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 Live updates from day 1B, level 6 of EPT Kyiv Sports Poker Championship brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young.
Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking right here. Blinds 50-200-400.
7.10pm: Roy routed
Liya Gerasimova just improved her tournament chances while ending those of Frenchman Alain Roy. Roy moved in with aces on a flop of [5d][6c][9c] only to be insta-called by Gerasimova showing [8h][9s]. The [2h] and [jd] changed nothing on the turn and river. Seat open. Gerasimova up to 50,000.
6.55: Big name wins big hand
There are some big names here in Kyiv, and Yakov Nepomnyashchiy must be the biggest of the lot. That's a surname with an incredible 14 letters. Count them.
Well, Yakov (I'll call him by his first name to save the old typing fingers) just won a huge hand. In a three-way all-in he had A-A and was up against K-K and Q-Q.
He had both other players covered, and the J-4-8-10-6 board ensured he took all their chips.
Yakov, from Russia, is now up to around 75,000. I just hope he doesn't take up professional soccer - they'd never get his name on the back of a shirt.
6.45pm: New chip leader!
A new chip leader has emerged from the pack. Step foward Viktor Ivanov, who has shot through the 100,000 barrier.
He picked up some more just now in a confrontation with France's Nicolas Levi. With the board dealt Q-K-Q-8-9, Levi made it 6,000 before Russian Ivanov shoved all-in, covering Levi who had roughly 30,000 behind.
They performed the "If I fold will you show" song and dance before Levi folded his 10-J straight. Ivanov showed pocket kings for the flopped full house. Ivanov is up to 102,000.
6.40pm: That's your Mallot
Dragan Gallic and Andrew Malott are both big stacks at their table and neither are afraid to voice their opinions of each others game. Malott was just suggesting that his opponent played ace-jack badly against his same hand. I doubt Galic cares too much though as he has an 83,000 stack at present.
Malott, who to me looks like a cross between Jean Robert Bellande and Adam Levy, is catching up though. He raised to 1,125 from the button and was called by the small blind before the flop came down [qh][7s][3h]. The small blind led out for 1,500 and Malott called before facing a 6,000 bet on the [3d] turn. it was about 40% of of the small blind's stack and after staring him down Malott put him all in.
The small blind shrugged and called with [Kh][th] for a flush draw. Malott had made a good read with his [qs][8d] and it got better as the [8s] fell on the river to secure him the pot at his opponent's expense who was eliminated. Malott up to 74,000 now.
Posted originally: 2009-08-19 18:22:10
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Posted originally: 2009-08-19 18:22:10
