Bevor das Main Event der PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Open in Sochi beginnt, stand gestern das RUB 257.600 High Roller Event auf dem Programm. Viktor Ustimov ist der Chipleader.
Natürlich waren es überwiegend Russen, die unter den 163 Teilnehmern beim High Roller Event waren. Mit 32 Re-Entries kamen RUB 45.522.750 (rund € 550.000) in den Pot, die Top 27 Spieler können sich heute auf Geld freuen. Trotz des russischen Feldes gab es einige bekannte Namen, auch Artur Martirosian (Rang 64), Anatoly Filatov (Rang 23) und Gleb Tremzin (Rang 15) sind unter den verbliebenen 67 Spielern für Tag 2. Den Chiplead hält Viktor Ustimov. Auf den Sieger des High Roller Events warten RUB 10.082.800 (rund € 121.000).
Heute geht es ins Finale beim High Roller Event, das RUB 133.000 EPT Open Sochi Main Event beginnt morgen. Infos gibt es unter pokerstarslive.com.
Chipcounts High Roller:
| Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| Viktor Ustimov | Russia | 470.000 | 6 | 2 |
| Vadim Lipovka | Belarus | 386.000 | 1 | 6 |
| Arseniy Karmatskiy | Russia | 329.000 | 6 | 3 |
| Aleksandr Chernikov | Russia | 322.000 | 1 | 5 |
| Anton Lysakov | Russia | 318.000 | 5 | 7 |
| Alexander Zubov | Russia | 280.000 | 4 | 8 |
| Vladislav Naumov | Russia | 271.000 | 9 | 7 |
| Aleksandr Korobkin | Russia | 267.000 | 5 | 2 |
| Dmitriy Motorov | Russia | 263.000 | 1 | 8 |
| Nikita Kalinin | Russia | 260.000 | 6 | 6 |
| David Tadevosyan | Russia | 210.000 | 8 | 5 |
| Kazi Bayramukov | Russia | 208.000 | 2 | 7 |
| Andrey Andreev | Russia | 207.000 | 5 | 4 |
| Sergey Perelygin | Russia | 198.000 | 2 | 2 |
| Gleb Tremzin | Russia | 189.000 | 1 | 1 |
| Aleksandr Ivanov | Russia | 179.000 | 2 | 3 |
| Ilya Pavlov | Russia | 169.000 | 4 | 6 |
| Emil Ukalaev | Russia | 165.000 | 9 | 8 |
| Artem Sofronov | Russia | 149.000 | 2 | 8 |
| Dmitriy Shubenok | Ukraine | 148.000 | 3 | 6 |
| Pavel Spesivtsev | Russia | 146.000 | 3 | 1 |
| Anvar Muratov | Russia | 145.000 | 8 | 4 |
| Anatoliy Filatov | Russia | 141.000 | 5 | 5 |
| Kirill Agapov | Russia | 137.000 | 6 | 1 |
| Yanis Avanesyan | Armenia | 135.000 | 1 | 4 |
| Arkadiy Stekolshchikov | Russia | 131.000 | 1 | 2 |
| Yuriy Dvornikov | Russia | 126.000 | 6 | 7 |
| Vyacheslav Balaev | Russia | 125.000 | 8 | 6 |
| Aleksey Schavelev | Russia | 124.000 | 8 | 8 |
| Vladimir Shabalin | Russia | 121.000 | 3 | 4 |
| Dmitriy Pokhabov | Russia | 120.000 | 2 | 5 |
| Nikolay Fal | Russia | 114.000 | 2 | 1 |
| Jovan Kenjic | Serbia | 113.000 | 9 | 3 |
| Alexandr Shelukhin | Russia | 111.000 | 5 | 1 |
| Gleb Ershov | Russia | 104.000 | 4 | 5 |
| Sergey Chernykh | Russia | 100.000 | 4 | 2 |
| Evgeniy Cherkasov | Russia | 97.000 | 6 | 5 |
| Kirill Sukhomlinov | Russia | 94.000 | 3 | 5 |
| Aleksandr Pustovoy | Russia | 92.000 | 3 | 7 |
| Rustem Muratov | Russia | 86.000 | 8 | 2 |
| Alexander Cherepov | Russia | 82.000 | 8 | 7 |
| Mikhail Mikheev | Russia | 78.000 | 5 | 6 |
| Mikhail Zamyatin | Russia | 68.000 | 5 | 8 |
| Aleksey Bilyuchenko | Russia | 68.000 | 9 | 6 |
| Yuriy Zakharov | Russia | 65.000 | 8 | 1 |
| Vazgen Avanesian | Russia | 64.000 | 4 | 3 |
| Alisa Sibgatova | Russia | 64.000 | 9 | 5 |
| Francois Najjar | France | 63.000 | 1 | 7 |
| Viyacheslav Manakov | Russia | 59.000 | 6 | 8 |
| Natalia Nikitina | Russia | 55.000 | 3 | 3 |
| Nikolay Nazarov | Russia | 55.000 | 4 | 4 |
| Konstantin Maslak | Russia | 54.000 | 4 | 1 |
| Sergey Ovcharenko | Russia | 50.000 | 5 | 3 |
| Aleksey Timashkov | Russia | 50.000 | 7 | 1 |
| Rinat Lyapin | Russia | 50.000 | 7 | 2 |
| Aleksandr Kinzhalov | Russia | 50.000 | 7 | 3 |
| Aleksandr Denisov | Russia | 50.000 | 7 | 4 |
| Evgeniy Starinkov | Russia | 50.000 | 7 | 5 |
| Liparit Smbatyan | Russia | 50.000 | 7 | 6 |
| Anatoliy Alekseev | Russia | 50.000 | 7 | 7 |
| Alik Zazyan | Russia | 50.000 | 7 | 8 |
| Andrey Nikiforov | Russia | 49.000 | 9 | 4 |
| Siarhei Chudapal | Belarus | 47.000 | 2 | 4 |
| Artur Martirosyan | Russia | 44.000 | 9 | 1 |
| Aleksandr Sannikov | Russia | 39.000 | 3 | 2 |
| Ruslan Nasirov | Russia | 38.000 | 4 | 7 |
| Agharazi Babayev | Azerbaigian | 26.700 | 3 | 8 |
Payouts High Roller:
| POS | NAME | COUNTRY | STATUS | PRIZE |
| 1 | 10.082.800 ₽ | |||
| 2 | 6.805.750 ₽ | |||
| 3 | 4.684.400 ₽ | |||
| 4 | 3.819.200 ₽ | |||
| 5 | 3.045.350 ₽ | |||
| 6 | 2.339.750 ₽ | |||
| 7 | 1.702.400 ₽ | |||
| 8 | 1.233.750 ₽ | |||
| 9 | 1.019.550 ₽ | |||
| 10 | 864.850 ₽ | |||
| 11 | 864.850 ₽ | |||
| 12 | 751.100 ₽ | |||
| 13 | 751.100 ₽ | |||
| 14 | 682.850 ₽ | |||
| 15 | 682.850 ₽ | |||
| 16 | 614.600 ₽ | |||
| 17 | 614.600 ₽ | |||
| 18 | 546.350 ₽ | |||
| 19 | 546.350 ₽ | |||
| 20 | 546.350 ₽ | |||
| 21 | 500.850 ₽ | |||
| 22 | 500.850 ₽ | |||
| 23 | 500.850 ₽ | |||
| 24 | 455.350 ₽ | |||
| 25 | 455.350 ₽ | |||
| 26 | 455.350 ₽ | |||
| 27 | 455.350 ₽ |