Main Event Day 3 | 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia

08-11-2018 18:59 UTC+3

Hogarty Busts Stekolshchikov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Arkadiy Stekolshchikov moved all in for the last 1.475 million and Martin Hogarty looked him up out of the big blind with the slightly superior stack.

Arkadiy Stekolshchikov:
Martin Hogarty:

The board came and the kicker played to eliminate Stekolshchikov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Hogarty	4,400,000	2,100,000
Arkadiy Stekolshchikov	Busted

Tags: Martin Hogarty Arkadiy Stekolshchikov

08-11-2018 18:53 UTC+3

Evdokimov Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Soon after the bubble burst, Nikolay Evdokimov pushed from the small blind with the and Roman Verenko called from the big blind with the .

The board came and Verenko rivered a flush to eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Verenko	5,700,000	-4,500,000
Nikolay Evdokimov	Busted

Tags: Nikolay Evdokimov Roman Verenko

08-11-2018 18:48 UTC+3

Konstantin Puchkov Bubbles the Main Event in Sochi

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Konstantin Puchkov moved all in for 1.35 million from early position and Oleksii Kravchuk repushed from the button for more than 4 million. Nikolay Evdokimov claimed after the hand he had folded ace-king in the big blind and that also happened to be the hand Puchkov revealed in the showdown.

Konstantin Puchkov:
Oleksii Kravchuk:

The board came and Puchkov failed to improve, as a result he became the bubble boy of the Main Event here in Sochi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Kravchuk	5,700,000	-2,280,000
Konstantin Puchkov	Busted

Tags: Konstantin Puchkov Oleksii Kravchuk Nikolay Evdokimov

08-11-2018 18:43 UTC+3

Assorted Pre Bubble Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Chernikov	24,800,000	800,000
Alexey Melnikov	16,000,000	3,500,000
Aleksei Istomin	15,100,000	300,000
Oleg Netaliev	14,500,000	500,000
Vadim Lipovka	11,000,000	1,800,000
Gytis Lazauninkas	10,500,000	3,570,000
Philipp Gruissem	3,000,000	-1,280,000
Jonas Kuznik	1,700,000	-5,300,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	1,500,000	-1,600,000

08-11-2018 18:38 UTC+3

Farrell Calls Correctly

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The board was down , and Niall Farrell had seen Oleg Netaliev raise his 1.3m bet to 3.5m on the river.

"I have a good hand, but I don't think you are bluffing," said Farrel to the big stack Netaliev.

Farrell thought for another minute before he counted his chips and made the call.

Netaliev tabled for two pair, but Farrell won the pot with a better two pair in the form of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Netaliev	14,000,000	-4,500,000
Niall Farrell	12,700,000	4,500,000

Tags: Oleg Netaliev Niall Farrell

08-11-2018 18:33 UTC+3

Short Stack Babich Doubles on the Bubble

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The action folded around to Aleksandr Babich in the cutoff, and he moved all in for 970,000. Konstantin Uspenskii was on the button and called.

Aleksandr Babich:
Konstantin Uspenskii:

Board:

Babich didn't to hit on the board to prevent bubbling the Main Event, and the flop brought him no joy. The turn gave him additional outs with the flush draw, and the river queen of spades gave him top pair to secure a double on the clutches of defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Babich	2,100,000	1,390,000

Tags: Konstantin Uspenskii Aleksandr Babich

08-11-2018 18:21 UTC+3

Uspenskii and Chernokoz Clash

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Two big stacks collided on a big pot, but eventually there was no all in showdown. Picking up the action on the flop, Konstantin Uspenskii had checked out of the big blind and Andrey Chernokoz continued for 500,000. Uspenskii check-raised to 1.575 million and picked up a call.

The turn was checked through and the appeared on the river. Uspenskii used two time banks before checking and Chernokoz used one time bank before betting 2.5 million. That was the end of the drama, however, as Uspenskii folded.

One table over is another big stack from Russia and that happens to be partypoker ambassador Anatoly Filatov.

Action resumes on the stone cold money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Filatov	24,000,000	5,000,000
Andrey Chernokoz	20,400,000	5,400,000
Konstantin Uspenskii	17,500,000	13,530,000

Tags: Anatoly Filatov Andrey Chernokoz Konstantin Uspenskii

08-11-2018 18:07 UTC+3

Loeser, Aldemir and Yaroshevskyy All Gone

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Koray Aldemir Among Big Name Casualties Just Before the Bubble

Igor Yaroshevskyy, Koray Aldemir and Manig Loeser participated in the Triton High Roller events and they have something else in common: They just busted before the money when being all in at the same time on three different tables.

Yaroshevskyy had pushed for 3.375 million from the button and Niall Farrell looked him up out of the small blind.

Igor Yaroshevskyy:
Niall Farrell:

The board came and Yaroshevskyy was the first to go. One table over, Aldemir was awaiting his fate after he had three-bet all in for 2.435 million after a raise by table neighbor Igor Kozhevnikov.

Koray Aldemir:
Igor Kozhevnikov:

Despite flopping top pair, Aldemir still needed running outs as the flop came . The turn ensured his elimination and that made the river a formality.

Last but not least, it was Loeser that had pushed all in for 1.050 million from the cutoff and it was Pavel Zuev that called on the button, the blinds folded.

Manig Loeser:
Pavel Zuev:

Board:

Loeser, who cashed in the Triton Super High Roller tournament, earlier this week could not find the board he needed to survive and was sent to the rail just before the money spots.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Zuev	16,000,000	3,700,000
Igor Kozhevnikov	8,900,000	6,500,000
Niall Farrell	8,200,000	4,500,000
Koray Aldemir	Busted
Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Manig Loeser	Busted

Tags: Igor Kozhevnikov Igor Yaroshevskyy Koray Aldemir Manig Loeser Niall Farrell Pavel Zuev

08-11-2018 17:56 UTC+3

Adamenka Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Ivan Adamenka was all in for 1.175 million and big stack Dmitriy Agafonov called in the big blind.

Ivan Adamenka:
Dmitriy Agafonov:

The board came and Adamenka doubled. "I had an ace," fellow big stack Hadi Khordbin said in table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitriy Agafonov	15,000,000	5,200,000
Hadi Khordbin	10,800,000	4,640,000
Ivan Adamenka	2,600,000	-785,000

Tags: Dmitriy Agafonov Hadi Khordbin Ivan Adamenka

08-11-2018 17:49 UTC+3

Skalak's Shove Gets Through

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

With hand-for-hand play underway, Vojtech Skalak moved all in for 2,800,000 on the flop down , his opponent decided against making the call and Skalak moved up to 3,200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Skalak	3,200,000	700,000

Tags: Vojtech Skalak