Main Event
Day 1b Started
2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi
Buy-in
318,000 RUB
Prize Pool
150,000,000 RUB
Entries
387
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Day 1b of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi Main Event
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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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Day Of the Qualifiers
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air!
With 107 players registered to play the Main Event before the start of play and 131 as “Shuffle up and Deal.” Was announced, the majority have satellited in, looking to turn a few dollars into a big score in roubles.
They are a mixture of PokerStars qualifiers and live satellite winners who have won luxury packages to this spectacular mountain resort.
Players have come from all over the world from as far afield as Japan, Israel and the UK for the first PokerStars Championship Sochi Festival.
First Familiar Faces of Day 1b
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Who Loves It More?
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Maxim Panyak was on the final table of the last PokerStars Championship in Monte-Carlo and eventually finished 4th. The Russian then took down the RUB 3,400,000 first prize (approx. $59,820) after beating an 116-entry field in the RUB 132,000 PokerStars National High Roller trophy here in the Sochi Casino and Resort, Krasnaya Polyana. Panyak also almost scooped another trophy last night and came 2nd in a Hyper Side Event, and was there right at the start when cards got underway for Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Aditya Agarwal Sees Early Flop
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Aditya Agarwal from India is at the tables bright and early and looking focused.
Evgeny Platonov, a Russian PokerStars qualifier, opened the action for 250 from the cut-off and got a stare from Agarwai who then called from the button. The small blind came along as well.
The flop was 
and a continuation bet of 250 from Platonov picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,500 | 30,500 |
|
|
29,700 | -300 |
Aces for Walter
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A pot of 5,100 emerged until the 
and Andreas Walter checked out of the small blind. His sole opponent from under the gun bet 1,975 and Walter called before checking the 
river. The opponent checked behind and Walter turned over 
for aces and fours with a dry "surprise" as additional comment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,500 |
More Players Arrive
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | 31,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Lauck Wins Small Pot Early On
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On a three-way flop of 
, Jonas Lauck checked out of the small blind and Stanislav Prikhodko did so from the big blind. Artem Noritsyn bet 525 from under the gun and Lauck called, Prikhodko folded. The 
turn saw Lauck check-call another bet worth 900 before the 
river was checked.
Lauck showed 
and had the better kicker against Noritsyn's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
28,000 | 28,000 |