2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

?77,000 EPT National
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Sochi

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
9,317,000 RUB
Event Info
Buy-in
77,000 RUB
Entries
721
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000

EPT Sochi National Gets Underway at Midday

Sochi Casino and Resort
Sochi Casino and Resort

PokerStars is back in Russia for the fifth time and the second ever EPT Sochi at Casino Sochi. The festival has a jam-packed schedule full of over 20 events to suit all buy-ins and the EPT National gets things started today.

Last year it was Czech player Matous Houzvicek who bested a field of 439 players to win RUB 7,770,000 ($134,589), his largest live cash ever.

The National has a reputation for large, enthusiastic fields to kick off the European Poker Tour Festival. Here are last year's EPT Nationals:

DateEventEntrantsPrizepool (USD)ChampionFirst Prize
March 2018EPT Sochi439$ 710,727Matous Houzvicek$134,589
April 2018EPT Monte Carlo National1,501$1,778,871Guillaume Diaz$305,444
September 2018EPT Barcelona National4,348$4,797,370Jean-Pierre Fontaine$622,198
December 2018EPT Prague2,486$2,745,054Boris Mondrus$435,705

The 2019 EPT Sochi National has three starting days and unlimited re-entries for RUB 66,000. On Day 1a and 1c the levels are 40 minutes. On Day 1b which gets underway tonight at 7 pm the levels are 30 minutes long.

Each Day 1 will play until 15% of the field remains. Players will have to make Day 2 to finish in the money. The levels are 60 minutes from Day 2 onwards.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as the EPT Sochi festival gets underway, with live reporting of the EPT Main Event and High Roller still to come over the next nine days.

Tags: Arsenii KarmatckiiMatous Houzvicek