Maxim Lykov's hopes for a second EPT Main Event title were recently dashed. Back in 2009, the Russian poker player won the EPT 6 Kiev Main Event during the tour's only stop to Ukraine for €330,000.
Konstantin Uspenskiy opened the action from early position before deep stacked Apostolos Bechrakis three-bet and Maxim Lykov declared himself to be all in. Uspenskiy got out of the way and Bechrakis quickly called.
Lykov: ![{8-Clubs}](/img/cards/8c.gif)
![{8-Spades}](/img/cards/8s.gif)
Bechrakis: ![{A-Hearts}](/img/cards/ah.gif)
![{10-Spades}](/img/cards/10s.gif)
Lykov was ahead on the ![{k-Spades}](/img/cards/ks.gif)
![{j-Hearts}](/img/cards/jh.gif)
flop, however, Bechrakis picked up more outs with a queen appearing on the turn or river able to complete a straight. The
on the turn was another safe card for Lykov, however, he was eliminated from the tournament after the
completed the board on the river giving Bechrakis a straight.
Bechrakis was hovering around 2 million chips after the last break, however, lost a hand before this one and just rebounded in this hand back up to 1,750,000.
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Apostolos BechrakisKonstantin UspenskiyMaxim Lykov