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

Great Flop; Even Better Runout

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

We caught up with the action preflop as the dealer was raking in 3,500 from three players, including Alexey Vlasov. They were issued a {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop and action folded around to the player on the button, who bet 3,700. Vlasov called and the {3-Clubs} fell on the turn.

Both players checked as the {6-Hearts} completed the board on the river. After a moment, Vlasov stacked his chips and slid the small tower into the middle. His opponent asked for a count, which was about 8,500, and eventually made the call.

Vlasov tabled {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for a flopped flush and his opponent mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Alexey Vlasov ru
Alexey Vlasov
40,000

Tags: Alexey Vlasov

River Rescues Rodin

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Grigorii Rodin got the last of his chips in with {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and had been given a spin by a player holding {a-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}.

Rodin was out of his seat as the {3-Spades}{4-Hearts}{8-Hearts} hit the flop and with the {a-Clubs} coming on the turn onl a queen could save him.

The dealer delivered salvation in the shape of the {q-Diamonds} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Grigorii Rodin ru
Grigorii Rodin
14,000

Tags: Grigorii Rodin

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
4,000

Tags: Vladislav TonkikhShyngis Satubayev

Some Fresh Counts Before Dinner

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ramil Boyazitov ru
Ramil Boyazitov
100,000
Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
80,000
11,000
11,000
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
75,000
46,000
46,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
64,000
1,500
1,500
Seyed Ghavam ir
Seyed Ghavam
60,000
-12,000
-12,000
Sergei Chantcev ru
Sergei Chantcev
47,000
8,000
8,000
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
40,000
-15,000
-15,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
18,000
18,000
18,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
17,000
500
500
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
15,000
-19,000
-19,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaDzmitry RabotkinYury Gulyy

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
78,000
11,000
11,000
WPT 1X Winner
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
33,000
19,000
19,000
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
19,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Aditya AgarwalAlexander LakhovBertrand Grospellier

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
31,000
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
52,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Hugo Dos Santos VideiraNatalia Panchenko

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
-32,000

Tags: Vladimir VolovGaby Livshitz

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
90,000
12,000
12,000
WPT 1X Winner
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
Busted

Tags: Aditya AgarwalAlexander Lakhov

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
34,000
Yaniv Peretz lv
Yaniv Peretz
Busted

Tags: Sarkis KarabadzhakyanYaniv Peretz