2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

₽191,800 EPT Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
27,475,000 RUB
Event Info
Buy-in
191,800 RUB
Prize Pool
145,500,000 RUB
Entries
758
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000

Hands #25-29: Opening Exchanges

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Final Table
Final Table

Hand #25: Uri Gilboa {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds} opened to 150,000 from under the gun and took down the pot.

Hand #26: Ivan Ruban {8-Spades}{8-Clubs} opened from early position to 125,000 and Uri Gilboa {q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} defendd his big blind. The flop came {5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Gilboa check-called 130,000. The turn was the {q-Hearts} and both players checked.
Gilboa checked the {9-Spades} river and Ruban bet 225,000. Gilboa called and took down the pot.

Hand #27: Zakhar Babaev {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} opened from the cutoff to 120,000 and Serafim Kovalevsky {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} defended his big blind. The pair checked the {a-Spades}{q-Spades}{5-Clubs} flop and the {6-Spades} turn and the river was the {q-Diamonds}.

Kovalevsky bet 60,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #28: Action folded to Serafim Kovalevsky in the small blind with {q-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and limped. Ivan Ruban {a-Diamonds}{2-Spades} was in the big blind and checked his option.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and Kovalevsky bet 70,000. Ruban called and the turn brought the {4-Spades}. Kovalevsky checked and Ruban bet 175,000. Kovalevsky folded.

Hand #29: Zakhar Babaev {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts} opened to 135,000 from under the gun and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Zakhar Babaev il
Zakhar Babaev
Day 4 Chip Leader
8,910,000 -120,000
Maksim Pisarenko ru
Maksim Pisarenko
3,560,000 -145,000
Vyacheslav Mizun ru
Vyacheslav Mizun
3,150,000 -135,000
Uri Gilboa il
Uri Gilboa
EPT 1X Winner
2,700,000 585,000
Ivan Ruban ru
Ivan Ruban
2,100,000 305,000
Serafim Kovalevsky ru
Serafim Kovalevsky
1,890,000 25,000

Tags: Ivan RubanSerafim KovalevskyUri GilboaZakhar Babaev

Play Resumes

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action is back underway six-handed in the EPT Sochi Main Event. Levels will be 90-minutes long until play reaches three-handed when they will be reduced to 45-minute levels.

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Players Ready for EPT Sochi Main Event Final Day

Zakhar Babaev
Zakhar Babaev

With just six players remaining in the EPT Sochi Main Event, all eyes are on runaway chip leader Zakhar Babaev to see if he can convert his overwhelming chip lead into the title and ₽27,475,000 ($~425,000) in prize money.

Babaev was second in chips when play was down to nine players, but hit the gas during the final three eliminations so that there is now clear water between him and the chasing pack.

Vyacheslav Mizun and Maksim Pisarenko are his nearest challengers, but both would need to double up to move ahead of Babaev at the top of the chip counts.

PositionNameCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Ivan RubanRussia1,795,00030
2Vyacheslav MizunRussia3,285,00055
3Zakhar BabaevIsrael9,030,000151
4Maksim PisarenkoRussia3,705,00062
5Uri GilboaIsrael2,115,00035
6Serafim KovalevskyRussia1,865,00031

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Tags: Ivan RubanMaksim PisarenkoSerafim KovalevskyVyacheslav MizunZakhar Babaev

₽191,800 EPT Main Event

Day 5 Started