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

Seyed Ghavam vs Dimitrii Naumov

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The player under the gun raised to 1,300 from under the gun and Seyed Ghavam three-bet to 3,125 from the button. Dimitrii Naumov called in the small blind, as did the initial raiser.

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and all three players checked. The turn was the {a-Spades} and it checked to Ghavam who bet 5,525. Naumov called and the third player in the hand folded.

The river was the {9-Hearts} and Naumov checked to Ghavam who bet 6,500. Naumov then check-raised his Iranian opponent to 18,900.

After some thought, Ghavam called. Naumov showed {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} but Ghavam had found the call with just top pair {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} and took down a healthy pot.

Player Chips Progress
Seyed Ghavam ir
Seyed Ghavam
85,000 25,000
Dimitrii Naumov ru
Dimitrii Naumov
25,000 25,000

Tags: Dimitrii NaumovSeyed Ghavam

Yury Gulyy Eliminates Egor Bulychev

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

We didn't see how the money went in, but Egor Bulychev was all in and ahead of his opponent Yury Gulyy. Bulychev held {j-}{j-} while Gulyy held {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

The flop came {6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{8-Hearts} with no help for Gulyy. The turn was the {5-Hearts} giving him a flush draw, and the river {3-Hearts} completed the flush draw, ensuring that Gulyy eliminated his opponent shortly before the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Gulyy ru
Yury Gulyy
43,000 27,000
Egor Bulychev ru
Egor Bulychev
Busted

Karabadzhakyan Flushes Peretz

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Joining the action on the {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop, Sarkis Karabadzhakyan checked out of the big blind and Yaniv Peretz bet 1,500. Karabadzhakyan check-raised to 4,000 and Peretz moved all in for what appeared to be 25,000. A quick call followed and Peretz had plenty of outs to dodge.

Yaniv Peretz: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}
Sarkis Karabadzhakyan: {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

While the {9-Spades} turn didn't change much yet, the {3-Hearts} fell on the river and completed a flush for Karabadzhakyan. The Russian jumped up to celebrate and soon after apologized to Peretz before stacking the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Sarkis Karabadzhakyan ru
Sarkis Karabadzhakyan
99,000 34,000
Yaniv Peretz lv
Yaniv Peretz
Busted

Tags: Sarkis KarabadzhakyanYaniv Peretz

PokerStars Team Pro Aditya Agarwal Eliminated

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Aditya Agarwal Eliminated
Aditya Agarwal Eliminated

We didn't see the hand, but PokerStars Team Pro Aditya Agarwal has been eliminated from the PokerStars Championship Main Event here at the Sochi Casino & Resort.

According to Twitter he ran pocket Kings into pocket jacks and was eliminated shortly before the scheduled dinner break.

Alexander Lakhov, who had tangled with Agarwal not long ago, confirmed that it was him that three-bet out of the big blind and called the four-bet shove for 17,000 with jacks and spiked a set on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
WPT 1X Winner
90,000 12,000
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
Busted

Tags: Aditya AgarwalAlexander Lakhov

Volov Doubles Through Livshitz

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

A raising war broke out between Gaby Livshitz and Vladimir Volov, and the latter had already clicked it up to 3,000. Livshitz reraised to 6,500 and Volov squeezed to 15,000. Livshitz took half a minute of consideration and moved all in with the words "if you have it, you have it," and the snap-call by Volov followed in a matter of seconds.

Vladimir Volov: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}
Gaby Livshitz: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}

Volov had little to fear on a board of {J-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Hearts}{4-Spades}{7-Clubs} and doubled for 24,275, almost halving the stack of Livshitz.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Volov ru
Vladimir Volov
51,000
Gaby Livshitz il
Gaby Livshitz
28,000 -32,000

Tags: Vladimir VolovGaby Livshitz

Natalia Panchenko Flops Quads

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Natalia Panchenko
Natalia Panchenko

Maksim Tiurin opened to 1,200 and picked up a call from small blind Natalia Panchenko before Hugo Dos Santos Videira asked to see how much Tiurin was playing. It was just over 15,000 and Videira min-raised to 2,400. Both Tiurin and Panchenko called.

The flop was {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and all three players checked.

The turn was the {j-Hearts} and a check from Panchenko saw Videira bet 2,850. Tiurin folded but Panchenko called.

The river was the {5-Spades} and a check from Panchenko saw Videira check behind.

Panchenko turned over {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and Videira couldn’t beat those quad Tens.

Player Chips Progress
Hugo Dos Santos Videira pt
Hugo Dos Santos Videira
55,000 31,000
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
52,000 12,000

Tags: Hugo Dos Santos VideiraNatalia Panchenko

Lakhov Looks Up Agarwal

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Aditya Agarwal Loses Chunks Against Alexander Lakhov
Aditya Agarwal Loses Chunks Against Alexander Lakhov

While Bertrand Grospellier managed to spike a double, Aditya Agarwal lost half his stack in a three-barrel bluff against Alexander Lakhov. After a limp, Agarwal raised to 1,800 in the hijack and Lakhov called in the small blind, the limper also called.

On the {9-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop, Lakhov checked and called a bet worth 2,200 by Agarwal while the preflop limper got out of the way. The {K-Clubs} turn saw Lakhov check-call a second barrel worth 3,600 before checking the {4-Diamonds} river. Agarwal bet 13,000 and Lakhov snap-called to see the PokerStars Team Pro roll over {A-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}. Lakhov showed {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} for the better kicker and claimed a decent pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
WPT 1X Winner
78,000 11,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
33,000 19,000
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
19,000 -20,000

Tags: Aditya AgarwalAlexander LakhovBertrand Grospellier

Rabotkin Takes One Down

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Dzmitry Rabotkin raised to 1,200 and was called by Aliaksei Boika, Yury Gulyy in the small blind and the big blind. The flop fell {8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades} and the action checked to Rabotkin, who continued for 2,100. While Boika bowed out, both players in the blinds called. The {10-Clubs} turn brought no action, and Rabotkin bet the {2-Spades} river for 6,000 after it was checked to him.

Gulyy folded to drop down to half the starting stack, and the big blind also let go.

Player Chips Progress
Dzmitry Rabotkin by
Dzmitry Rabotkin
46,000 46,000
Aliaksei Boika by
Aliaksei Boika
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
36,000 -14,000
Yury Gulyy ru
Yury Gulyy
16,000 -8,500

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaDzmitry RabotkinYury Gulyy

Vladislav Tonkikh Fills Up

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

On a {5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop two players checked to WPT Amsterdam final tablist Shyngis Satubayev who bet 3,200. Vladislav Tonkikh called and the other player in the hand folded.

The turn was the {6-Spades} and Tonkikh checked to his Kazakh opponent who bet 5,800. Tonkikh called.

Both players checked the {4-Spades} river and Tonkikh turned over {2-Clubs}{2-Spades}. Satubayev craned his neck to see his opponent's full house, before mucking.

Player Chips Progress
Vladislav Tonkikh ru
Vladislav Tonkikh
55,000
Shyngis Satubayev kz
Shyngis Satubayev
30,000 4,000

Tags: Vladislav TonkikhShyngis Satubayev