Day 1b of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi Main Event
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Welcome to Day 1b of the inaugural PokerStars Championship Sochi Main Event at the spectacular Sochi Casino and Resort.
The Main Event is part of a 12-day festival of poker with a buy-in of RUB 318,000 and a guarantee of RUB 150,000,000.
Cards are in the air at Noon local time as players start with 30,000 chips and play eight 75-minute levels with a dinner break after level six and play due to end around midnight.
Day 1a saw Russia’s Andrei Shkerin top a field of 132 to bag up 144,400 chips for Day 2 while Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker is very much in contention with a stack of 115,300 while 71 players survived.
The majority of the field is once more likely to be packed with some of the best players in Russia with some of the notables expected to put in an appearance include Indian Team PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal, Jason Wheeler, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Maxim Panyak and Alexander Lakhov.
Day 1 level structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75 min | 50 | 100 | |
| 2 | 75 min | 75 | 150 | |
| 3 | 75 min | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 4 | 75 min | 150 | 300 | 50 |
| 5 | 75 min | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 6 | 75 min | 250 | 500 | 75 |
| 7 | 75 min | 300 | 600 | 100 |
| 8 | 75 min | 400 | 800 | 100 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will bring you all the action from the felt so be sure to follow along as the road to a PokerStars Sochi Champion continues.
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and was called by Sergey Kogotkov with 
for two pair. The 
turn improved Panyak to a flush, and the 
river was no scare anymore.
with 10,000 in the middle, the action checked to Sergei Chantcev and he bet 5,000. Beka Iordanishvili called and the third player in the hand folded. The 
turn was checked through and Chantcev also checked the 
river. Iordanishvili bet 7,000.
. Vekshin continued for 9,000 and Solovyev called before both players checked the 
turn.
river, Vekshin moved all in for what appeared to be around 14,500 and Solovyev didn't need to ask for a count, but snap-called with 
for turned quads. Vekshin turned over 
for a full house and headed to the rail.
. Alexander Zubov looked him up with the superior stack and the better hand in 
. The board of 
provided no help and that was it for the PokerStars Team online pro on home soil.
and Grospellier continued for 1,400. Khamidullin called to see the 
