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The Norwegian poker legend told us about looking forward to the Nordic Poker Championships, how long he’s been playing poker and how he’s enjoying MILLIONS Russia in Sochi.
The Norwegian poker legend told us about looking forward to the Nordic Poker Championships, how long he’s been playing poker and how he’s enjoying MILLIONS Russia in Sochi.
Anatoliy Zyrin limped in early position with and Vadim Lipovka also called in the hijack with .
David Laka three-bet to 14,000,000 from the big blind and Zyrin called. Lipovka folded.
The flop came and Laka continued for 12,000,000, forcing Zyrin out of the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Laka |
285,400,000
24,000,000
|
24,000,000 |
|
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Anatoliy Zyrin |
166,400,000
-14,000,000
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-14,000,000 |
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David Laka raised to 4,000,000 from the button with and Anatoliy Zyrin defended his big blind with .
The flop came and Zyrin checked to Laka who continued for 5,000,000 and Zyrin called.
The turn was the and Zyrin checked again. Laka then bet the pot to 21,000,000. Zyrin called.
The river was the and both players checked. Zyrin took down the pot with his flush and is almost at 200,000,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Laka |
262,900,000
-22,500,000
|
-22,500,000 |
|
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Anatoliy Zyrin |
199,400,000
33,000,000
|
33,000,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Laka |
267,900,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
|
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Anatoliy Zyrin |
198,400,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
||
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy |
148,600,000
-11,700,000
|
-11,700,000 |
Michael Sklenicka |
67,400,000
-5,000,000
|
-5,000,000 |
Philipp Zukernik |
64,200,000
7,700,000
|
7,700,000 |
|
||
Vadim Lipovka |
51,300,000
-10,500,000
|
-10,500,000 |
Leonid Logunov | 37,100,000 | |
Aleksandr Gofman |
34,900,000
-5,000,000
|
-5,000,000 |
Vadim Lipovka raised from the hijack to 5,000,000 with . Michael Sklenicka was in the small blind and he three-bet with to 14,000,000.
Lipovka moved all in and Sklenicka called.
The flop came giving Lipovka a gutshot. The turn was the and the river the meaning Lipovka became the first elimination at the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Sklenicka |
120,700,000
53,300,000
|
53,300,000 |
Vadim Lipovka | Busted |
With just 32 players left, three high profile partypoker Sponsored Pros are still in the mix.
Argentinian player Richard Dubini (pictured) has 1.4 million chips at 15,000/30,000 blinds. That's a fraction over Johnny Lodden's average stack of 1.2m, but Anatoly Filatov is slightly shorter.
"I came in with 214,000 but I have 260,000 now. It's going up!" he told us.
With $266,800 up for grabs for the win, everyone still involved with four tables left is clearly desperate to make the final table.
Aleksandr Gofman raised to 4.5 million with the from early position and Anatoliy Zyrin defended the big blind with the . The flop fell , giving Zyrin an open-ended straight draw, and he checked.
Gofman continued for five million with second pair and Zyrin check-raised all in. Gofman had 15 big blinds behind and gave it some thought and the clock was called on him before letting go.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anatoliy Zyrin |
218,900,000
20,500,000
|
20,500,000 |
|
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Aleksandr Gofman |
30,000,000
-4,900,000
|
-4,900,000 |
Level: 30
Blinds: 1,200,000/2,400,000
Ante: 2,400,000
Anatoliy Zyrin raised from under the gun to 4,800,000 with and Michael Sklenicka called on the button with . David Laka also called in the small blind with as well as Leonid Logunov in the big blind with .
The flop came giving Laka a set, but it checked to Sklenicka who bet 9,000,000. Laka check-raised to 26,000,000. Zyrin and Logunov both folded but Sklenicka called.
The turn was the and Laka bet 42,000,000. Sklenicka folded and Laka took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Laka |
304,300,000
36,400,000
|
36,400,000 |
|
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Anatoliy Zyrin |
216,100,000
-2,800,000
|
-2,800,000 |
|
||
Michael Sklenicka |
81,900,000
-38,800,000
|
-38,800,000 |
Leonid Logunov |
28,700,000
-8,400,000
|
-8,400,000 |
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy limped in with the and Philipp Zukernik called with the , Aleksandr Gofman checked with the . The flop fell and the action checked to Merzhvinskiy, who bet 3.1 million. Zukernik was the only caller and the fell on the turn.
Zukernik checked again and Merzhvinskiy followed up with a second bet worth 6.8 million
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy |
162,300,000
13,700,000
|
13,700,000 |
Philipp Zukernik |
53,500,000
-10,700,000
|
-10,700,000 |
|
||
Aleksandr Gofman |
33,200,000
3,200,000
|
3,200,000 |