₽191,800 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

03-27-2019 22:27 UTC+3

Ganzorig Another Elimination

Will Shillibier

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

On a flop Vanush Mnatsakanyan checked and Murun Ganzorig bet 110,000. Mnatsakanyan check-raised all in putting Ganzorig to the test. He thought for a while before calling.

Vanush Mnatsakanyan:
Murun Ganzorig:

The turn was the and the river and Ganzorig was eliminated.

Meanwhile, Eduard Burd and Sriharsha Doddapaneni have been eliminated in a flurry of eliminations leaving us one elimination off the three table redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanush Mnatsakanyan	1,500,000	700,000
Murun Ganzorig	Busted
Eduard Burd	Busted
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	Busted

Tags: Vanush Mnatsakanyan Murun Ganzorig

03-27-2019 22:23 UTC+3

Druzhinin is First Elimination in a While

Will Shillibier

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Maksim Pisarenko raised to 38,000 from the small blind and Sergey Druzhinin three-bet all in for 330,000. Pisarenko agonized over his decision before calling.

Maksim Pisarenko:
Sergey Druzhinin:

The board ran out with Pisarenko turning a full house to eliminate Druzhinin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Pisarenko	1,400,000	440,000
Sergey Druzhinin	Busted

Tags: Maksim Pisarenko Sergey Druzhinin

03-27-2019 21:54 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Will Shillibier

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Yurasov	1,875,000	725,000
Serafim Kovalevsky	1,790,000	-35,000
Francisco Benitez	1,435,000	95,000
Aleksandr Sheshukov	1,410,000	50,000
Danil Bukharin	1,282,000	557,000
Sergey Frizyak	1,055,000	190,000
Mikhail Aleksandrov	1,013,000	13,000
Ivan Ruban	1,005,000	130,000
Maksim Pisarenko	960,000	230,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	922,000	-58,000
Viktor Ustimov	917,000	42,000
Vyacheslav Mizun	855,000	-90,000
Vanush Mnatsakanyan	800,000	60,000
Nikita Kuznetsov	740,000	240,000
Timur Khamidullin	737,000	327,000
Sergey Petrushevskiy	552,000	-3,000
Aleksandr Denisov	540,000	-190,000
Artem Petrov	520,000	170,000
Nikolay Plastinin	502,000	-438,000
Murun Ganzorig	340,000	-60,000
Said Butba	332,000	-48,000
Andrey Malyshev	320,000	-15,000
Garri Tevosov	298,000	-177,000
Sergey Druzhinin	273,000	-82,000
Eduard Burd	262,000	-198,000

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Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

03-27-2019 21:25 UTC+3

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Players are going on a 20-minute break with 29 players remaining. The pace of eliminations has slowed to a trickle, with just six players eliminated in the level since dinner break.

After the break there will be one more level this evening, unless the tournament gets down to 16 players.

03-27-2019 21:24 UTC+3

Doddapaneni and Sheshukov Tangle Once More

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Aleksandr Sheshukov opened to 26,000 and Sriharsha Doddapaneni three-bet to 100,000 from the blinds. Sheshukov called.

The flop came and the pair both checked. The turn was the . Doddapaneni check-called 122,000 from Sheshukov and the pair checked the river.

Doddapaneni showed for a rivered two pair and Sheshukov did a shrugging gesture before mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Sheshukov	1,360,000	-90,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	980,000	220,000

Tags: Aleksandr Sheshukov Sriharsha Doddapaneni

03-27-2019 21:11 UTC+3

Mnatsakanyan Doubles Through Kovalevsky

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On a board with over 400,000 chips in the middle, Serafim Kovalevsky checked to Vanush Mnatasakanyan who moved all in for 179,000.

Kovalevsky didn't seem happy with his call but put the chips in anyway with for top pair and a gutshot straight draw. Mnatsakanyan looked please to turn over and when the bricked he chipped up to over average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serafim Kovalevsky	1,825,000	-415,000
Vanush Mnatsakanyan	740,000	320,000

Tags: Serafim Kovalevsky Vanush Mnatsakanyan

03-27-2019 20:59 UTC+3

Gurev Eliminated at Big-Stacked Table 2

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Aleksandr Sheshukov opened to 25,000 and was called by Vyacheslav Mizun. Andrey Gurev then three-bet all in for 147,000. Sheshukov folded and Mizun called.

Vyacheslav Mizun:
Andrey Gurev:

The pocket pair of Mizun held on the runout and Gurev was eliminated. Compared to other tables this one seems to have a lot more stacks above average which now stands at 725,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Sheshukov	1,450,000	-450,000
Francisco Benitez	1,340,000	540,000
Vyacheslav Mizun	945,000	335,000
Ivan Ruban	875,000	335,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	760,000	-205,000
Said Butba	380,000	-120,000
Sergey Druzhinin	355,000	-35,000
Andrey Gurev	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Sheshukov Andrey Gurev Vyacheslav Mizun

03-27-2019 20:44 UTC+3

Chip Counts from Table 3

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Pisarenko	730,000	30,000
Garri Tevosov	475,000	195,000
Eduard Burd	460,000	220,000
Timur Khamidullin	410,000	-90,000
Aleksey Istomin	405,000	-125,000
Andrey Malyshev	335,000	-135,000
Sergey Chantsev	285,000	-335,000
Stanislav Shchipalov	155,000	-45,000

03-27-2019 20:43 UTC+3

Mnatsakanyan Busts Zuev

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nikita Kuznetsov opened to 25,000. Anatoly Zuev three-bet to 90,000 leaving himself a solitary 1,000 behind.

Vanush Mnatsakanyan then four-bet to 200,000. Kuznetsov folded and Zuev didn't tank and flicked in his last chip.

Vanush Mnatsakanyan:
Anatoly Zuev:

There was a jack on the flop as Mnatsakanyan got to his feet. The turn was the and the river completed a straight for Mnatsakanyan and Zuev was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serafim Kovalevsky	2,240,000	290,000
Viktor Ustimov	875,000	-275,000
Sergey Frizyak	865,000	115,000
Aleksandr Denisov	730,000	-120,000
Vanush Mnatsakanyan	620,000	370,000
Nikita Kuznetsov	500,000	185,000
Murun Ganzorig	400,000	140,000
Anatoly Zuev	Busted

Tags: Nikita Kuznetsov Vanush Mnatsakanyan