2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi
Yurasov Climbing
Dmitry Yurasov has been quietly chipping up throughout the day and is now up to almost triple the average. Currently 20th on Russia's all time money list with over $2.6 million in cashes, Yurasov is certainly one to keep an eye on at the best of times but even more so now that he has a stack.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Dmitry Yurasov |
400,000
294,000
|
294,000 |
PSPC Champion Colillas Eliminated
After one player limped, action folded to PSPC Champion Ramon Colillas who raised all in for around 50,000. Mark Zhang was in the big blind and called and the initial limper folded.
Ramon Colillas:
Mark Zhang:
Colillas was ahead but the ace on the flop was not what he wanted to see. The turn was the and he failed to hit his two outer on the river and he was eliminated.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Mark Zhang
|
380,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Ramon Colillas | Eliminé | |
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Recent Eliminations; 151 Remaining
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Denis Sapozhnikov
|
Eliminé | |
|
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Maksim Panyak
|
Eliminé | |
Sergei Popov | Eliminé | |
Oleg Mikhailov
|
Eliminé | |
John Enright
|
Eliminé | |
Oleg Drews
|
Eliminé | |
Jayjit Ray | Eliminé | |
Maksim Illarionov | Eliminé | |
Semen Vlyakh
|
Eliminé | |
Vasilijus Piskunovas | Eliminé | |
Ivan Volodko | Eliminé | |
Almat Idrisov
|
Eliminé | |
Andrey Guliy | Eliminé | |
Viktor Shegay | Eliminé | |
Daniil Kiselev | Eliminé | |
Natik Ismailov
|
Eliminé | |
Mikhail Lobanov
|
Eliminé | |
Vyacheslav Nikulin | Eliminé | |
Pavel Kazakov | Eliminé | |
Alexandr Sergutin | Eliminé | |
Fergan Coyle
|
Eliminé | |
Maksim Pervenenok
|
Eliminé | |
Gennadiy Kalinichenko | Eliminé | |
Maxim Khrisanfov
|
Eliminé | |
Darkhan Rakhymzhanov | Eliminé |
Bagirov Eliminated by Waigel
There was an open and Sergey Bagirov, who was down to 22,000, went all in. Ezequiel Waigel raised it up again, putting a stack of 5k chips in and it was an easy fold for the initial raiser. The two flipped their cards on their backs and Waigel was the 4:1 favourite.
Ezequiel Waigel:
Sergey Bagirov:
Waigel held on the board, sending Bagirov to the rail.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ezequiel Waigel |
216,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Sergey Bagirov | Eliminé |
Karmatskiy Getting Short
Reigning Champion Arseniy Karmatskiy is down to 25 big blinds or so. He just won a pot a medium sized pot, which could signal a shift in the direction he is moving in.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Arseniy Karmatskiy |
63,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
How Does That Old Saying Go?
"Birds of a feather flock together"
Seated at Table 16 are Mikhail Aleksandrov and Mark Zhang, both of whom have over 400,000 in chips.
Meanwhile at Table 17, start-of-day chip leader Aleksandr Denisov was standing up seemingly in a state of faux shock as Dmitry Yurasov was moved to his table. Between them the pair have well over one million in chips and the two exchanged light-hearted words back and forth before Denisov resumed his seat.
Other big stacks around the tournament room include Serafim Kovalevskiy, Viktor Ustimov and Matous Houzvicek.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Aleksandr Denisov |
570,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
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Viktor Ustimov |
470,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
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Serafim Kovalevsky |
460,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Dmitry Yurasov |
440,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Mikhail Aleksandrov |
420,000
282,500
|
282,500 |
Mark Zhang
|
405,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Matous Houzvicek |
400,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Peretz Out of the Running
Yaniv Peretz has just played his last hand. After Pier Varrelli limped under the gun, it folded to Peretz who shipped 35,000 all in. With everyone else folding, the action came back to Varrelli who tanked before grudgingly making the call.
Pier Varrelli:
Yaniv Peretz:
The flop connected for both players but Varelli moved ahead with top pair. The turn was a and Peretz was looking for a king or a ten only. It was the instead and he has to make his way to the exit.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Pier Varrelli
|
139,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Sheshukov New Chip Leader
Five tables are in the theatre away from the main tournament area, and Aleksandr Sheshukov has been racking up the pots so that he now sits on around 600,000, surpassing long-time leader Aleksandr Denisov at the top of the chip counts.
Sheshukov finished 34th in the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event last year and will be looking for a similarly deep finish this time around in his native Russia.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Aleksandr Sheshukov |
600,000
247,000
|
247,000 |