Welcome to the Final Day of the High Roller
84 runners paid the ₽371,000 ($5,725) entry fee to have a shot at winning a slice of the ₽28,518,000 ($439,142) prizepool. Of those, only nine remain and they will return to the felt shortly to play the final table here at Casino Sochi.
Of the finalists, Elvin Sarkarov is leading the way with just over a million in chips (1,049,000). Pete Chen is in second place with 666,000 and Rushad Iskandarov (521,000) starts in third. Team PokerStars Pro Ramon Colillas is also still in contention and will start in eighth place. All nine finalists have guaranteed a payday of at least ₽812,000 ($12,481) but all eyes will be on the top prize of ₽7,840,000 ($120,590).
| Position | Prize (RUB) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ₽7,840,000 | $120,590 |
| 2 | ₽5,579,000 | $85,755 |
| 3 | ₽3,650,500 | $56,112 |
| 4 | ₽2,807,000 | $43,148 |
| 5 | ₽2,222,500 | $34,163 |
| 6 | ₽1,739,500 | $26,738 |
| 7 | ₽1,368,500 | $21,036 |
| 8 | ₽1,071,000 | $16,462 |
| 9 | ₽812,000 | $12,481 |
Yesterday, play paused when the final table was reached and today players start from where they left off, which was Level 17, with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a big blind ante of 10,000. There are still 30 minutes left of this level and as with yesterday, levels will be 60-minutes long. There will be breaks every 2 hours and players will decide whether or not they would like to extend one of those into a dinner break.
Today we play until a winner is crowned and they take home the title, the trophy and the all-important prize money. It all kicks-off at 12:30 pm local time and PokerNews will be here for the duration, with live updates of all the action as it unfolds.
| Seat | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elvin Sarkarov | 1,049,000 | 105 |
| 2 | Pete Chen | 666,000 | 67 |
| 3 | Daniil Kiselev | 137,000 | 14 |
| 4 | Rushad Iskandarov | 521,000 | 52 |
| 5 | Valery Yantsevich | 326,000 | 33 |
| 6 | Sergey Kolyasnikov | 447,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Maksim Bukreev | 496,000 | 50 |
| 8 | Irshat Shaykhov | 409,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Ramon Colillas | 150,000 | 15 |
board connected for Chen, giving him trip queens and it is the end for Kiselev. Eight players remain.
. The turn was the 
and only the case queen could save Shaykhov now. The river was the 
though and he hits the rail in 8th place, while Bukreev is sat third in the counts now after winning that hand.
turn locked it up for Sarkarov, with the 
river irrelevant and we have to say goodbye to Colillas.
and Iskandarov moved further into the lead. The 
and Sarkarov takes a hit to his stack, though he remains slightly ahead of Iskandarov who is close contender for the chip lead now.
flop was safe for the all in player. So too was the 
on the turn. A 
, Sarkarov had a full house and Chen shook his hand saying "nice playing with you" as he got up from the table. Meanwhile, Sarkarov now has a little over half the chips in play with three left.
flop, though Iskandarov had picked up an open-ended straight draw, giving him a few more outs. The 
