2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi

132,000₽ High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi

Final Results
Winner
Kiryl Radzivonau
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
3,000,000 RUB
Event Info
Buy-in
132,000 RUB
Entries
97
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Vadim Kuvshynov Doubles Up

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

On a flop of {8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} Vadim Kuvshynov moved all in for 14,000 into a pot of around 6,000. A second player in the hand thought before folding, and Alimabay Sultanov threw in a chip to make the call.

Vadim Kuvshynov: {9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Alimaby Sultanov: {k-Hearts}{j-Spades}

The turn was the {7-Clubs} completing the open-ended straight draw of Kuvshynov and the river was the {4-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Vadim Kuvshynov ru
Vadim Kuvshynov
35,000
18,500
18,500
Alimabay Sultanov kz
Alimabay Sultanov
35,000
-21,000
-21,000

New Entries at the Break; Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov Join the Field

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
Liv Boeree in the Main Event
Liv Boeree in the Main Event

Team PokerStars Pros Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov have spent the day exploring the beautiful mountains around the Sochi Casino & Resort and have now taken their seats in the PokerStars Festival Sochi High Roller.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
30,000
30,000
30,000
Nikita Kalinin ru
Nikita Kalinin
30,000
30,000
30,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
30,000

Tags: Liv Boeree

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

Chip Counts at the Break

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Vanush Mnatcakanian ru
Vanush Mnatcakanian
145,000
-5,000
-5,000
Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
124,000
69,000
69,000
Evgeniy Svoev ru
Evgeniy Svoev
105,500
5,500
5,500
Pavel Veksler ua
Pavel Veksler
93,900
18,900
18,900
Ilya Maltsev ru
Ilya Maltsev
92,900
-10,100
-10,100
Timofey Asmolov ru
Timofey Asmolov
91,000
51,000
51,000
Alexandr Gorbachev ru
Alexandr Gorbachev
90,500
13,500
13,500
Denis Timofeev ru
Denis Timofeev
80,000
80,000
80,000
Mikhail Sokolov ru
Mikhail Sokolov
77,000
27,000
27,000
Dmitriy Semenov ru
Dmitriy Semenov
75,200
75,200
75,200
Alexsey Zaragatskiy ru
Alexsey Zaragatskiy
75,000
28,000
28,000
Vladimir Pilyavskiy ua
Vladimir Pilyavskiy
68,700
14,700
14,700
Maksim Bukreev ru
Maksim Bukreev
60,200
60,200
60,200
Aleksandr Tudakov ru
Aleksandr Tudakov
60,000
30,000
30,000
Dmitrii Deviatov ru
Dmitrii Deviatov
59,100
59,100
59,100
Kirill Andreichyk ru
Kirill Andreichyk
56,200
15,200
15,200
Alimabay Sultanov kz
Alimabay Sultanov
56,000
56,000
56,000
Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
55,000
3,000
3,000
Dmitriy Chop ru
Dmitriy Chop
54,000
54,000
54,000
Sergey Petrushevsky ru
Sergey Petrushevsky
50,200
50,200
50,200
Daniil Gavrilov ru
Daniil Gavrilov
48,000
12,000
12,000
Karen Arutyunyan am
Karen Arutyunyan
48,000
48,000
48,000
Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
48,000
48,000
48,000
WPT 1X Winner
Konstantin Morozov ru
Konstantin Morozov
47,600
5,600
5,600
Yunus Tuguz ru
Yunus Tuguz
43,700
26,700
26,700

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Dinner Break

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Sochi Casino and Resort
Sochi Casino and Resort

Players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. When they return the blinds will be 300/600 with an ante of 100.

Full chip counts will be available when they return.

Vanush Mnatcakanian Extends his Chip Lead

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Vanush Mnatcakanian raised to 1,500 from under the gun and got one caller before Petr Bartagov three-bet to 5,200. Mnatcakanian called and the other player folded.

The flop came {9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and Mnatcakanian check-called a bet of 5,000. The turn was the {4-Clubs} and both players checked.

The river was the {a-Spades} and Mnatcakanian bet 15,000. After some thought Bartagov called but slammed his cards face down into the muck when his opponent showed {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Vanush Mnatcakanian ru
Vanush Mnatcakanian
150,000
25,000
25,000
Petr Bartagov ru
Petr Bartagov
13,500
-16,500
-16,500

Big Stacks Approaching the 100k Mark

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The board read {5-Spades}{10-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and there was over 40,000 chips in the middle between Evgeniy Svoev and Mikhail Galitsky.

Galitsky checked to Svoev who bet 30,000 and after some thought Galitsky folded. Svoev now sits on around 100,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Vanush Mnatcakanian ru
Vanush Mnatcakanian
125,000
20,000
20,000
Ilya Maltsev ru
Ilya Maltsev
103,000
32,000
32,000
Evgeniy Svoev ru
Evgeniy Svoev
100,000
48,000
48,000
Valeriy Legchilo ru
Valeriy Legchilo
95,000
68,000
68,000
Mikhail Galitsky ru
Mikhail Galitsky
20,000
-35,000
-35,000

Pedro Cairat Wins with Eight High

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

On a {5-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{q-Spades}{q-Diamonds} river and with 15,000 chips in the pot Dmitrii Kopyl checked from the big blind to Pedro Cairat on the button.

Cairat started to count out a bet, holding 7,250 in his hand before electing to check behind.

Kopyl showed {3-}{4-} for an open-ended straight draw that missed. Cairat showed {8-Clubs}{6-Spades}, also for an open-ended straight draw, but with eight-high he took down the pot.

"Good hand," the Argentinian said to his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Pedro Cairat ar
Pedro Cairat
40,000
19,000
19,000
Dmitrii Kopyl ru
Dmitrii Kopyl
25,000
-13,000
-13,000

Tags: Pedro CairatDmitrii Kopyl

Viacheslav Novoselov Eliminated; Vanush Mnatcakanian Leads

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

On a {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop Viacheslav Novoselov, who had only recently joined the field, moved all in and Vanush Mnatcakanian called.

Viacheslav Novoselov: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Vanush Mnatcakanian: {6-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

The turn was the {5-Spades} and the river the {10-Clubs} giving Mnatcakanian a full house, eliminating Novoselov.

Player Chips Progress
Vanush Mnatcakanian ru
Vanush Mnatcakanian
105,000
28,000
28,000
Viacheslav Novoselov ru
Viacheslav Novoselov
Busted
Ivan Volodko ru
Ivan Volodko
Busted
Sagib Akhmedov ru
Sagib Akhmedov
Busted
Dmitriy Koptev ru
Dmitriy Koptev
Busted