€5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event Day 4 | 2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

08-22-2009 21:49 UTC+2

Break Dance

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The clock has been paused while the remaining nine players take ten. We'll be back shortly for what could be the final level of the evening.

08-22-2009 21:45 UTC+2

Schaap Can't Be Bought

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Ad Schaap opened the pot with an early-position raise to 50,000. A few seats over, Max Lykov three-bet it up to 115,000, and the table folded back around to the original raiser. After a shrug of the shoulders, Schaap moved all in for just over 500,000, and Lykov opted to let his hand go, sending a nice chip-up to the Dutchman.

08-22-2009 21:32 UTC+2

Holding Steady

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After that flurry of action earlier, we've seen play tighten up considerably over the last half-hour, with few hands reaching a flop, and those that have generally ending with a single post-flop continuation bet.

Both Vadim Markushevski and Maxim Lykov continue to sit atop the leaderboard with about 2 million, while Michael Meyburg and Lucasz Plichta are still the short stacks, each hovering around 300,000.

We've been nine-handed for nearly two hours now.

08-22-2009 21:23 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Vadim Markushevski -- 1.989 million
Maxim Lykov -- 1.934 million
Torsten Tent -- 1.428 million
Alexander Dovzhenko -- 1.289 million
Adrian Schaap -- 564,000
Arthur Simonyan -- 564,000
Vitaly Tolokonnikov -- 493,000
Michael Meyburg -- 312,000
Lucasz Plichta -- 259,000

08-22-2009 21:10 UTC+2

No Shortage of Action

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We pick up a heads-up confrontation on a flop that showed {A-Spades}

. Action was on Torsten Tent, and he led out with a bet of 70,000. His lone opponent, Alexander Dovzhenko, put in the call to see the turn card bring the {10-Hearts}

. Tent began stacking chips again, and he stuck out another healthy bet of 220,000. After a quick pause, Dovzhenko announced, "All in," and Tent immediately called for his own tournament life!

Showdown
Tent: {K-Diamonds}

Dovzhenko: {7-Clubs}

Dovzhenko had flopped bottom set, but the turn card gave Tent the nuts for the time being with the Broadway straight. He would need to dodge a board pair to stay alive, and the {8-Spades}

that filled out the board was a safe card for him. That earns him a monster double up to 1,428,000, leapfrogging over Dovzhenko who has fallen to 1,289,000 now.

Tags: Alexander Dovzhenko Torsten Tent

08-22-2009 21:02 UTC+2

A Very Brief Moment of Excitement

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Alexander Dovzhenko raised to 50,000 to open the pot, and Vitaly Tolokonnikov moved all in for 475,000. When the action came back to Dovzhenko, he thought it over for just a minute before putting in the call, Tolokonnikov's tournament life now at risk.

There were a few grumbles from the spectators as both players showed down the same hand, Dovzhenko's {A-Diamonds}

to Tolokonnikov's {A-Hearts}

. The flop brought {2-Hearts}

and the promise of a chop as both players take their money back plus a few thousand extra.

08-22-2009 20:56 UTC+2

EPT Live Backstage Pass

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If you've been following along with the EPT Live broadcast, you're no doubt fully engaged in this stretch run of Day 4. True poker fans have to appreciate the ability to see a full day of poker from start to finish without all the flashy editing and overkill editing that we're used to seeing on major television networks. If you've wondered what kind of preparation and effort goes into producing a day-long live poker telecast, check out Gloria's tour of the EPT Live studio:

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

08-22-2009 20:35 UTC+2

Straight Ahead for Lykov

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Maxim Lykov opened with a raise from late position and got a couple of callers, including Vadim Markushevski, creating a total pot of 178,000. The flop came {9-Spades}

. It checked to Lykov who continued for 88,000, and only Markushevski called.

The turn brought the {5-Spades}

and both players checked. The river was the {8-Spades}

-- a third spade, and pairing the board, too. Markushevski bet 200,000, and Lykov quickly called.

Markushevski showed a pair of tens, but was beat by Lykov's 7-6 which made him a straight. That one moves Lykov back up to 1.95 million, just ahead of Markushevski who drops to a little more than 1.9 million.

08-22-2009 20:20 UTC+2

Speaking of Simonyan

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Max Lykov opened the action with a raise to 40,000, and the betting folded around to the blinds. In the small, Arthur Simonyan made the call, only to see big blind Torsten Tent move all in for more than 1,000,000! Lykov quickly folded with a chuckle, but Simonyan would think it over and eventually call all in for his last 263,000, his tournament now in immediate danger.

Showdown
Simonyan: {J-Diamonds}

Tent:

The flop took away half of Tent's outs as it came {A-Diamonds}

. Tent was looking for only the eight of spades to earn the knockout, but he wouldn't find it as the turn and river fell {Q-Hearts}

and

respectively. Simonyan holds to tally his second double up at this nine-handed table, the latest of those vaulting him up to 664,000 and back into contention.

He's now right on the heels of Torsten Tent who sits just on the high side of 700,000 in chips.

Tags: Artuhr Simonyan Torsten Tent