₽191,800 EPT Main Event Day 1c | 2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

₽191,800 EPT Main Event

Day 1c Completed

03-26-2019 02:57 UTC+3

Sapozhnikov Finished Top of the Counts as Day 1c of the Main Event Drew to a Close

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The third and final starting flight of the Main Event has concluded and it was Denis Sapozhnikov who had the most productive day. His impressive run began with a bit of good fortune when Sapozhnikov got it in with jack-nine suited on a nine-high flop against Mikhail Galitskiy's pocket-queens. He hit a backdoor straight by the river and the pot saw him take the chip lead, sending Galitskiy to the rail in the process. This all happened in Level 4 and for the next six levels, he didn't relinquish the lead once.

There were 82 entries in total and by the end, half were still standing when level ten reached its conclusion. The other biggest success stories of the night were Sergey Chaban (163,000) who finished in second, Yang Wang (153,300) in third, Andrey Andreev (124,300) in fourth and Garik Tamasyan (124,300) bagged the fifth largest stack.

There were several other familiar faces who took to the felt and made it through to Day 2. Reigning Champion Arsenii Karmatckii (78,100) will return tomorrow to continue defending his title. He will face stiff competition though from Sergey Baburin (63,700), Konstantin Puchkov (60,800), Volodymyr Drokin (56,800), Jean Souprayenmestry (49,500) and Maxim Panyak (33,800).

It wasn't good news for all the notables who took a seat today. Sedrak Bagdasaryan got very close but busted in the last hand of the night. Jia Tang, Ezequiel Waigel, Ariel Malnik, Mikhail Kovalyuk, Gor Kazaryan, Bernard Boutboul and Timur Azizov were some of the casualties. It may not be the last we have seen of any of them though as late registration closes when Day 2 gets underway. That gives any hopefuls one last shot if they so choose.

They will join everyone who made it through from Days 1a and 1b at midday tomorrow to continue their campaign. The total number of players who have advanced is 306 plus any last minute registrations. The man to catch is Aleksandr Denisov who is the overall chip leader with a monstrous 498,600 chip stack. Play resumes at Level 11, with blinds at 800/1600 and a big blind ante of 1600.

As always PokerNews will be live at Casino Sochi to bring all the latest news from the Main Event from start to finish.

Tags: Aleksandr Denisov Andrey Andreev Ariel Malnik Arsenii Karmatckii Denis Sapozhnikov Ezequiel Waigel Garik Tamasyan Gor Kazaryan Jean Souprayenmestry Jia Tang Konstantin Puchkov Maxim Panyak Mikhail Kovalyuk Sedrak Bagdasaryan Sergey Baburin Timur Azizov Volodymyr Drokin Yang Wang

03-26-2019 02:50 UTC+3

Chip Counts (full)

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Sapozhnikov	207,700 51,700	51,700

Sergey Chaban	163,000 20,000	20,000
Yang Wang	153,300 80,300	80,300
Andrey Andreev	124,300 -8,700	-8,700
Garik Tamasyan	124,300 97,800	97,800
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	123,700 123,700	123,700
Arseniy Karmatskiy	78,100 17,100	17,100
Alexandr Shelukhin	77,800 77,800	77,800
Vladimir Lubyanov	77,300 77,300	77,300
Sergey Petrushevskiy	73,800 29,300	29,300
Irshat Shaykhov	70,500 70,500	70,500
Semen Vlyakh	68,100 100	100
Sergey Baburin	63,700 26,700	26,700
Igor Kuznetsov	63,500
Ezatulla Amani	61,800 42,300	42,300
Konstantin Puchkov	60,800 60,800	60,800
Yunus Tuguz	60,500 60,500	60,500
Nikita Korolev	59,200 -7,800	-7,800
Vladimir Drokin	56,800
Aleksey Opalikhin	49,800 14,800	14,800
Jean Souprayenmestry	49,500 10,500	10,500
Oleg Breshkov	47,900 28,500	28,500
Kirill Egorov	45,400 45,400	45,400
Ilya Raldugin	42,200 42,200	42,200
Denis Lavrov	38,400 38,400	38,400

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03-26-2019 01:17 UTC+3

Day 1c Comes to an End

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Stay tuned for a full recap on the day's action and end of day chip counts, which will follow shortly.

03-26-2019 01:12 UTC+3

Bagdasaryan Doesn't Bag

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With a short stack, Sedrak Bagdasaryan got it all in with and was called by Semen Vlyakh with .

The runout favoured the bigger stack and Bagdasaryan as that was the last hand of the night, Bagdasaryan has until midday tomorrow to decide if he wants to have another shot at the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Semen Vlyakh	68,000
Sedrak Bagdasaryan	Busted

Tags: Sedrak Bagdasaryan Semen Vlyakh

03-26-2019 00:59 UTC+3

Last Five hands of the Night

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There will be five more hands before Day 1c comes to an end.

03-26-2019 00:57 UTC+3

Updated Counts

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Chaban	143,000 143,000	143,000
Andrey Andreev	133,000 101,000	101,000
Maxim Panyak	62,000 -22,000	-22,000
Arseniy Karmatskiy	61,000 7,000	7,000
Ezequiel Waigel	48,500 48,500	48,500
Sergey Petrushevskiy	44,500 3,000	3,000
Sergey Baburin	37,000 -17,000	-17,000
Sedrak Bagdasaryan	16,000 -3,500	-3,500

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

03-26-2019 00:38 UTC+3

Borisov Eliminated by Drokin

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Volodymyr Drokin and Vilorik Borisov were facing a On a flop. Borisov checked and Drokin bet 8,000. Borisov moved all-in and Drokin couldn't call fast enough.