05-15-2013
The final day of the final event of Season 9 on the European Poker Tour came to an end in spectacular style today.
05-15-2013
Russia's interest in this Super High Roller tournament is over after the elimination of Vladimir Troyanovsky.
Troyanovsky raised from under the gun and the action folded around to Sorel Mizzi in the big blind who shoved. Troyanovsky had 1.
05-15-2013
Sorel Mizzi raised to 120,000 under the gun plus one with and Vladimir Troyanovsky three-bet to 275,000 from his immediate left. Mizzi tanked for quite a while before putting in a four-bet to 415,000.
05-15-2013
Vladimir Troyanovsky is back over two million chips after top pair was good for him on a four-heart board.
He raised to 125,000 on the button and Max Altergott peeled from the big blind to see a flop.
05-15-2013
Vladimir Troyanovsky raised from the button to 125,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier three-bet to 290,000 from the small blind. Troyanovsky called and the flop brought out .
05-15-2013
Scott Seiver has got his stack up to 1.3m after two successful three-bet shoves.
First of all, he three-bet all in with pocket fives after Vladimir Troyanovsky opened to 125,000. The Russian folded.
05-15-2013
Max Altergott raised under the gun plus one to 100,000 and Vladimir Troyanovsky called from the big blind. The flop rolled out and Troyanovsky check-raised from 100,000 to 250,000. Altergott made the call.
05-15-2013
Jason Mercier's stack has suffered the first big dent to his stack after a battle in the blinds with Vladimir Troyanovsky.
The latter raised to 100,000 from the small blind and Mercier peeled to see a flop.
05-15-2013
Vladimir Troyanovsky raised from the cutoff to 105,000 and Scott Seiver moved all in from the big blind for 340,000. Troyanovsky called creating another all-in showdown.
Troyanovsky:
Seiver:
The board ran out and Seiver doubled up.
05-14-2013
Erik Seidel raised under the gun to 48,000 and Vladimir Troyanovsky called from the hijack. The flop brought out and Seidel bet 65,000. Troyanovsky made the call and on the turn the hit.
05-14-2013
Max Altergott has made great early progress to impress the first time he has featured on the TV table.
05-14-2013
Phil Ivey needed fifth place or better to profit in this event after firing three bullets, but he would come up short as Jason Mercier eliminated the nine-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner in 10th place.
05-14-2013
We caught the action when Vladimir Troyanovsky four-bet to 195,000 and Antonio Esfandiari eventually ended up going all in for 708,000. Troyanovsky made the call creating yet another massive pot.
05-14-2013
The only new player that did not play yesterday was Samir Taouint. Taouint bought in late but managed to last quite a while. Erik Seidel just raised under the gun plus one to 32,000 and Vladimir Troyanovsky called to his immediate left.
05-14-2013
Last year Patrik Antonius finished in fourth place for €443,000 but he did not make the money this year. The Finnish high stakes professional was knocked out just after the break by Vladimir Troyanovsky.
05-13-2013
Around 24 hours ago, Steven Silverman was busy beating Tony Gregg on his way to claiming the High Roller title. Today he just lost with pocket aces and was eliminated soon after.
05-13-2013
From under the gun, Vladimir Troyanovsky raised to 7,000. Max Altergott called from the big blind, and then fired 12,000 on the flop. Troyanovsky called to see the land on the turn, then Altergott bet 28,000.
05-13-2013
From the button, Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel raised to 3,000. Dani Stern made the call from the small blind, then Vladimir Troyanovsky reraised to 11,000 from the big blind.
01-07-2013
Vladimir Troyanovsky open-shoved for 485,000 from late position with , and Nick Schulmann snapped it off with in the big blind.
The flop put Troyanovsky in bad shape, and it was all over after the turned.
01-07-2013
Russia's Vladimir Troyanovsky is a veteran of high roller events, and though you might not guess it, he's a hardcore player of World of Warcraft. Needless to say, he's quite the gamer.