sarkarov is leading the way with just over a million in chips (1,049,000). Pete Chen is in second place with 666,000 and Rushad Iskandarov (521,000) starts in third. Team PokerStars Pro Ramon Colillas is also still in contention and will start in eighth place. All nine finalists have guaranteed a payday of at least ₽812,000 ($12,481) but all eyes will be on the top prize of ₽7,840,000 ($120,590).

PositionPrize (RUB)Prize (USD)
1₽7,840,000$120,590
2₽5,579,000$85,755
3₽3,650,500$56,112
4₽2,807,000$43,148
5₽2,222,500$34,163
6₽1,739,500$26,738
7₽1,368,500$21,036
8₽1,071,000$16,462
9₽812,000$12,481

Yesterday, play paused when the final table was reached and today players start from where they left off, which was Level 17, with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a big blind ante of 10,000. There are still 30 minutes left of this level and as with yesterday, levels will be 60-minutes long. There will be breaks every 2 hours and players will decide whether or not they would like to extend one of those into a dinner break.

Today we play until a winner is crowned and they take home the title, the trophy and the all-important prize money. It all kicks-off at 12:30 pm local time and PokerNews will be here for the duration, with live updates of all the action as it unfolds.

SeatPlayerChipsBig Blinds
1Elvin Sarkarov1,049,000105
2Pete Chen666,00067
3Daniil Kiselev137,00014
4Rushad Iskandarov521,00052
5Valery Yantsevich326,00033
6Sergey Kolyasnikov447,00045
7Maksim Bukreev496,00050
8Irshat Shaykhov409,00041
9Ramon Colillas150,00015

Tags: Daniil KiselevElvin SarkarovIrshat ShaykhovMaksim BukreevPete ChenRamon ColillasRushad IskandarovSergey KolyasnikovValery Yantsevich