With 56 players remaining the tournament is going on its second 20-minute break of the day.
With 56 players remaining the tournament is going on its second 20-minute break of the day.
Timur Khamidullin raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Dzmitry Sushchanka three-bet all in for 25,000 from the next position. It folded all the way around to Sergey Frizyak in the big blind who four-bet to 62,000. Khamidullin five-bet all in and Frizyak snap-called.
Timur Khamidullin: ![]()
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Dzmitry Sushchanka: ![]()
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Sergey Frizyak: ![]()
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It was a set-up hand with Frizyak poised to double up and send Sushchanka to the rail. The board ran out ![]()
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and Frizyak chipped up substantially.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
515,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
470,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
420,000
268,000
|
268,000 |
|
|
220,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
190,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
180,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
Busted |
On a ![]()
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board Sergey Druzhinin moved all in for 68,000. Andrejs Trofimovs had him covered by around 40,000 and eventually called.
Druzhinin turned over ![]()
and Trofimovs winced, showing ![]()
. There was no miracle on the
river and Druzhinin doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
575,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
360,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
|
190,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
170,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
100,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
40,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
11,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
530,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
280,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
275,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
265,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
225,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
|
65,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Rinat Tulepbergenov opened to 13,000 and got one call before Stanislav Shchipalov three-bet to 47,000 from the big blind. Tulepbergenov called and the other player folded.
The flop came ![]()
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and Shchipalov quickly moved all in. Tulepbergenov used up all of his time bank, and with just one time extension card behind, he opted to quickly fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
|
460,000
328,000
|
328,000 |
|
|
410,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
250,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
200,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
125,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
50,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
Artem Petrov opened to 12,000 and called a jam from [Removed:464]'s last 17,000.
Artem Petrov: ![]()
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[Removed:464]: ![]()
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There was no help on the ![]()
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board and Semaska, the last Lithuanian in the field, was elimianted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Roman Sokolov limped under the gun and Aleksey Istomin raised to 26,000. Romain Berger three-bet all in for 135,000 from the button. Sokolov folded and Istomin quickly called.
Romain Berger: ![]()
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Aleksey Istomin: ![]()
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The pocket pair held on the ![]()
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and the final Frenchman in the field was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
237,000
|
237,000 |
|
|
300,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Day 1b chip leader Viktor Ustimov has certainly made an impression at the feature table, taking chips off of start-of-day chip leader Aleksandr Denisov meaning that is he who holds the overall chip lead at this stage of the tournament.
Denisov is by no means out of it, but as Table 1 it looks like this selection of players will be up on feature for the remainder of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,120,000
615,000
|
615,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
630,000
387,000
|
387,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
580,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
340,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
291,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
|
270,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
98,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Anatolii Zyrin got his last 155,000 chips in with pocket aces ![]()
on a ![]()
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flop against the ![]()
of Danil Bukharin.
The turn was the
but the river
gave Bukharin a flush and sent Zyrin to the rail.
Zyrin adds another EPT Main Event cash to his 23rd place in the EPT Sochi Main Event last year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
495,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |