₽191,800 EPT Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi
₽191,800 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi
Buy-in
191,800 RUB
Prize Pool
145,500,000 RUB
Entries
758
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
In stark contrast to yesterday's EPT Sochi Main Event Day 1a starting flight, it was a much more competitive affair when it came to the end-of-day chip leader. Several players battled it out over the closing exchanges but eventually, it was Viktor Ustimov who bagged the chip lead with 305,700 after a field of 359 was whittled down to 137.
Ustimov has over $700,000 in lifetime earnings, with several big scores and deep runs coming here at Casino Sochi. Last year he followed up a runner-up finish in the EPT National for ₽4,745,000 ($82,191) with a 42nd place run in the EPT Main Event.
In September last year, he also final-tabled the EPT Open Sochi High Roller, finishing fourth for a further ₽2,321,160 ($35,445).
Other big stacks advancing include Serafim Kovalevsky (233,900), Leonid Semenyuk (195,200), Aleksey Falko (192,900) and EPT favourite Yuriy Guliy (191,300).
Also advancing is last year's EPT Main Event runner-up Viktor Shegay who bagged 41,800. He will be joined by 2018 EPT National Sochi champion Matous Houzvicek (118,000) and the 2019 EPT National Sochi champion Yury Masliankou (28,300) along with 2018 EPT Open Sochi Main Event final tablist Nikolay Fal and Leonid Bilokur (64,200).
Aditya Sushant had started the day in blistering form, moving up to around 80,000 within a blink of an eye. However a chastening last two levels knocked him down and will have to settle for 53,300 when play resumes tomorrow.
Several players had even worse luck and were eliminated, meaning they would have to make it through Day 1c. They include defending champion Arseniy Karmatskiy who fired two bullets with no success. Also failing to advance from Day 1b were Andrey Andreev, Boris Mondrus, Maksim Panyak, Sarkis Karabadzhakyan, Ezequiel Waigel, and Andrey Guliy.
As the levels drew on the stacks certainly grew, although not to the extent that Aleksandr Denisov's had late last night. He will still be the man to beat, but several players from Day 1b will hope to be in with a shout come tomorrow.
The 137 players advancing will return tomorrow at 12pm for Day 2 of the EPT Sochi Main Event, with all the action brought to you on PokerNews.com
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
307,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
|
233,900
233,900
|
233,900 |
|
195,200
195,200
|
195,200 |
|
194,200
49,200
|
49,200 |
|
192,900
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
191,300
3,700
|
3,700 |
|
180,900
115,900
|
115,900 |
|
177,700
37,700
|
37,700 |
|
||
|
177,300
177,300
|
177,300 |
|
169,600
51,600
|
51,600 |
|
|
168,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
|
168,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
166,600
166,600
|
166,600 |
|
162,700
32,700
|
32,700 |
|
158,600
33,600
|
33,600 |
|
138,200
21,800
|
21,800 |
|
137,500
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
|
133,700
90,700
|
90,700 |
|
|
133,200
133,200
|
133,200 |
|
132,600
7,400
|
7,400 |
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
128,700
128,700
|
128,700 |
|
128,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
128,500
98,500
|
98,500 |
|
|
123,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
There will be five more hands before players bag up at the end of Day 1b. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for a full recap of the day's action and full chip counts.
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Mikhail Lobanov, Yuriy Guliy and Andrey Chernokoz all checked a 
flop and the turn was the 
. It checked to Chernokoz who bet 4,000.
Lobanov called and Guliy folded.
The river was the 
and both players checked, allowing Lobanov to win the pot with 
for a rivered pair of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
|
140,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
65,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On a 
both Peng Yang and Aram Vartevanyan checked to Qiaonan Liu who bet 8,200. Yang then check-raised all in for 30,800. Vartevanyan called and Liu folded.
Aram Vartevanyan: 
Peng Yang: 
Yang was in front and the 
didn't change that. However, the 
on the river gave Vartevanyan top pair and sent Yang to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
57,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Five players saw a flop of 
. It checked to Sergey Bagirov who bet 3,500. Andrey Kozin called before Keisuke Hikosaka raised to 14,000. Leonid Bilokur and Aleksandr Osharov folded. Bagirov called and Kozin folded.
The turn was the 
and Bagirov check-folded to a bet of 20,000 from Hikosaka who is chipping up to the 85,000 mark midway through the final level of the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | |
|
85,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
41,000 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Contrary to last night's flight where Aleksandr Denisov was the clear chip leader from a long way out, tonight's looks a much closer affair.
One of the only players appearing to be around the 200,000 mark is Aleksey Falko from Belarus.
Ivan Volodko opened to 2,600 and Falko three-bet to 6,000. Volodko called but check-folded to a continuation bet of 7,000 from Falko on the 
flop. Falko flashed a 
and Volodko nodded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Sihao Zhang opened to 2,200 and got one caller before Karolis Domarkas three-bet to 8,000 from the blinds. Zhang four-bet to 18,000 and the caller folded.
"You bad guy," Domarkas said to Zhang.
"You did you give me the option?" Zhang replied.
Domarkas called and then checked the 
flop to Zhang who continued for 10,000.
"Discipline," Domarkas eventually said as he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
37,000 |
