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

03-27-2019 12:29 UTC+3

Ooh La La! French Stick Together on Day 3

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Heading into Day 3 there were just three French Spin 'n' Go qualifiers remaining in the field, and in a peculiar quirk of the seating draw they have all been drawn together on Table 7.

What's more, the trio came into the day with just under two big blinds difference between them!

We'll have to keep an eye on them to see who will win this mini national championship!

Player	Chips	Progress
Bertrand Ciaglo	75,000	3,000
Romain Berger	60,000	-10,000
Cyril Morisset	60,000

03-27-2019 12:26 UTC+3

Battle of the Short Stacks

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Rob van der Woude moved all in from under the gun for his last 51,000. It folded to the only player at the table shorter than him in Sergey Litvinov who called.

Rob van der Woude:
Sergey Litvinov:

It was a good time for Van der Woude to pick up aces, and although Litvinov flopped a pair on it wasn't enough and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Van Der Woude	80,000	29,000
Sergey Litvinov	Busted

Tags: Rob van der Woude Sergey Litvinov

03-27-2019 12:25 UTC+3

Aleksandrov Over a Million

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Yesterday Mikhail Aleksandrov was kept off the top spot by Aleksandr Denisov, but an early elimination has boosted his stack into seven-figures.

Holding against the of Alexey Avramenko, there was something for everyone on the flop with Aleksandrov holding top pair and Avramenko a flush draw.

However, the turn and river bricked out for Avramenko and he was eliminated, with Aleksandrov moving over a million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Aleksandrov	1,000,000	58,000
Alexey Avramenko	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Denisov Mikhail Aleksandrov Alexey Avramenko

03-27-2019 12:22 UTC+3

Smirnov an Early Elimination

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Blind on blind Anton Smirnov moved all in for his last 40,000 and Sergey Kolyasnikov called in the big blind.

Anton Smirnov:
Sergey Kolyasnikov:

The flop came giving Kolyasnikov the lead. The turn was the sending Smirnov to the rail. The river was the and that sealed the elimination

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Kolyasnikov	260,000	28,000
Anton Smirnov	Busted

Tags: Sergey Kolyasnikov Anton Smirnov

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

03-27-2019 11:56 UTC+3

Can Denisov Make it Three in a Row?

Will Shillibier

After eclipsing the 1,000,000 chip mark on the very last hand of Day 2, Aleksandr Denisov will look to make it three days in a row at the top of the chip counts. After bagging the overwhelming chip lead on Day 1a, and holding it at the end of play last night Denisov is in pole position for a deep run here at Casino Sochi.

With the money bubble bursting 17 minutes from the end of play last night, players are returning today safe in the knowledge that they have locked up a min-cash worth ₽364,000 (~$5,600).

However, there are several players looking enviously at Denisov's stack including nearest rivals Mikhail Aleksandrov (942,000), Vadim Baranov (865,000) and Dmitry Yurasov (658,000).

Day 1b chip leader Viktor Ustimov (505,000) is still in the field, along with Anatoliy Zyrin (294,000), Matous Houzvicek (276,000), Dorian Pavon (180,000), Keisuke Hikosaka (155,000) and of course defending champion Arseniy Karmatskiy (108,000).

The schedule says to play five 90-minute levels, but that is subject to change. Stay tuned toPokerNews for continued live updates

Tags: Aleksandr Denisov Anatoliy Zyrin Arseniy Karmatskiy Dmitry Yurasov Dorian Pavon Keisuke Hikosaka Mikhail Aleksandrov Matous Houzvicek