2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Pisarenko Doubles Through Kakhmazov

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Seyed Ghavam opened the action with a raise to 11,000 and Nadar Kakhmazov three-bet to 32,500 from one seat over. Maksim Pisarenko four-bet all in for 62,000 and Ghavam quickly folded. Kakhmazov was given some table chat and reluctantly called.

Maksim Pisarenko: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Nadar Kakhmazov: {Q-Hearts}{10-Spades}

Pisarenko had little to worry and saw the board run out {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{8-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Seyed Ghavam ir
Seyed Ghavam
385,000 -11,000
Nadar Kakhmazov ru
Nadar Kakhmazov
WSOP 1X Winner
150,000 -90,000
Maksim Pisarenko ru
Maksim Pisarenko
145,000 64,000

Tags: Maksim PisarenkoNadar Kakhmazov

Mikhail Molchanov Folds Turn

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Mikhail Molchanov opened from under the gun for 10,000 and got one call from Alexandr Minakov in late position who had him covered.

The flop was {4-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and Molchanov continued for 13,000. Minakov called.

The turn was the {6-Clubs} and a check from Molchanov saw a bet of 23,000 from Minakov.

Some deep thought from Molchanov and with everything potentially at stake he folded.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandr Minakov ru
Alexandr Minakov
205,000 20,000
Mikhail Molchanov ru
Mikhail Molchanov
65,000 -25,000

Tags: Alexandr MinakovMikhail Molchanov

Kiselev Gone; Finogenova Not

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Daniil Kiselev was one of the shortest stacks coming back from the break and busted soon after the action resumed.

Mikalai Vaskaboikinau open-shoved from under the gun and flashed {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} to claim the blinds and antes. The very next hand, Olga Finogenova shoved her last 17,000 and Vaskaboinikau called in the big blind.

Olga Finogenova: {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: {J-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}

The board came {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and the last woman in the field doubled two off the money.

Player Chips Progress
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
100,000 -10,000
Olga Finogenova ru
Olga Finogenova
40,000 10,000
Daniil Kiselev ru
Daniil Kiselev
Busted

Tags: Daniil KiselevMikalai VaskaboinikauOlga Finogenova

Moneymaker Doubles Through Troyanovskiy

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker was getting very short. The Team PokerStars pro came back from break with less than 10 big blinds and got his stack in the middle against Vladimir Troyanovskiy.

Moneymaker: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Troyanovsky: {8-Spades}{10-Spades}

Moneymaker instantly hated the spot and stood up from the table, gathering his belongings. Moneymaker stood by as the dealer rolled out a {6-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} board. "I can't believe that held," said Moneymaker as he slid back into his chair and started stacking his new chips.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
420,000 -40,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
90,000 40,000

Tags: Chris MoneymakerVladimir Troyanovskiy

Ignatov Doubles; Prokhorskiy Doesn't

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

After coming back from the break, Jason Wheeler opened to 10,000 and Nikolay Prokhorskiy shoved for 22,500. The action folded back to Wheeler and he called.

Nikolay Prokhorskiy: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Jason Wheeler: {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} and that was it for the Russian.

Over on table four, Anton Gililov raised and called the shove of short stack Pavel Ignatov for 28,000 with {A-Spades}{6-Spades}. Ignatov had the {A-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and the kicker played on a board of {A-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{8-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
500,000 40,000
Anton Gililov ru
Anton Gililov
310,000 -21,500
Pavel Ignatov ru
Pavel Ignatov
62,000 28,000
Nikolay Prokhorskiy ru
Nikolay Prokhorskiy
Busted

Tags: Jason WheelerNikolay ProkhorskiyPavel Ignatov

Chip Counts at the Break

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Daniyar Aubakirov kz
Daniyar Aubakirov
640,000 -26,000
Artsiom Zhadinsky by
Artsiom Zhadinsky
480,000 -5,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
460,000 -23,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
460,000 -15,500
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
WSOP 2X Winner
445,000 -50,000
Seyed Ghavam ir
Seyed Ghavam
396,000 -49,000
Oleg Chebotarev ru
Oleg Chebotarev
375,000 30,000
Artem Savchenko ru
Artem Savchenko
367,000 167,000
Pavel Shirshikov ru
Pavel Shirshikov
360,000 55,000
Anton Gililov ru
Anton Gililov
331,500 14,500
Pavel Kovalenko ru
Pavel Kovalenko
330,000 95,000
Dmitry Chop ua
Dmitry Chop
315,000 90,000
Dmitry Vitkind ru
Dmitry Vitkind
296,500 -103,500
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
281,500 -39,500
Timur Bubnov ru
Timur Bubnov
261,000 -4,000
Mikhail Rudoy ru
Mikhail Rudoy
253,500 -66,500
Dmitry Nikitin ru
Dmitry Nikitin
250,000 10,000
Nadar Kakhmazov ru
Nadar Kakhmazov
WSOP 1X Winner
240,000 85,000
Yehor Filipenko ua
Yehor Filipenko
230,000 30,000
Gaby Livshitz il
Gaby Livshitz
230,000 -8,000
Vahe Martirosyan am
Vahe Martirosyan
222,500 12,500
Mikhail Galitski ru
Mikhail Galitski
220,000
Junya Yamada jp
Junya Yamada
219,500 9,500
Said Butba ru
Said Butba
218,000 -32,000
Vitaliy Li ru
Vitaliy Li
193,000 -17,000

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Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Wheeler Scoops Big Pot to Leave Prokhorskiy Short

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jason_Wheeler_
Jason_Wheeler_

In the last hand before the break, Jason Wheeler opened to 9,000 and was called by Nikolay Prokhorskiy from two seats over and Mikhail Galitski in the big blind. The flop of {J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} was checked to Wheeler and his first barrel worth 13,500 was called by both opponents.

On the {A-Spades} turn, Galitski checked and Wheeler fired a second barrel of 26,000. This time, only Prokhorskiy called and the {5-Diamonds} came on the river. Wheeler made it 68,000 to go and Prokhorskiy had slightly more than that behind. "I don't know man, it might be ICM suicide," Prokhorskiy said half in Russian, half in English.

The call came half a minute later and Wheeler rolled over {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for a full house to claim a big pot several minutes into the break.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
475,500 155,500
Mikhail Galitski ru
Mikhail Galitski
220,000 10,000
Nikolay Prokhorskiy ru
Nikolay Prokhorskiy
20,000 -110,000

Tags: Jason WheelerMikhail GalitskiNikolay Prokhorskiy