On the same table as Andrei Zaichenko and Andrey Gulyy, a big pot just emerged and would see Timofey Vekshin depart under painful circumstances. It started with a raise to 1,100 by Danila Solovyev and he was called by one player before Vekshin three-bet to 6,000 in the small blind. Only Solovyev called and the flop fell . Vekshin continued for 9,000 and Solovyev called before both players checked the turn.
After the 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.
On the three-way flop of 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.
Chantcev was not happy, but he eventually called and was shown for a straight by Iordanishvili as winning hand. So far, all had been going smooth for Chantcev, but this hand took a toll on the stack of the Russian.
Maxim Panyak at the PokerStars Championship Monte-Carlo
After his late session last night with a win and a second place in Side Events, the start of day 1b had been rather bad for Maxim Panyak. However, the Russian just doubled up after getting it in for 20,100 on a flop of .
Panyak had and was called by Sergey Kogotkov with for two pair. The turn improved Panyak to a flush, and the river was no scare anymore.
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.
. 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.
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 
river. Iordanishvili bet 7,000.
for a straight by Iordanishvili as winning hand. So far, all had been going smooth for Chantcev, but this hand took a toll on the stack of the Russian.
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and was called by Sergey Kogotkov with 
turn improved Panyak to a flush, and the 
river was no scare anymore.
