₽371,000 EPT High Roller
Day 2 Completed
2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi
₽371,000 EPT High Roller
Day: 2
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Sarkarov Comes From Behind to Finish Front of the Pack with Nine Left
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
He began the day with little more than starting stack but that didn’t stop Elvin Sarkarov from picking off the competition to finish top of the leaderboard as the final nine have been decided following the end of Day 2, here at Casino Sochi.
Pete Chen is best placed to challenge Sarkarov, bagging 666,000 for second place and bringing a host of experience with him. Rushad Iskandarov (521,000) who returns in third place will also be hot on their tails. Team PokerStars Pro and PSPC Champion Ramon Colillas is still in the running and not to be ignored despite finishing as the second shortest stack.
There were 33 players who made it through Day 1 yesterday and as late registration ended when the claxon sounded today, another five players made the most of that opportunity, bringing the number of players in contention to 38. A total of 84 runners generated a very attractive prizepool of ₽28,518,000 ($439,142) and first place will receive ₽7,840,000 ($120,747).
All eyes will be on the top prize of ₽7,840,000 ($120,590) but Sarkarov is the man to catch after spinning the 66,000 chips that he started the day with up to 1,049,000. He eliminated a string of players in the second half of the day, including Leonid Bilokur who finished in 13th, Artem Vezhenkov who was the unfortunate bubble boy and Arseniy Karmatskiy who scraped into the money but couldn’t progress any further than a mincash for 11th place. In fact, the only player in the last five that didn’t bust to Sarkarov, was Oleg Titov, who was eliminated in 10th, just shy of the final table, by Rushad Iskandarov.
There were plenty of other big names to fall along the way, Denis Timofeev, Gor Kazaryan, Maksim Panyak, Wenling Gao, Ept National Champion Yury Masliankou, Oleg Vasylchenko, Petr Bartagov, Andrey Kotelnikov, Anton Yakuba, Aditya Sushant, Vadim Lipovka and Andrey Bondar were all eliminated outside of the money.
Join PokerNews back here, tomorrow Friday 29th March at 12:30 pm, where you can follow all the action as it happens and find out who will be crowned EPT High Roller Champion.
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elvin Sarkarov | 1,049,000 |
| 2 | Pete Chen | 666,000 |
| 3 | Daniil Kiselev | 137,000 |
| 4 | Rushad Iskandarov | 521,000 |
| 5 | Valery Yantsevich | 326,000 |
| 6 | Sergey Kolyasnikov | 447,000 |
| 7 | Maksim Bukreev | 496,000 |
| 8 | Irshat Shaykhov | 409,000 |
| 9 | Ramon Colillas | 150,000 |
Chip Counts (full)
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,049,000 | |
|
666,000 | 66,000 |
|
521,000 | |
|
496,000 | 236,000 |
|
447,000 | -113,000 |
|
409,000 | -221,000 |
|
326,000 | 80,000 |
|
150,000 | -87,000 |
|
137,000 | -48,000 |
Titov Eliminated in 10th Place for ₽714,000 ($10,974)
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Oleg Titov is the next to fall and will take home a mincash for his efforts. As with the last few eliminations, Titov was short and got it in with 
only to be called by Rushad Iskandarov who had one better with 
.
With no seven or chop combinations out on the 
board, Titov bubbled the final table. That signals the end of play for the night, with our final nine returning tomorrow.
Stay tuned for a full recap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
521,000 | 131,000 |
|
Busted |
Karmatskiy Eliminated in 11th Place for ₽714,000 ($10,974)
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Arseniy Karmatskiy is the first player to fall inside the money. Karmatskiy got it all in with 
versus chip leader Elvin Sarkarov's 
.
Sarkarov has been running extremely hot in the last couple of levels and showed no sign of slowing down when he hit a flush on the 
board, despite Karmatskiy hitting a set on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,049,000 | -6,000 |
|
Busted |
Vezhenkov is the Bubble Boy
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
After making the correct laydown in the handed noted just a few minutes ago, Artem Vezhenkov got the last of his chips in blind vs blind. With the chip leader on his left, it was extremely unlikely that he would get a fold....and he didn't but he had got it in with the best hand.
Elvin Sarkarov: 
Artem Vezhenkov: 
The flop fell 
and there was a chorus of laughter as Sarkarov hit the straight. It was all over by the 
turn and the on the river was redundant. We lose Vezhenkov just outside of the money. Vezhenkov took it all in his stride though, appearing to get some enjoyment from the hand, despite it bringing his tournament to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,055,000 | 105,000 |
|
Busted |
When is All In Not All in?
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The answer? When it's not all in. Artem Vezhenkov opened in early position and Elvin Sarkarov called, when everyone else had folded, Sarkarov mistakenly thought he'd called Vezhenkov's all in, when in fact it was just a raise, and turned over his cards.
With 
on show and a board reading 
, Vezhenkov had plenty of information to decide what to do and he checked. Sarkarov went all in and Vezhenkov open folded 
.
Players on the Bubble Following Elimination of Leonid Bilokur
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Leonid Bilokur has finished in 13th place after getting the last few big blinds in with 
and running into Elvin Sarkarov's 
.
Bilokur couldn't get there on the 8sasth2d3c] board and Sarkarov has extended his lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000 | 85,000 |
|
Busted |
Sarkarov Wields His Stack
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Elvin Sarkorov, current chip leader, has been pressuring the small stacks on his left. He has set his opponents in for the last three hands and taken down the blinds. There are currently three players who are short on his table, Arseniy Karmatskiy, Leonid Bilokur and Oleg Titov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
865,000 | 145,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000