Early Day 1b Photos
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Action from the early levels on Day 1b of the Main Event at Sochi Casino and Resort.
2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi
Main Event
Day: 1b
Alexsandr Kuzmin Four-Bets
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Alexsandr Kuzmin opened the action for 750 and got a call from Andrey Andreev and the player in the cut-off before Ivan Umnikov on the button raised to 3,000.
The blinds folded and when it got back to Kuzmin he made it 8,500 to go. Andreev and the other player folded but Umnikov elected to call.
They saw a heads up flop of 
where a bet of 10,000 from Kuzmin saw Umnikov let his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | |
|
|
20,500 | -11,500 |
|
16,200 | -5,800 |
Big Stacks Begin to Emerge
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
On a turn of 
a player check-called a bet from Kiril Izotov of 2,500 and the river came the 
. Both players checked. Izotov's opponent showed 
but Izotov took down the poet with 
to boost his stack to around 90,000.
Also on a healthy stack at this stage of the tournament is Andrey Borovikov who has just over 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | |
|
|
80,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Break Time
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Up to 257
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
There have been 257 entries so far approaching the first break of the day with 244 still in the field.
Late registration is open until the end of the next break which will be the start of level 7.
Post Flop Aggression From Denis Kushnеrov
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Andrey Andreev limped in before Ivan Umnikov raised it to 1,100 and got a call from big blind Denis Kushnеrov in the big blind.
Andreev called and they saw a flop of 
.
Acton was checked to Umnikov who continued for 1,100. Kushnеrov check-raised to 3,500 which saw Andreev fold and Umnikov call.
The turn was the 
and Kushnеrov led out for 6,000 and Umnikov then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
32,000 | 32,000 |
|
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
Six-Bet Shove from Dmitry Karageorgiy
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Dmitry Karageorgiy raised to 600 from middle position and Timofey Asmolov called in the next position. It folded to Lidiya Kozhevnikova in the big blind who three-bet to 1,900. Karageorgiy then four-bet to 5,600 and Asmolov got out of the way.
With the action back on Kozhevnikova she five-bet to 13,000 and Karageorgiy six-bet all in for 25,000. Kozhevnikova called.
Dmitry Karageorgiy: 
Lidiya Kozhevnikova: 
The board ran out 
and the pair chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000 | |
|
|
26,000 |
Elena Iakovleva Barrels But Chops With Vladimir Gatsutsa
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Four players saw a flop of 
and the blinds checked it to Elena Iakovleva who bet 800.
Vladimir Gatsutsa called from the button, the small blind passed and Sergey Lomakin called from the big blind.
The turn was the 
and Iakovleva made it 2,000 this time with Gatsutsa again calling and a hesitant Lomakin getting out of the way.
The river was the
and a 2,500 bet from Iakovleva was met by a raise to 5,200 from Gatsutsa.
Iakovleva didn’t need to think too long before she made the call.
Gatsutsa: 
Iakovleva: 
Neither player had a very strong hand with just the one pair, much to the chagrin of Lomakin having been bullied out of the pot, and they chopped it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25