2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

₽191,800 EPT Main Event
Day: 3
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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Ganzorig Another Elimination

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

On a {j-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{8-Hearts} 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: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Murun Ganzorig: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

The turn was the {4-Hearts} and the river {q-Clubs} 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.

Tags: Vanush MnatsakanyanMurun Ganzorig

Druzhinin is First Elimination in a While

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

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: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Sergey Druzhinin: {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Spades}{k-Hearts}{k-Spades}{10-Clubs}{k-Clubs} with Pisarenko turning a full house to eliminate Druzhinin.

Tags: Maksim PisarenkoSergey Druzhinin

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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

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Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Break

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.

Doddapaneni and Sheshukov Tangle Once More

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

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

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Hearts} and the pair both checked. The turn was the {k-Hearts}. Doddapaneni check-called 122,000 from Sheshukov and the pair checked the {5-Spades} river.

Doddapaneni showed {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs} for a rivered two pair and Sheshukov did a shrugging gesture before mucking.

Tags: Aleksandr SheshukovSriharsha Doddapaneni

Mnatsakanyan Doubles Through Kovalevsky

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

On a {7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} 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 {a-Clubs}{3-Hearts} for top pair and a gutshot straight draw. Mnatsakanyan looked please to turn over {a-Spades}{k-Hearts} and when the {q-Clubs} bricked he chipped up to over average stack.

Tags: Serafim KovalevskyVanush Mnatsakanyan

Gurev Eliminated at Big-Stacked Table 2

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

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: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}
Andrey Gurev: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}

The pocket pair of Mizun held on the {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{q-Spades} 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.

Tags: Aleksandr SheshukovAndrey GurevVyacheslav Mizun

Chip Counts from Table 3

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

Mnatsakanyan Busts Zuev

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Pavel Zuev (r)
Pavel Zuev (r)

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: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Anatoly Zuev: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}

There was a jack on the {3-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop as Mnatsakanyan got to his feet. The turn was the {10-Clubs} and the river {q-Diamonds} completed a straight for Mnatsakanyan and Zuev was eliminated.

Tags: Nikita KuznetsovVanush Mnatsakanyan