Traditionell wurde die PokerStars European Poker Tour in Sochi mit dem EPT €1.100 National Event begonnen. Am Donnerstag ging es gleich in die Vollen und zwei Starttage standen zur Auswahl. Während der Auftakt-Flight mit 249 Teilnehmern noch sehr gut besucht war, nahmen an Tag 1B lediglich 84 Entries teil. Um den letztjährigen Rekord einzustellen reichte es dennoch, denn für den letzten Starttag 1C haben sich bereits mehr als 107 Spieler registriert, was die alte Rekordmarke von 439 Entries schon vor Registrierungsschluss zum Fallen brachte. Die Turniertische des Sochi Casinos wurden wie zu erwarten war überwiegend von russischen, ukrainischen, lettischen und weißrussischen Pokerfans besetzt. Dazwischen gesellten sich aber immer wieder einige Exoten, die den Weg in die ehemalige Olympiastadt gefunden haben.
Für Tag 2 haben sich bisher 50 Spieler qualifizieren können. Das Ranking wird momentan angeführt von Andrey Lukyanov aus Russland, der an Tag 1A 544.000 Chips einsammeln konnte. Der Lette Yaniv Peretz und der Russe Andrey Chernokoz teilten sich mit 311.500 erreichten Chips den Tagessieg des zweiten Heat. Im Chipcount reichte dies aber lediglich für Platz fünf.
Heute wird das Turnier mit Tag 1C fortgesetzt und am Samstag werden die erfolgreichen Spieler erstmals für Tag 2 zusammengeführt.
EPT €1.100 National Sochi – Tag 1A
Entries: 249
Preispool: Offen
| Player | Chips | |
|---|---|---|
| Andrey Lukyanov |  | 544,000 |
| Valery Yantsevich |  | 401,000 |
| Komil Ruzaev | | 391,000 |
| Tomas Macnamara |  | 386,000 |
| Artur Martirosyan | | 308,000 |
| Bohdan Cherba |  | 306,000 |
| Natalya Yakovleva | | 284,000 |
| Oleg Vasylchenko | | 283,000 |
| Daniil Lukin | | 275,000 |
| Andrey Kaygorodtcev | | 266,000 |
| Evgenii Tsoi | | 250,000 |
| Mikhail Zavoloka | | 246,000 |
| Sergey Bagirov | | 221,000 |
| Boris Yunanov | | 217,000 |
| Dmitriy Belikov | | 212,000 |
| Vartan Manucharyan | | 205,000 |
| Karolis Domarkas |  | 201,000 |
| Fedor Algazin | | 196,000 |
| Sergey Nikiforov | | 181,000 |
| Sergey Kolyasnikov | | 180,000 |
| Oleg Chertnikov |  | 164,000 |
| Roman Iashin | | 150,000 |
| Sergey Kerzhakov | | 150,000 |
| Aleksandr Lazko | | 147,000 |
| Vladimir Roslyakov | | 145,000 |
| Arkadiy Stekolshchikov | | 138,000 |
| Evgeniy Yantsev | | 123,000 |
| Ruslan Mityaev | | 116,000 |
| Viktor Wall |  | 114,000 |
| Arman Atshemyan |  | 101,000 |
| Aleksey Savenkov | | 93,000 |
| Aliaksei Ivanov | | 93,000 |
| Yury Masliankou | | 92,000 |
| Grigoriy Ignatyuk | | 86,000 |
| Demis Vasilov | | 83,000 |
| Nadir Yusupov | | 81,000 |
| Oleg Pavlyuchuk | | 78,000 |
EPT €1.100 National Sochi – Tag 1B
Entries: 84
Preispool: Offen
| Player | Chips | |
|---|---|---|
| Yaniv Peretz | | 311,500 |
| Andrey Chernokoz | | 311,500 |
| Marat Achilov | | 309,500 |
| Aleksandr Denisov | | 287,000 |
| Mikhail Khabarov | | 201,500 |
| Vladislav Naumov | | 191,000 |
| Sergey Petrushevskiy | | 191,000 |
| Dmitry Yurasov | | 175,500 |
| Mikhail Mamonov | | 170,000 |
| Fransisco Benitez De Camilli |  | 156,000 |
| Igor Romanov | | 117,000 |
| Andrey Kryazhev | | 107,500 |
| Petr Bartagov | | 86,000 |
| Sergey Akhmetchanov | 64,500 | |
| Pavel Gavrish | | 56,000 |
| Ivan Volodko | | 52,500 |
| Timur Kurganov | 50,000 | |
| Ruslan Lukash | | 37,000 |
| Igor Shemchuk | | 21,000 |
| Maksim Bukreev | | 9,500 |
| German Sakavichyus | | 8,500 |
| Maksim Zakharenko | 7,500 | |
Der komplette Turnierplan der EPT Sochi
| March 21 – Thursday | |||
| 12:00 | #4 | NL Hold’em – EPT National – 40 Minute Levels – Unlimited Re-Entry – Day 1A | 77.000P |
| 14:00 | #5 | PL Omaha – Single Re-Entry | 18.200P |
| 19:00 | #4 | NL Hold’em – EPT National – 30 Minute Levels – Unlimited Re-Entry – Day 1B | 77.000P |
| 21:00 | #6 | NL Hold’em – EPT National Satellite ‚Win your seat at 100’000 chips‘ – Freezeout | 17.500P |
| March 22 – Friday | |||
| 12:00 | #4 | NL Hold’em – EPT National – 40 Minute Levels – Unlimited Re-Entry – Day 1C | 77.000P |
| 18:00 | #7 | NL Hold’em – Bounty – Single Re-Entry | 18.200P |
| 21:00 | #8 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event Satellite ‚Win your seat at 100’000 chips‘ – Freezeout | 43.440P |
| March 23 – Saturday | |||
| 12:00 | #4 | NL Hold’em – EPT National – 60 Minute Levels – Unlimted Re-Entry – Day 2 | 77.000P |
| 12:00 | #9 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event Satellite ‚Win your seat at 100’000 chips‘ – Unlimited Re-Entry | 21.700P |
| 16:00 | #10 | NL Hold’em – Deep Stack – Unlimited Re-Entry – Day 1 | 18.200P |
| 22:00 | #11 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event Satellite ‚Win your seat at 100’000 chips‘ – Freezeout | 43.400P |
| March 24 – Sunday | |||
| 12:00 | #4 | NL Hold’em – EPT National – 60 Minute Levels – Final Day – Day 3 | 77.000P |
| 12:00 | #13 | PL Omaha – Single Re-Entry | 32.200P |
| March 24 – Sunday | |||
| 12:00 | #12 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event – 60 Minute Levels – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Day 1A | 191.800P |
| 12:30 | #10 | NL Hold’em – Deep Stack – Final Day – Day 2 | 18.200P |
| 16:00 | #14 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event Satellite ‚Win your seat at 100’000 chips‘ – Unlimited Re-Entry | 21.700P |
| 20:00 | #15 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event Satellite ‚Win your seat at 100’000 chips‘ – Unlimited Re-Entry | 21.700P |
| March 25 – Monday | |||
| 12:00 | #12 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event – 60 Minute Levels – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Day 1B | 191.800P |
| 19:00 | #12 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event – 30 Minute Levels – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Day 1C | 191.800P |
| March 26 – Tuesday | |||
| 12:00 | #12 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event – 90 Minute Levels – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Day 2 | 191.800P |
| 16:00 | #16 | NL Hold’em – Single Re-Entry – Day 1 | 70.000P |
| 20:00 | #17 | NL Hold’em – EPT High Roller – Satellite – Unlimited Re-Entry | 42.000P |
| March 27 – Wednesday | |||
| 12:00 | #12 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event – 90 Minute Levels – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Day 3 | 191.800P |
| 12:30 | #16 | NL Hold’em – Single Re-Entry – Final Day – Day 2 | 70.000P |
| 14:00 | #18 | PL Omaha – Single Re-Entry | 32.200P |
| 16:00 | #19 | NL Hold’em – EPT High Roller – Single Re-Entry – Day 1 | 371.000P |
| 18:00 | #20 | NL Hold’em – EPT Cup – Play down to 5% – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Day 1A | 18.200P |
| March 28 – Thursday | |||
| 12:00 | #12 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event – 90 Minute Levels – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Day 4 | 191.800P |
| 12:00 | #20 | NL Hold’em – EPT Cup – Play down to 5% – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Day 1B | 18.200P |
| 14:00 | #19 | NL Hold’em – EPT High Roller – Single Re-Entry – Day 2 | 371.000P |
| 16:00 | #21 | NL Hold’em – Deep Stack – Single Re-Entry – Day 1 | 70.000P |
| 20:00 | #20 | NL Hold’em – EPT Cup – Play down to 5% – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Day 1C | 18.200P |
| March 29 – Friday | |||
| 12:00 | #12 | NL Hold’em – EPT Sochi Main Event – 90 Minute Levels – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Final Day – Day 5 | 191.800P |
| 12:00 | #21 | NL Hold’em – Deep Stack – Single Re-Entry – Final Day – Day 2 | 70.000P |
| 12:30 | #19 | NL Hold’em – EPT High Roller – Day 3 | 371.000P |
| 14:00 | #20 | NL Hold’em – EPT Cup – Play down to 5% – Single Re-Entry Per Flight – Final Day – Day 2 | 18.200P |
| 14:00 | #22 | NL Hold’em – Single Re-Entry | 12.600P |
| 16:00 | #23 | NL Hold’em – Single Re-Entry | 32.200P |
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