2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

₽191,800 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Skhulukhiya Shoves into Trouble

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya

On a {4-Clubs}{q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} board, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya was contepmlating his decision with over 20,000 chips in the middle.

His opponent was Ivan Svitlychnyi and eventually Skhulukhiya, who finished seventh in yesterday's EPT National, decided to move all in.

That was met by a snap call from Svitlychnyi who slammed {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} down on the table for the nut full house. Skhulukhiya could only show {4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for trip fours and was left with just 14,000 whilst Svitlychnyi moved to around 70,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Svitlychnyi ru
Ivan Svitlychnyi
70,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
14,000
-11,000
-11,000

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaIvan Svitlynchnyi

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

Players in a Shoving Mood

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

It was poker legend Doyle Brunson who famously said that "The key to No-Limit Hold'em is to put a man to a decision for all his chips," and that's exactly what a couple of players have started doing as Level 3 of the Main Event draws to a close.

Ezequiel Waigel made a deep run in the EPT Sochi Main Event last year, finishing 53rd, and here he bet 6,800 on a {3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} board and was called by Sergey Brednev.

The river was the {j-Spades} and Waigel moved all in, putting Brednev to the test. Brednev had 15,000 behind and eventually folded.

Then on a separate table with the board reading {4-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, Clemens Erretkamps was facing a decision with Danila Soloviev having moved all in. Eventually the German folded and lived to fight another day.

Player Chips Progress
Ezequiel Waigel ar
Ezequiel Waigel
65,000
Danila Soloviev
Danila Soloviev
53,000
Clemens Erretkamps de
Clemens Erretkamps
19,000
Sergey Brednev ru
Sergey Brednev
14,000

Tags: Clemens ErretkampsDanila SolovievEzequiel WaigelSergey Brednev

Chen Gets Lucky to Move into Chip Lead

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Yisha Chen
Yisha Chen

We noticed Yisha Chen dragging a large pot, possibly the biggest of the tournament so far.

Yesset Aimukhanov filled us in on the action. Three players all saw a flop of {5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and the three got it in.

Player 1: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Player 2: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Yisha Chen: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}

Chen held pocket aces but was behind in two spots to her opponents. However, the {a-Spades} turn soon changed things and the river {k-Diamonds} sent one player to the rail and the other was left with just fumes.

Meanwhile Chen moves over 80,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Yisha Chen cn
Yisha Chen
85,000
85,000
85,000

Tags: Yisha Chen

Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Aditya Sushant in
Aditya Sushant
85,000
10,000
10,000
Yauhen Kontesh by
Yauhen Kontesh
70,000
Yuriy Guliy ru
Yuriy Guliy
53,000
14,000
14,000
Keisuke Hikosaka jp
Keisuke Hikosaka
50,000
11,000
11,000
Leonid Bilokur ru
Leonid Bilokur
44,000
11,000
11,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
41,000
13,000
13,000
Tathagata Sengupta in
Tathagata Sengupta
31,000
Andrey Guliy ru
Andrey Guliy
26,000
4,000
4,000
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
25,000
Sarkis Karabadzhakyan ru
Sarkis Karabadzhakyan
21,000
-9,000
-9,000
Nadir Yusupov ru
Nadir Yusupov
14,000
-13,000
-13,000
Viktor Shegay ru
Viktor Shegay
9,000
-21,000
-21,000

Mondrus and Kaygorodtcev Chop it Up

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Boris Mondrus
Boris Mondrus

Boris Mondrus opened to 700 and got two calls; Andrey Kaygorodtcev on the button and the player in the big blind.

The flop came {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Mondrus continued for 1,100. Kaygorodtcev was the only caller. Mondrus bet again on the {8-Hearts} turn for 2,500 and Kaygorodtcev called again.

The river was the {8-Spades}. Mondrus had 8,400 behind but opted to bet 1,500. Kaygorodtcev called.

Mondrus showed {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for top pair and Kaygorodtcev smiled and showed {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs} much to the dismay of Mondrus who also held the nut flush draw from the flop.

Player Chips Progress
Andrey Kaygorodtcev ru
Andrey Kaygorodtcev
79,000
28,000
28,000
Boris Mondrus il
Boris Mondrus
17,000
-5,000
-5,000

Tags: Andrey KaygorodtcevBoris Mondrus

Break

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Players are going on their second 20-minute break of the day. When they return the blinds will be 200/400 with a 400 ante. There will be two more levels before a 60-minute dinner break.

The tournament clock shows 273 of 322 players remaining.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400