2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

₽191,800 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
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
Total Entries
758
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Left 1 / 758
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Fouille Pulls Some Back

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

After dropping some chips, Simon Fouille has brought some back after taking down a pot by betting two streets on a {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{a-Clubs} board. He is still a way from starting stack but moving in the right direction.

Tags: Simon Fouille

Colillas in the House

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Ramon Colillas has taken a seat. The 30-year-old Spaniard took down the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC) in the Bahamas in January after winning a Platinum Pass to the biggest $25,000 tournament in poker history. So far 2019 has been his year and over the next few days, we will see if Colillas can continue to build on his success.

Tags: Ramon Colillas

More Familiar Faces in the Field

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Tags: Tomas MacnamaraPavel KovalenkoNikita KalininFrancisco BenitezSergey ChantsevRachid AmamouArtur MartirosyanLeonid SemenyukRoman Gadzhiev

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

Tyazhgov Flops the Nuts

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

There were two players in on the flop with {j-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} on show. Sihao Zhang check-raised Azamat Tyazhgov's bet of 500 to 1,600 and got a call.

On the {5-Spades} turn Zhang bet again, making it 1,600 and Tyazhgov was the one to re-raise this time, making it 6,600. Zhang called and the dealer laid a {4-Hearts} on the river.

Zhang checked once more and Tyazhgov made it 6,700 to see his cards. Zhang didn't take long to call but mucked on seeing his opponent had flopped the nuts with {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

Tags: Sihao ZhangAzamat Tyazhgov

Mnatsakanyan off to a Good Start

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Vanush Mnatsakanyan has added 50% to his stack. Just now he won a pot against Denys Shafikov and Sriharsha Doddapaneni. The three players were on the flop with {j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} down and Doddapaneni bet 2,000, which Mnatsakanyan called and Shafikov raised to 5,000. Doddapaneni passed but Mnatsakanyan called.

On the {8-Clubs} turn and {4-Hearts} river, the action went check-check and they turned over their holdings.

Vanush Mnatsakanyan: {j-Spades}{7-Spades}
Denys Shafikov: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

Tags: Denys ShafikovSriharsha DoddapaneniVanush Mnatsakanyan

Notables in the Field

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Tags: Anton YakubaDenys ShafikovFelipe PantojaGor KazaryanMikhail ZamigaSedrak BagdasaryanUri GilboaVitaliy LiWei Jiao

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

Welcome to the EPT Sochi Main Event

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It's here. The wait is over as today signals the start of the flagship event of the entire festival. Last year there were 861 entries in the Main Event and it was Arsenii Karmatckii who took home the title, the trophy and $478,451 in prize money. The total number of entries in the National beat its 2018 counterpart and time will tell if the Main Event can do the same.

There are certainly plenty of opportunities for players to get involved as there are three starting flights and a single re-entry allowed in each. The buy-in is RUB 191,800 ($2,968) and players begin with 30,000 starting chips. Levels are 60-minutes long and late registration closes at the start of Day 2.

It all kicks off at midday and on the schedule for today are ten levels with a 20-minute break after every two levels, except for the one-hour dinner break. This means that play is expected to pause for the night at midnight.

PokerNews will be here for the duration so see you tomorrow at 12pm for live updates throughout the day.

Tags: Arsenii Karmatckii