2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Donatas Pilinkus Binks a Ten

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Siarhei Buracheuski raised from the cutoff and Donatus Pilinkus three-bet from the button to 4,000. Buracheuski called.

The flop was {2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and Buracheuski check-called a bet of 5,000 from his opponent. The turn was the {10-Hearts} and Buracheuski repeated the action for the same amount.

On the river, a perhaps over-eager Pilinkus slid out a bet of 10,000 when the {a-Diamonds} was dealt, and the dealer pushed it back. Buracheuski checked and Pilinkus' bet was allowed to stand.

Buracheuski called but mucked when the Lithuanian qualifier turned over {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a set of tens.

Player Chips Progress
Donatas Pilinkus lt
Donatas Pilinkus
109,000
48,000
48,000
Siarhei Buracheuski by
Siarhei Buracheuski
61,000
-24,000
-24,000

Tags: Donatas PilinkusSiarhei Buracheuski

Andrey Morgun Triples Up

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

With a pot size of about 25,000 already brewing and a board reading {q-Spades}{6-Hearts}{j-Spades}{9-Clubs}, a player in early position slid out a bet of 5,700 and a player in mid-position made the call. Morgun check-shoved from the big blind for about 11,000 and both players called.

The river was the {5-Hearts} and both players checked. Morgun tabled {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} for a flopped two-pair and his opponents mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Andrey Morgun ru
Andrey Morgun
59,000
26,000
26,000

Tags: Andrey Morgun

Grospellier Lets It Go

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

The board on the river was {3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} with around 15,000 chips in the middle.

Dmitrii Makarov bet 7,000 and the action was over to Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who had just over 16,000 behind. He gave Makarov a stare through his shades and then flicked his cards away before returning to his phone.

Player Chips Progress
Dmitrii Makarov ru
Dmitrii Makarov
47,000
30,000
30,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
16,500
-11,500
-11,500

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierDmitrii Makarov

A Selection of Big Stacks

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jason Wheeler has been slowly but surely building a monster stack in the corner of the tournament room, and the biggest pot was a three-bet hand where the American poker pro flopped top pair with {J-Spades}{9-Spades} on {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs}. Wheeler called a continuation bet and spiked the {9-Clubs} turn to improve to trips. His opponent jammed with aces and there was no two-outer on the river.

Below are further assorted big stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
190,000
152,000
152,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Lavrentiy Ni kz
Lavrentiy Ni
185,000
-10,000
-10,000
Sergey Isaev ru
Sergey Isaev
160,000
160,000
160,000
Seyed Ghavam ir
Seyed Ghavam
155,000
10,000
10,000
Sergei Kan uz
Sergei Kan
130,000
50,000
50,000
Donatas Pilinkus lt
Donatas Pilinkus
120,000
11,000
11,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
105,000
60,000
60,000
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
100,000
-20,000
-20,000
WPT 1X Winner
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
100,000
15,000
15,000

Tags: Jason Wheeler

Sorochinskiy Locky Up Double

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

The last level of the night is nearing the end, and Alexey Sorochinskiy just scored a vital double. In a raising war he was all in with the {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and Rustam Kuliev looked him up with ace-nine. The {K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop gave Sorochinskiy a set, and the {6-Diamonds} turn confirmed his double for 21,000 while the meaningless {2-Spades} river completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
Alexey Sorochinskiy ru
Alexey Sorochinskiy
43,000
43,000
43,000
Rustam Kuliev ru
Rustam Kuliev
12,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Alexey SorochinskiyRustam Kuliev

Lakhov Defends Vs Troyanovskiy

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened from early position for 1,200 and Alexander Lakhov defended his big blind.

The flop was {8-Clubs}{5-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and Lakhov check-called a bet of 1,500. The turn card {a-Spades} saw Lakhov check-call 3,000.

They both checked the {3-Clubs} river and Lakhov’s {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} was good which resulted in a long commentary in Russian which didn’t get a response from Troyanovskiy.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
115,000
15,000
15,000
WPT 1X Winner
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
90,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Alexander LakhovVladimir Troyanovskiy

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
180,800
-9,200
-9,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Lavrentiy Ni kz
Lavrentiy Ni
174,800
-10,200
-10,200
Sergey Isaev ru
Sergey Isaev
158,300
-1,700
-1,700
Seyed Ghavam ir
Seyed Ghavam
149,400
-5,600
-5,600
Mikhail Galitski ru
Mikhail Galitski
125,000
75,000
75,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
116,500
26,500
26,500
Sergei Kan uz
Sergei Kan
111,500
-18,500
-18,500
Donatas Pilinkus lt
Donatas Pilinkus
108,900
-11,100
-11,100
Arman Atshemyan am
Arman Atshemyan
105,500
73,500
73,500
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
103,400
-11,600
-11,600
WPT 1X Winner
Dmitry Nikitin ru
Dmitry Nikitin
103,000
25,000
25,000
Said Butba ru
Said Butba
96,800
96,800
96,800
Van Thach Vu ru
Van Thach Vu
92,800
67,800
67,800
Alexander Nekrasov ru
Alexander Nekrasov
92,600
92,600
92,600
Vasily Andrienko ru
Vasily Andrienko
91,900
91,900
91,900
Hazret Nebejev ru
Hazret Nebejev
89,500
25,500
25,500
Daniil Kiselev ru
Daniil Kiselev
89,000
89,000
89,000
Aram Vartevanyan ru
Aram Vartevanyan
87,900
87,900
87,900
Ramil Boyazitov ru
Ramil Boyazitov
87,700
-12,300
-12,300
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
84,700
-20,300
-20,300
Yeow Chung Chong sg
Yeow Chung Chong
82,100
82,100
82,100
Jorg Bohme de
Jorg Bohme
81,800
11,800
11,800
Aliaksei Boika by
Aliaksei Boika
77,800
41,800
41,800
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Aleksandr Denisov ru
Aleksandr Denisov
77,000
2,000
2,000
Yury Zinkevich by
Yury Zinkevich
76,800
76,800
76,800

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