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

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

Tags: Andrey Morgun

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
Siarhei Buracheuski by
Siarhei Buracheuski
61,000 -24,000

Tags: Donatas PilinkusSiarhei Buracheuski

Just one Gulyy Left

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Yury Gulyy was left with just 1,000 after he got the stack in against Vsevolod Nikolaev on a flop of {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. Gulyy had a strong hand with {A-Spades}{3-Spades} for trips aces, but Nikolaev held the better kicker in {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}. Neither the {10-Diamonds} turn nor the {9-Hearts} river changed anything and Gulyy busted soon after.

His son Andrey Gulyy has just over the starting stack left and saw Aleksei Istomin bow out from his table.

Player Chips Progress
Vsevolod Nikolaev ru
Vsevolod Nikolaev
36,000 -1,000
Andrey Gulyy ru
Andrey Gulyy
34,000 -18,000
Yury Gulyy ru
Yury Gulyy
Busted
Aleksei Istomin ru
Aleksei Istomin
Busted

Tags: Aleksei IstominAndrey GulyyYury GulyyVsevolod Nikolaev

Huge Pot For Lavrentiy Ni

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Lavrentiy Ni and Mikhail Galitski
Lavrentiy Ni and Mikhail Galitski

Lavrentiy Ni was on the button contesting a big pot with small blind Mikhail Galitski.

There were over 70,000 chips in the middle on the river of a board reading {8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{q-Spades}.

Galitski had moved all in and with 70,000 behind the decision was on Ni for his tournament life. It took a few minutes before he committed his chips.

Galitski showed {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} but Ni had turned a flush with his {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs} to make the river call on a paired board to win a huge pot and put the hurt on Galitski who looked mildly stunned at the result in the last level of play,

Player Chips Progress
Lavrentiy Ni kz
Lavrentiy Ni
195,000 195,000
Mikhail Galitski ru
Mikhail Galitski
50,000 -25,000

Tags: Lavrentiy NiMikhail Galitski

Lomakin Bluffs Off Aces

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Facing a bet of 5,000 on the river of a {6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} board, Sergey Lomakin called for the all-in triangle and slid his remaining chips towards the center. Lomakin only had a little over 15,000 in a pot that looked to have around 20,000 in the middle.

The aggression would be enough as his opponent threw the {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} in the muck, face up. Lomakin quickly tabled {8-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and a chuckle went around the table.

Player Chips Progress
Sergey Lomakin ru
Sergey Lomakin
39,000 7,000

Tags: Sergey Lomakin

Mihalin Needs a Miracle

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

At the end of the previous level, Mihail Mihalin bet a flop of {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} for 7,100. Yurii Zdanovskiy check-raised all in from the button for 22,400 and Mihalin eventually called.

Mihail Mihalin: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}
Yurii Zdanovskiy: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

The {4-Diamonds} turn instantly left Mihalin with no hope to win the pot, making the {5-Diamonds} river a formality. Mihalin was left with 4,000, a mere five big blinds for the last level of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Yurii Zdanovskiy ru
Yurii Zdanovskiy
52,000 52,000
Mihail Mihalin ru
Mihail Mihalin
3,000 3,000

Tags: Mihail MihalinYurii Zdanovskiy

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Lauck Builds Stack

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Jonas Lauck raised to 1,400 and the button as well as Vladimir Volov in the big blind called. The flop fell {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Spades} and the action checked to the button, who bet 1,300. Both Volov and Lauck called before the {10-Spades} turn was checked. Volov bet the {8-Diamonds} river foir 2,500 and Lauck raised to 11,000, forcing a fold from the button.

Volov eventually called and Lauck rolled over {J-Spades}{10-Hearts} for a full house to scoop a pot before the table broke after.

Player Chips Progress
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
WSOP 2X Winner
85,000 10,000
Vladimir Volov ru
Vladimir Volov
57,000 6,000

Tags: Jonas LauckVladimir Volov

Unlucky Exit For Shyngis Satubayev

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Shyngis Satubayev moved all in from early position for 11,500 and it folded to the small blind Vladislav Tonkikh who called. The big blind had a bit of a dwell up but left them to it.

Satubayev had his tournament life on the line with {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} but was in good shape versus the {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} of Tonkikh.

The board ran out an emphatic {5-Spades}{8-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{7-Spades}{q-Spades} and Satubayev was on this way.

Player Chips Progress
Vladislav Tonkikh ru
Vladislav Tonkikh
75,000 20,000
Shyngis Satubayev kz
Shyngis Satubayev
Busted

Tags: Shyngis SatubayevVladislav Tonkikh

Martirosyan Makes Sick Call But Rysev Gets There

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

We arrived at the table with an all-in triangle sitting in front of Konstantin Rysev and action on Vahe Martirosyan. There was about 9,000 in the middle of a {2-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{7-Spades} board and Rysev's all-in was for 15,500. Martirosyan would make the call, putting Rysev at risk.

Rysev: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Martirosyan: {a-Spades}{2-Spades}

Martirosyan had made an outstanding call but Rysev had a ton of outs. The {6-Diamonds} bricked on the turn but a river {j-Spades} gave Rysev a pair of jacks and scored the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantin Rysev ru
Konstantin Rysev
48,000
Vahe Martirosyan am
Vahe Martirosyan
30,000

Tags: Vahe MartirosyanKonstantin Rysev