€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event
Day 5 Completed
2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv
€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv
Buy-in
€4,700
Prize Pool
€1,391,200
Entries
296
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
Lykov -- one of three Russians to make the eight-handed table -- carried a huge advantage into play today, his almost 2.6 million chips putting him nearly a million ahead of Vadim Markushevski of Belarus and Dovzhenko. All that changed quickly following a huge hand early on between Markushevski and Dovzhenko in which the Ukrainian picked up aces against Markushevski's kings. The aces held, and Markushevki was out in 8th. Suddenly Dovzhenko had seized the chip lead with over 3.8 million, a lead he'd keep the rest of the afternoon until after the dinner break.
A couple of short stacks soon followed Markushevski to the rail -- Torsten Tent (Germany) in 7th, Adrian Schaap (Holland) in 6th -- followed later in the afternoon by a couple more chip-depleted players, Lucasz Plichta (Poland) in 5th and Arthur Simonyan (Russia) in 4th.
When players returned from the dinner break, the gap between Dovzhenko and his two remaining competitors, Lykov and Vitaly Tolokonnikov (Russia), had closed considerably, with all three near the three million-chip mark. That changed quickly, however, when a preflop raising war got most of Lykov's stack in the middle and all of Tolokonnikov's. Lykov was racing with
against Tolokonnikov's pocket sevens. An ace turned, no seven saved Tolokonnikov, and they were down to two.Lykov was the clear aggressor during the two dozen hands or so of heads-up play, claiming most hands with raises (or reraises) before the flop. Finally the Ukrainian picked a spot to push all of his chips in the middle with
on a jack-high board. Unfortunately for him, there were two fours on board as well, fitting all too well with the four in Lykov's hand. The river blanked out, and Lykov won the first EPT trophy of season six, plus that nifty €330,000 first prize.Thanks for following our coverage this week from Kyiv, Ukraine. And kudos to the tournament staff for pulling together a fantastic, memorable event on such short notice. Farewell from Kyiv! Next stop, Barcelona!
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. Both players checked, and the turn card paired the board with the 
. Lykov checked again, and Dovzhenko quickly made a healthy bet of 400,000."Raise," announced Lykov, slipping out a cool 1,000,000 in two tidy towers of orange chips. Dovzhenko didn't waste much time announcing, "All in," and Lykov shrugged his shoulders and quickly called, the tournament possibly mere moments from its conclusion!
Showdown
Lykov:
Dovznenko:
In a shocker, Dovzhenko's top pair had been rendered invalid by Lykov's third four on the turn. Drawing to just two outs with one card to come, the Ukrainian would find no salvation from the poker gods. The blank
filled out the final board of the tournament, ending Dovzhenko's day just one spot short of a title he so desperately wanted to win for his home country.After a truly fantastic week of poker, Alexander Dovzhenko was swarmed by a crowd of his native supporters, taking home €220,000 as a consolation prize.
Perhaps the betting favorite coming into the day, Russian Maxim Lykov has ridden a three-day chip lead to an EPT title here in the Season Six opener. From all of us at PokerNews, congratulations to Maxim Lykov, PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv Champion!
In most cases a single raise from Lykov is doing the job. Just now, Alexander Dovzhenko tried out a preflop raise from the small blind/button to 240,000, but Lykov came back with a reraise to 580,000 and Dovzhenko skedaddled.
Lykov -- 5,575,000
Dovzhenko -- 3,340,000
, and Lykov seized control with a leading bet of 250,000. Dovzhenko quickly called.Fourth street came the
, and Lykov passed this time. Dovzhenko gathered 500,000 in orange chips and stacked them out carefully in the center of the table, his bet good enough to win the pot right there.Lykov - 5,095,000
Dovzhenko - 3,820,000
. Lykov checked, and he would call a quick bet of 100,000 from his opponent.The turn card was the
, and the action went check-check. The last card off was the 
, and with it came all of the action. Lykov led out with a big overbet of 500,000, and Dovzhenko wasted little time announcing, "All in." Lykov quickly called too, possibly just one showdown away from an EPT title!But alas, the drama was short lived. Dovzhenko tabled
, and Lykov's 
meant a split pot as both players rivered eights full.No chips change hands, and it's on to the next shuffle.
First, Alexander Dovzhenko limped from the small blind/button, Maxim Lykov raised to 280,000, and Dovzhenko folded.
Then, Lykov opened with a raise to 220,000, and Dovzhenko folded.
Next, Dovzhenko limped again, Lykov raised to 280,000 again, and once more Dovzhenko let it go.
The flop showed up
, and the action check-checked. Fourth street brought the , and Dovzhenko conspicuously glanced at his chips before tapping the felt again. Lykov checked behind once more, and the river fell the 
. Dovzhenko stacked out a bet of 350,000, and Lykov paused for just a quick second before making the call.Alexander Dovzhenko tabled
for the nut flush, and that was plenty good to win him the first noteworthy pot of heads-up play.Lykov - 5,405,000
Dovzhenko - 3,510,000
Lykov - 5,895,000
Dovzhenko - 3,020,000