Eine fast rein russische Angelegenheit ist mittlerweile das Main Event der EPT Sochi, denn nach drei Turniertagen sind neben 20 einheimischen Spielern nur noch zwei Israelis und der uruguayische Qualifikant Francisco Benitez dabei.
Ein wenig Abwechslung gab es dann aber doch, denn der bislang Führende Aleksandr Denisov wurde von Danil Bukharin abgelöst, der nun die letzten 23 Spieler in den vierten Turniertag führt.
Bekanntester Spieler im Feld ist mittlerweile Dmitry Yurasov, der nicht nur online sehr erfolgreich ist, sondern 2017 auch schon ein 6-max-Bracelet bei der WSOP errungen hat.
Nach einem starken Tag liegt Yurasov auf Platz 2 im Chipcount und ist damit erster Verfolger von Bukharin.
Umgerechnet knapp €13.000 haben alle Qualifikanten von Tag 4 bereits in der Tasche, doch nun geht es um die Qualifikation für den Finaltisch und die Siegprämie von umgerechnet gut €381.000.
Wie immer könnt ihr das Geschehen im Live-Stream verfolgen, der wegen der Zeitverschiebung bereits um 10:30 Uhr beginnt.
EPT Sochi Main Event, Stand nach Tag 3
| Name | Land | Chips | Tisch | Seat |
| Danil Bukharin | Russland | 2.340.000 | 1 | 4 |
| Dmitry Yurasov | Russland | 1.885.000 | 3 | 2 |
| Vyacheslav Mizun | Russland | 1.800.000 | 2 | 8 |
| Ivan Ruban | Russland | 1.570.000 | 1 | 1 |
| Vanush Mnatsakanyan | Russland | 1.440.000 | 1 | 3 |
| Aleksandr Sheshukov | Russland | 1.380.000 | 1 | 7 |
| Viktor Ustimov | Russland | 1.310.000 | 3 | 3 |
| Maksim Pisarenko | Russland | 1.295.000 | 3 | 7 |
| Francisco Benitez | Uruguay | 1.260.000 | 3 | 4 |
| Mikhail Aleksandrov | Russland | 1.000.000 | 3 | 8 |
| Serafim Kovalevsky | Russland | 925.000 | 2 | 1 |
| Stanislav Shchipalov | Russland | 840.000 | 2 | 3 |
| Sergey Petrushevskiy | Russland | 745.000 | 1 | 2 |
| Aleksey Istomin | Russland | 625.000 | 2 | 6 |
| Uri Gilboa | Israel | 545.000 | 2 | 5 |
| Andrey Malyshev | Russland | 390.000 | 1 | 6 |
| Artem Petrov | Russland | 345.000 | 3 | 5 |
| Aleksandr Denisov | Russland | 305.000 | 1 | 8 |
| Nikita Kuznetsov | Russland | 275.000 | 1 | 5 |
| Zakhar Babaev | Israel | 195.000 | 2 | 7 |
| Nikolay Plastinin | Russland | 195.000 | 3 | 6 |
| Timur Khamidullin | Russland | 45.000 | 2 | 2 |
| Sergey Frizyak | Russland | DNR | 2 | 4 |
Payouts:
| POS | NAME | Land | Preisgeld Rubel | Preisgeld Euro |
| 1 | 27.475.000 | 381.597 | ||
| 2 | 16.737.000 | 232.458 | ||
| 3 | 11.865.000 | 164.792 | ||
| 4 | 8.953.000 | 124.347 | ||
| 5 | 7.091.000 | 98.486 | ||
| 6 | 5.390.000 | 74.861 | ||
| 7 | 3.850.000 | 53.472 | ||
| 8 | 2.625.000 | 36.458 | ||
| 9 | 2.079.770 | 28.886 | ||
| 10 | 1.701.000 | 23.625 | ||
| 11 | 1.701.000 | 23.625 | ||
| 12 | 1.519.000 | 21.097 | ||
| 13 | 1.519.000 | 21.097 | ||
| 14 | 1.372.000 | 19.056 | ||
| 15 | 1.372.000 | 19.056 | ||
| 16 | 1.225.000 | 17.014 | ||
| 17 | 1.225.000 | 17.014 | ||
| 18 | 1.078.000 | 14.972 | ||
| 19 | 1.078.000 | 14.972 | ||
| 20 | 1.078.000 | 14.972 | ||
| 21 | 931.000 | 12.931 | ||
| 22 | 931.000 | 12.931 | ||
| 23 | 931.000 | 12.931 | ||
| 24 | Garri Tevosov | Russia | 785.750 | 10.913 |
| 25 | Said Butba | Russia | 785.750 | 10.913 |
| 26 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 785.750 | 10.913 |
| 27 | Eduard Burd | Israel | 785.750 | 10.913 |
| 28 | Murun Ganzorig | Mongolia | 677.250 | 9.406 |
| 29 | Sergey Druzhinin | Russia | 677.250 | 9.406 |
| 30 | Sergey Chantsev | Russia | 677.250 | 9.406 |
| 31 | Andrey Gurev | Russia | 677.250 | 9.406 |
| 32 | Anatoly Zuev | Russia | 595.000 | 8.264 |
| 33 | Azamat Tyazhgov | Russia | 595.000 | 8.264 |
| 34 | Vitaliy Pankov | Russia | 595.000 | 8.264 |
| 35 | Ivan Govorov | Russia | 595.000 | 8.264 |
| 36 | Ezequiel Waigel | Argentina | 595.000 | 8.264 |
| 37 | Alexsey Kozlov | Russia | 595.000 | 8.264 |
| 38 | Andrey Kotelnikov | Russia | 595.000 | 8.264 |
| 39 | Garik Tamasyan | Armenia | 595.000 | 8.264 |
| 40 | Kirill Egorov | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 41 | Vitaliy Karaivan | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 42 | Rudolf Domin | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 43 | Alexsey Ponomarenko | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 44 | Arsen Grigoryan | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 45 | Dmitriy Belikov | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 46 | Dorian Rios Pavon | Venezuela | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 47 | Vladislav Prtrov | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 48 | Ermek Usenov | Kyrgyzstan | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 49 | Vladimir Demenkov | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 50 | Roman Sokolov | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 51 | Gansukh Badamsed | Mongolia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 52 | Viktor Rizhih | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 53 | Rinat Tulepbergenov | Kazakhstan | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 54 | Nikita Kalinin | Russia | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 55 | Rob Van Der Woude | Netherlands | 523.950 | 7.277 |
| 56 | Andrejs Trofimovs | Latvia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 57 | Dzmitry Sushchanka | Belarus | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 58 | Pavel Polikarpov | Russia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 59 | Ekaterina Shevchenko | Russia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 60 | Vadim Baranov | Russia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 61 | Artem Vezhenkov | Russia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 62 | Keisuke Hikosaka | Japan | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 63 | Vytautas Semaska | Lithuania | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 64 | Romain Berger | France | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 65 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 66 | Aleksandr Lakhov | Russia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 67 | Sergey Melnichuk | Russia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 68 | Anatolii Zyrin | Russia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 69 | Sergey Kolyasnikov | Russia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 70 | Vasiliy Tsapko | Russia | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 71 | Matous Houzvicek | Czech Republic | 458.500 | 6.368 |
| 72 | Arseniy Karmatskiy | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 73 | Andrey Chernokoz | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 74 | Yuriy Guliy | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 75 | Aram Vartevanyan | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 76 | Sergey Konovalov | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 77 | Yoriy Gorohov | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 78 | Robert Faizrakhmanov | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 79 | Ivan Svitlychnyi | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 80 | Alexey Pugachev | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 81 | Bertrand Ciaglo | France | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 82 | Ruslan Mityaev | Ukraine | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 83 | Aleksandr Altynov | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 84 | Evgeniy Smolyakov | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 85 | Illia Korobkin | Ukraine | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 86 | Cyril Morisset | France | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 87 | Mateusz Baclawski | Poland | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 88 | Tianyou Liu | China | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 89 | Igor Grytsak | Ukraine | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 90 | Aleksey Falko | Belarus | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 91 | Karolis Domarkas | Lithuania | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 92 | Igor Kuznetsov | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 93 | Pier Varrelli | Italy | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 94 | Vladimir Lubyanov | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 95 | Sergey Litvinov | Russia | 400.750 | 5.566 |
| 96 | Alexey Avramenko | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 97 | Tatyana Barausova | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 98 | Anton Smirnov | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 99 | Roman Gadzhiev | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 100 | Roman Kozhevnikov | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 101 | Aleksey Opalikhin | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 102 | Laurynas Levinskas | Lithuania | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 103 | Mikhail Shamalov | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 104 | Ilya Raldugin | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 105 | Aleksandr Kopasov | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 106 | Aben Zholgaliev | Kazakhstan | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 107 | Dmitriy Shutenko | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 108 | Nikita Korolev | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 109 | Alexandr Shelukhin | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 110 | Artur Martirosyan | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
| 111 | Sergey Perelygin | Russia | 364.000 | 5.056 |
