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 #44-48: Action Slows at the Final Table

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

Hand #44: Zakhar Babaev {k-Hearts}{10-Spades} opened to 135,000 from the button and took down the pot.

Hand #45: Vyacheslav Mizun moved all in from early position with {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} for 1,230,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #46: Ivan Ruban received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #47: Maksim Pisarenko {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts} raised to 135,000 and Ivan Ruban {q-Spades}{4-Diamonds} used a time extension in the small blind before three-betting to 430,000. Pisarenko folded.

Hand #48: Zakhar Babaev received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #49: Uri Gilboa {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} raised pre-flop and got calls from Zakhar Babaev {q-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Maksim Pisarenko. The trio checked the {6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop and the turn was the {9-Clubs}. Babaev bet 140,000 and Gilboa called.

The river was the {7-Diamonds}. Babaev bet 250,000 and Gilboa called.

Player Chips Progress
Zakhar Babaev il
Zakhar Babaev
Day 4 Chip Leader
10,070,000 890,000
Uri Gilboa il
Uri Gilboa
EPT 1X Winner
3,900,000 -790,000
Ivan Ruban ru
Ivan Ruban
3,330,000 290,000
Maksim Pisarenko ru
Maksim Pisarenko
1,840,000 -360,000
Serafim Kovalevsky ru
Serafim Kovalevsky
1,270,000 -150,000
Vyacheslav Mizun ru
Vyacheslav Mizun
1,230,000

Tags: Ivan RubanMaksim PisarenkoVyacheslav MizunZakhar Babaev

Hands #49-50: More Chips for Ruban

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

Hand #49: Ivan Ruban {3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} opened from early position and Uri Gilboa {k-Spades}{5-Diamonds} defended his big blind. The flop came {6-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs} and Gilboa check-called a continuation bet of 100,000 from Ruban.

The turn was the {5-Spades} giving Kilboa a pair and a flush draw and Ruban a straight. Gilboa checked and Ruban bet again for 275,000. Gilboa called again and the river was the {8-Hearts}. Gilboa checked and Ruban bet 440,000. Gilboa thought before calling. Ruban turned over his straight and took down the pot.

Hand #50: Ivan Ruban {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} opened to 125,000 from under the gun. Vyacheslav Mizun called with {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs} in the next position. The flop came {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and Ruban checked. Mizun bet 125,000 with his pair and Ruban called with his trips.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and both players checked. The river was the {j-Spades} and Ruban bet 325,000 and Mizun called. Ruban turned over his hand and chipped up further still.

Player Chips Progress
Zakhar Babaev il
Zakhar Babaev
Day 4 Chip Leader
10,070,000
Ivan Ruban ru
Ivan Ruban
5,080,000 1,750,000
Uri Gilboa il
Uri Gilboa
EPT 1X Winner
2,990,000 -910,000
Maksim Pisarenko ru
Maksim Pisarenko
1,810,000 -30,000
Serafim Kovalevsky ru
Serafim Kovalevsky
1,150,000 -120,000
Vyacheslav Mizun ru
Vyacheslav Mizun
655,000 -575,000

Tags: Ivan RubanUri GilboaVyacheslav Mizun

Hand #51: Mizun Doubles Through Ruban

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

Hand #51: Vyacheslav Mizun moved all in for 655,000 from under the gun. It folded to Ivan Ruban in the big blind who called.

Vyacheslav MIzun: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Ivan Ruban: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The flop came {10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} giving Ruban top pair. However the {k-Spades} turn gave Mizun the nut straight. The river was the {5-Clubs} and Mizun doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Ruban ru
Ivan Ruban
4,370,000 -710,000
Vyacheslav Mizun ru
Vyacheslav Mizun
1,400,000 745,000

Tags: Ivan RubanVyacheslav Mizun

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Hands #52-56: Pisarenko Shoves; More Chips for Babaev

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Maksim Pisarenko
Maksim Pisarenko

Hand #52: Zakhar Babaev {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} raised to 180,000 from under the gun and took down the pot.

Hand #53: Maksim Pisarenko {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} raised to 160,000 from under the gun and Zakhar Babaev {5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} defended his big blind.

The flop came {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and both players checked. Babaev bet 215,000 on the {10-Spades} turn and Pisarenko called. The river was the {4-Spades} and Babaev bet 335,000. Pisarenko folded.

Hand #54: Ivan Ruban {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} opened from the cutoff to 175,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #55: Zakhar Babaev {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} raised to 175,000 on the button and Uri Gilboa {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts} defended his big blind.

The flop came {9-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Gilboa check-folded to a continuation bet from Babaev.

Hand #56: Maksim Pisarenko {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} moved all in from the button for 1,205,000 and the blinds folded.

Player Chips Progress
Zakhar Babaev il
Zakhar Babaev
Day 4 Chip Leader
10,940,000 875,000
Ivan Ruban ru
Ivan Ruban
4,500,000 135,000
Uri Gilboa il
Uri Gilboa
EPT 1X Winner
2,690,000 -295,000
Maksim Pisarenko ru
Maksim Pisarenko
1,410,000 -400,000
Vyacheslav Mizun ru
Vyacheslav Mizun
1,260,000 -140,000
Serafim Kovalevsky ru
Serafim Kovalevsky
960,000 -160,000

Tags: Ivan RubanMaksim PisarenkoUri GilboaZakhar Babaev

Hands #57-59: Shoves from Mizun and Kovalevsky

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Hand #57: Vyacheslav Mizun {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} moved all in for 1,260,000 from under the gun and everyone else folded.

Hand #58: Serafim Kovalevsky {a-Spades}{5-Diamonds} moved all in from the button for 920,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #59: Maksim Pisarenko {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts} limped under the gun. Serafim Kovalevsky moved all in for 1,120,000 with {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}. It folded back to Pisarenko who let his hand go into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Vyacheslav Mizun ru
Vyacheslav Mizun
1,450,000 190,000
Serafim Kovalevsky ru
Serafim Kovalevsky
1,400,000 440,000
Maksim Pisarenko ru
Maksim Pisarenko
1,330,000 -80,000

Tags: Maksim PisarenkoSerafim KovalevskyVyacheslav Mizun

Serafim Kovalevsky Eliminated in 6th Place (₽5,390,000/~$83,000)

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Serafim Kovalevsky
Serafim Kovalevsky

Hand #60: Serafim Kovalevsky moved all in for 1,400,000 from early position. Zakhar Babaev called in the small blind.

Serafim Kovalevsky: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Zakhar Babaev: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} with Babaev sending Kovalevsky to the rail as the first elimination of the final day.

Player Chips Progress
Zakhar Babaev il
Zakhar Babaev
Day 4 Chip Leader
12,335,000 1,395,000
Serafim Kovalevsky ru
Serafim Kovalevsky
Busted

Tags: Serafim KovalevskyZakhar Babaev

Hand #61: Pisarenko Flops a Full House to Double Up

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Vyacheslav Mizun and Maksim Pisarenko
Vyacheslav Mizun and Maksim Pisarenko

Hand #61: Vyacheslav Mizun raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Maksim PIsarenko three-bet all in from the small blind with for 1,165,000. Uri Gilboa folded the big blind.

Mizun called and the cards were turned over.

Vyacheslav Mizun: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Maksim Pisarenko: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

The flop came {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} giving Pisarenko a full house. The turn and river came the {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Pisarenko doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Maksim Pisarenko ru
Maksim Pisarenko
2,490,000 1,160,000
Vyacheslav Mizun ru
Vyacheslav Mizun
95,000 -1,355,000

Tags: Maksim PisarenkoUri GilboaVyacheslav Mizun

Hands #62-65: Three Doubles in Four Hands for Mizun

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Vyacheslav Mizun
Vyacheslav Mizun

Hand #62: Vyacheslav Mizun {k-Hearts}{5-Spades} moved all in from under the gun for 95,000 and Ivan Ruban called in the big blind with {9-Spades}{3-Hearts}.

The board came {q-Spades}{5-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{3-Spades}{8-Hearts} and Mizun scored a small double to stay alive.

Hand #63: Zakhar Babaev {q-Spades}{9-Spades} raised from under the gun to 175,000. Vyacheslav MIzun was all in blind with {8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} from the big blind.

The flop came {k-Spades}{2-Clubs}{4-Spades} giving Mizun a pair. The turn was the {7-Clubs} and the river the {8-Hearts} doubled Mizun up again.

Hand #64: Maksim Pisarenko {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} raised to 180,000 from under the gun. Zakhar Babaev {a-Clubs}{8-Hearts} called in the big blind. The flop came {5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and Babaev check-folded to a continuation bet of 160,000 from Pisarenko.

Hand #65: Vyacheslav Mizun {a-Spades}{3-Diamonds} moved all in from the button for 540,000. Maksim Pisarenko {8-Spades}{9-Spades} used a time extension in the big blind before calling.

Mizun was ahead and there were no worries on the {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{k-Spades} flop. The turn {6-Clubs} did give Pisarenko a gutshot straight draw, but the river was the {q-Hearts} and Mizun doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Zakhar Babaev il
Zakhar Babaev
Day 4 Chip Leader
11,810,000 -525,000
Ivan Ruban ru
Ivan Ruban
4,080,000 -420,000
Uri Gilboa il
Uri Gilboa
EPT 1X Winner
2,490,000 -200,000
Maksim Pisarenko ru
Maksim Pisarenko
2,170,000 -320,000
Vyacheslav Mizun ru
Vyacheslav Mizun
1,200,000 1,105,000

Tags: Ivan RubanMaksim PisarenkoVyacheslav MizunZakhar Babaev