2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
21,900,000 RUB
Event Info
Buy-in
318,000 RUB
Prize Pool
150,000,000 RUB
Entries
387
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Majewski Takes a Bite out of the Chip Leader

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Michal Majewski just took a chunk out of Daniyar Aubakirov's stack.

With a complete board reading {7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}, Majewski led out with a bet of 5,000 and Aubakirov raised to just over 13,000. Majewski took a moment before making the call. Aubakirov tabled {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Majewski showed {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for a rivered flush and was pushed the sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Daniyar Aubakirov kz
Daniyar Aubakirov
102,000 -23,000
Michal Majewski pl
Michal Majewski
72,000 18,200

Tags: Daniyar AubakirovMichal Majewski

Kim Spikes a Lucky Double

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Sergey Trenin raised to 1,100 and the action folded over to Vadim Kim, who moved in for his last 5,200. Once the action folded back to Trenin and he looked around if any other player was in the hand, then called in a heartbeat.

Sergey Trenin: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Vadim Kim: {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs}

The {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop gave Kim trips jacks, and he only had to fear the case king in the deck all of a sudden. Neither the {Q-Spades} turn nor the {8-Clubs} river provided just that and Kim doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Vadim Kim kz
Vadim Kim
11,500 3,500

Tags: Sergey TreninVadim Kim

Ramos the Aces Magnet

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Felipe Ramos raised to 1,200 and Igor Arekin in the cutoff as well as Vyacheslav Bondartsev in the big blind called. On the {10-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop, the action checked to Ramos and he continued for 1,600. Arekin folded and Bondartsev called before checking the {K-Spades} turn. Ramos now made it 5,000 to go and picked up a call.

The {J-Spades} river slowed down both players and they checked. Bondartsev showed {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and that ended up second-best to the {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} of Ramos. Fellow PokerStars Team Pro Chris Moneymaker asked from one seat over "how do you get aces so much?" and Ramos grinned back with an "I am a magnet" on his lips.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
64,000 11,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
40,000 -3,000

Tags: Chris MoneymakerFelipe RamosIgor ArekinVyacheslav Bondartsev

Arutun Saakyn Eliminated by Mikhail Korotkikh

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Mikhail Korotkikh limped from early position, as did the player in the hijack. The cutoff then raised to 2,500 before Arutun Saakyn three-bet all in for 17,125.

Korotkikh then moved all in himself for 24,325. The other two players folded.

Saakyn showed {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Korotkikh nonchalantly waved his hand as he turned over {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}.

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{9-Spades} and Saakyn was eliminated. Meanwhile, the inquiry from the players in the hijack and cutoff continued, with both saying that they would have won the hand and eliminated two players.

Player Chips Progress
Mikhail Korotkikh ru
Mikhail Korotkikh
44,000 11,000
Arutun Saakyn ru
Arutun Saakyn
Busted

Tags: Arutun SaakynMikhail Korotkikh

Cautious Queens For Andrey Sakolishch

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Andrey Sakolishch opened the action and called a raise from Vyacheslav Bondartsev in the blinds.

The flop was {6-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Spades} and both players checked.

The turn card was the {3-Hearts} and Bondartsev led out for 5,500. Sakolishch called.

The river was the {5-Spades} and Bondartsev though for a bit before he and Sakolishch checked it.

Bondartsev nodded and showed his {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. Sakolishch showed {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Andrey Sakolishch ru
Andrey Sakolishch
63,000 19,000
Vyacheslav Bondartsev kz
Vyacheslav Bondartsev
26,000 -8,000

Tags: Andrey Sakolishch

Moneymaker Slides, Bychkov Benefits

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

On a {10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} board, Chris Moneymaker and Oleg Bychkov were engaged in a pot worth about 6,000. Bychkov bet 2,000 and Moneymaker called. The {4-Diamonds} came on the turn and both players checked to the {6-Spades} on the river.

Bychkov fired out a bet of 9,000 and after a brief moment, Moneymaker called. Bychkov tabled {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Moneymaker mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
43,000 3,000
Oleg Bychkov ru
Oleg Bychkov
37,000 24,000

Tags: Chris MoneymakerOleg Bychkov

Aleksanyan and Yurasov Clash

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Dmitry Yurasov
Dmitry Yurasov

Gevorg Aleksanyan raised to 1,100 on the button and Dmitry Yurasov in the small blind three-bet to 3,700. Aleksanyan four-bet to 10,500 and Yurasov called, then checked the {Q-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop. Aleksanyan continued for 5,000 and was called.

The {8-Diamonds} turn went check, check, and Aleksanyan took another stab at the pot when Yurasov checked the {K-Diamonds} river. He bet 7,000 and Yurasov eventually called to see his opponent turn over {A-Spades}{3-Spades} for a bluff. Yurasov had that beat with {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and claimed the pot, their table broke right after the hand was over.

Player Chips Progress
Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
WSOP 2X Winner
76,000 16,000
Gevorg Aleksanyan ru
Gevorg Aleksanyan
38,000 -30,000

Tags: Dmitry YurasovGevorg Aleksanyan

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Signaevsky Builds Stack

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

On the three-way turn showing {9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}, Alexandr Prysev and Timur Bubnov checked out of the blinds and Igor Signaevsky bet 4,000 into a pot of 7,500. Only Prysev called and checked the {2-Diamonds} river once again. Signaevsky checked behind and was shown [Qc8cx] for a busted gutshot by Prysev, raking in the pot with {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} for a set of nines.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Signaevsky ru
Igor Signaevsky
60,000 60,000
Alexandr Prysev ru
Alexandr Prysev
53,000 53,000

Tags: Alexandr PrysevIgor SignaevskyTimur Bubnov