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
Entries
758
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000

Final Five Tables (full)

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Sheshukov ru
Aleksandr Sheshukov
1,950,000
150,000
150,000
Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
1,450,000
150,000
150,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Serafim Kovalevsky ru
Serafim Kovalevsky
1,425,000
325,000
325,000
Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
1,150,000
270,000
270,000
Mikhail Aleksandrov ru
Mikhail Aleksandrov
1,000,000
130,000
130,000
Nikolay Plastinin ru
Nikolay Plastinin
940,000
430,000
430,000
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
920,000
-70,000
-70,000
Danil Bukharin ru
Danil Bukharin
725,000
-255,000
-255,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Maksim Pisarenko ru
Maksim Pisarenko
700,000
40,000
40,000
$25K Fantasy
Sergey Frizyak ru
Sergey Frizyak
670,000
-60,000
-60,000
Sergey Chantsev ru
Sergey Chantsev
620,000
105,000
105,000
Vyacheslav Mizun ru
Vyacheslav Mizun
610,000
120,000
120,000
Aleksandr Denisov ru
Aleksandr Denisov
575,000
75,000
75,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Sergey Petrushevskiy ru
Sergey Petrushevskiy
555,000
20,000
20,000
Ivan Ruban ru
Ivan Ruban
540,000
55,000
55,000
Aleksey Istomin ru
Aleksey Istomin
530,000
320,000
320,000
Said Butba ru
Said Butba
500,000
-75,000
-75,000
Timur Khamidullin ru
Timur Khamidullin
500,000
-50,000
-50,000
Andrey Malyshev ru
Andrey Malyshev
470,000
Uri Gilboa il
Uri Gilboa
425,000
-565,000
-565,000
EPT 1X Winner
Sergey Druzhinin ru
Sergey Druzhinin
390,000
200,000
200,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni in
Sriharsha Doddapaneni
360,000
-140,000
-140,000
Artem Petrov ru
Artem Petrov
350,000
-40,000
-40,000
Ezequiel Waigel ar
Ezequiel Waigel
330,000
20,000
20,000
Nikita Kuznetsov ru
Nikita Kuznetsov
315,000
-45,000
-45,000

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Ustimov Closes in on Chip Leader

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

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: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Kirill Egorov: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The flop {8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} took some outs away from Egorov. The turn was the {5-Spades} and the river the {4-Clubs} and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
1,800,000
350,000
350,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Kirill Egorov ru
Kirill Egorov
Busted

Tags: Viktor UstimovKirill Egorov

Mnatasakanyan Doubles Through Kovalevsky

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: {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}
Vanush Mnatasakanyan: {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

There was an eight on the flop of {q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{k-Spades} for Mnatasakanyan and it held on the {5-Spades}{3-Hearts} runout.

Player Chips Progress
Serafim Kovalevsky ru
Serafim Kovalevsky
1,350,000
-75,000
-75,000
Aleksandr Denisov ru
Aleksandr Denisov
620,000
45,000
45,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Vanush Mnatsakanyan ru
Vanush Mnatsakanyan
200,000
80,000
80,000

Tags: Aleksandr DenisovVanush MnatsakanyanSerafim Kovalevsky

Kotelnikov Eliminated by Pankov

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: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Vitaliy Pankov: {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

The flop came {4-Spades}{10-Spades}{7-Hearts} giving Pankov a set and Kotelnikov a flush draw, but the spade failed to materialise on the {5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} runout and Kotelnikov was eliminated.

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

Tags: Andrey KotelnikovVitaliy Pankov

Doddapaneni Picks off Sheshukov's Bluff

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

Sriharsha Doddapaneni check-called a bet on the flop of {9-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} from Aleksandr Sheshukov and check-called 55,000 on the {10-Clubs} turn.

The river was the {2-Hearts}. Doddapaneni checked again and Sheshukov bet 140,000. Doddapaneni snap-called. Sheshukov showed {j-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for a missed straight draw and Doddapaneni took down the pot with {k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for top pair.

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

Tags: Aleksandr SheshukovSriharsha Doddapaneni

Ustimov Closes in on Two Million Chips

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

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: {j-Spades}{10-Spades}
Viktor Ustimov: {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}

The board came {2-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{4-Hearts}{k-Hearts} and Kozlov was eliminated, with Ustimov moving up to close to 2,000,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
1,950,000
150,000
150,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Aleksey Kozlov ru
Aleksey Kozlov
Busted

Tags: Aleksey KozlovSerafim KovalevskyViktor Ustimov

Small Double for Tyazhgov

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

Azamat Tyazhgov was one of the smallest stacks with five tables left and he finally got his last 69,000 chips in against Francisco Benitez, but it wasn't looking good.

Azamat Tyazhgov: {j-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Francisco Benitez: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The flop came {10-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{k-Spades} giving Benitez top set and Tyazhgov an open-ender. The turn was the {j-Spades} but the river {9-Diamonds} completed Tyazhgov's straight and he doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
1,100,000
-100,000
-100,000
Azamat Tyazhgov ru
Azamat Tyazhgov
150,000
65,000
65,000

Tags: Azamat TyazhgovFrancisco Benitez

Waigel Eliminated by Babaev

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

The stacks were fairly even between Zakhar Babaev and Ezequiel Waigel, but Waigel was the player heading to the exit. He held {k-Clubs}{q-Spades} on a {k-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Spades}{6-Clubs} board but had come off second best against the {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} of Babaev.

Babaev now sits on around average which now stands around 620,000.

Player Chips Progress
Zakhar Babaev il
Zakhar Babaev
620,000
340,000
340,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Ezequiel Waigel ar
Ezequiel Waigel
Busted

Tags: Ezequiel WaigelZakhar Babaev

Frizyak Makes Ustimov Stew

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

ON a {6-Spades}{5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} board Sergey Frizyak checked a pot of about 120,000 and Viktor Ustimov bet 120,000. Frizyak then check-raised all in for 550,000.

Ustimov tanked and use all four of his remaining time extensions before folding. Frizyak turned over {j-Clubs}{10-Spades} and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
1,650,000
-300,000
-300,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Sergey Frizyak ru
Sergey Frizyak
890,000
220,000
220,000

Tags: Sergey FrizyakViktor Ustimov