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

03-27-2019 18:18 UTC+3

Ustimov Closes in on Two Million Chips

Will Shillibier

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Serafim Kovalevsky opened and Aleksey Kozlov three-bet all in for around 200,000. Viktor Ustimov called in the big blind and Kovalevsky folded.

Aleksey Kozlov:
Viktor Ustimov:

The board came and Kozlov was eliminated, with Ustimov moving up to close to 2,000,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Ustimov	1,950,000	150,000
Aleksey Kozlov	Busted

Tags: Aleksey Kozlov Serafim Kovalevsky Viktor Ustimov

03-27-2019 18:17 UTC+3

Doddapaneni Picks off Sheshukov's Bluff

Will Shillibier

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sriharsha Doddapaneni check-called a bet on the flop of from Aleksandr Sheshukov and check-called 55,000 on the turn.

The river was the . Doddapaneni checked again and Sheshukov bet 140,000. Doddapaneni snap-called. Sheshukov showed for a missed straight draw and Doddapaneni took down the pot with for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Sheshukov	1,710,000	-240,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	700,000	340,000

Tags: Aleksandr Sheshukov Sriharsha Doddapaneni

03-27-2019 18:14 UTC+3

Kotelnikov Eliminated by Pankov

Will Shillibier

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Andrey Kotelnikov and Vitaliy Pankov both had exactly 138,000 in chips and got their stacks in with only one player guaranteed to survive - if there wasn't a chop.

Andrey Kotelnikov:
Vitaliy Pankov:

The flop came giving Pankov a set and Kotelnikov a flush draw, but the spade failed to materialise on the runout and Kotelnikov was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitaliy Pankov	280,000	105,000
Andrey Kotelnikov	Busted

Tags: Andrey Kotelnikov Vitaliy Pankov

03-27-2019 18:10 UTC+3

Mnatasakanyan Doubles Through Kovalevsky

Will Shillibier

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Aleksandr Denisov opened to 20,000 and Serafim Kovalevsky called in the small blind. Vanush Mnatsakanyan three-bet all in for 92,000 from the big blind. Denisov folded and Kovalevsky called.

Serafim Kovalevsky:
Vanush Mnatasakanyan:

There was an eight on the flop of for Mnatasakanyan and it held on the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serafim Kovalevsky	1,350,000	-75,000
Aleksandr Denisov	620,000	45,000
Vanush Mnatsakanyan	200,000	80,000

Tags: Aleksandr Denisov Vanush Mnatsakanyan Serafim Kovalevsky

03-27-2019 18:07 UTC+3

Ustimov Closes in on Chip Leader

Will Shillibier

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Viktor Ustimov opened to 50,000 and Kirill Egorov moved all in from the next position. It folded back to Ustimov who quickly called.

Viktor Ustimov:
Kirill Egorov:

The flop took some outs away from Egorov. The turn was the and the river the and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Ustimov	1,800,000	350,000
Kirill Egorov	Busted

Tags: Viktor Ustimov Kirill Egorov

03-27-2019 18:03 UTC+3

Final Five Tables (full)

Will Shillibier

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Sheshukov	1,950,000	150,000
Viktor Ustimov	1,450,000	150,000
Serafim Kovalevsky	1,425,000	325,000
Dmitry Yurasov	1,150,000	270,000
Mikhail Aleksandrov	1,000,000	130,000
Nikolay Plastinin	940,000	430,000
Francisco Benitez	920,000	-70,000
Danil Bukharin	725,000	-255,000
Maksim Pisarenko	700,000	40,000
Sergey Frizyak	670,000	-60,000
Sergey Chantsev	620,000	105,000
Vyacheslav Mizun	610,000	120,000
Aleksandr Denisov	575,000	75,000
Sergey Petrushevskiy	555,000	20,000
Ivan Ruban	540,000	55,000
Aleksey Istomin	530,000	320,000
Said Butba	500,000	-75,000
Timur Khamidullin	500,000	-50,000
Andrey Malyshev	470,000
Uri Gilboa	425,000	-565,000
Sergey Druzhinin	390,000	200,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	360,000	-140,000
Artem Petrov	350,000	-40,000
Ezequiel Waigel	330,000	20,000
Nikita Kuznetsov	315,000	-45,000

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03-27-2019 17:52 UTC+3

Down to Five Tables

Will Shillibier

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With the elimination of Vitaliy Karaivan, the tournament is down to its last five tables. Play will continue until the end of Level 21 or whenever 16 players are reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitaliy Karaivan	Busted

03-27-2019 17:48 UTC+3

Mnataskanyan Doubles Up; Domin Eliminated

Will Shillibier

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On a flop Vanush Mnataskanyan moved all in for 31,000. Aleksandr Denisov thought before reluctantly calling with . He was ahead of the flush draw of from his opponent.