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

Four Doubles

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

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau defended his big blind and check-shoved the {K-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop for 45,500 with the {K-Spades}{J-Spades}. Aram Vartevanyan called with {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and the {4-Spades} turn and {3-Clubs} river let Vaskaboinikau double.

Olga Finogenova doubled for 18,000 with {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} against the {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} of Pavel Shirshikov thanks to a board {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and next it was Dmitry Nikitin on the same table to also double.

Konstantin Bugaev raised to 12,000 and Maxim Lykov called. Nikitin shoved for 85,000 and Bugaev reshoved to force a fold from Lykov.

Konstantin Bugaev: {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Dmitry Nikitin: {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}

The board came {Q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and Nikitin rivered the best hand.

Last but not least, Ulrich Jungen three-bet shoved with {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and picked up a call by Jason Wheeler with {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}. The Swiss doubled on a board of {A-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
490,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dmitry Nikitin ru
Dmitry Nikitin
190,000
90,000
90,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
130,000
30,000
30,000
Ulrich Jungen ch
Ulrich Jungen
105,000
47,000
47,000
Konstantin Bugaev ru
Konstantin Bugaev
100,000
-78,000
-78,000
Olga Finogenova ru
Olga Finogenova
40,000

Tags: Aram VartevanyanDmitry NikitinJason WheelerKonstantin BugaevMaxim LykovMikalai VaskaboinikauOlga FinogenovaPavel ShirshikovUlrich Jungen

Lipkin Saved By the River

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

Oleg Lipkin moved all-in from under-the-gun, called by Alexandr Minakov in the cutoff seat.

Minakov: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Lipkin: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The flop came {10-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Lipkin stood up, gathering his belongings. The {6-Hearts} fell on the turn, giving Lipkin additional outs, needing a king or any heart. The {q-Hearts} was a dream card, giving Lipkin a flush and securing his double up.

Player Chips Progress
Oleg Lipkin ru
Oleg Lipkin
175,000
75,000
75,000
Alexandr Minakov ru
Alexandr Minakov
95,000
-110,000
-110,000

Tags: Alexandr MinakovOleg Lipkin

Molchanov Melted Away

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

Out of the small blind, Anton Gililov limped in and Mikhail Molchanov moved all in for 64,500. Gililov engaged in some table chat with his opponent and ultimately called.

Anton Gililov: {K-Spades}{J-Hearts}
Mikhail Molchanov: {Q-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The board of {J-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} left Molchanov empty-handed as neither player had a club in his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Gililov ru
Anton Gililov
440,000
130,000
130,000
Mikhail Molchanov ru
Mikhail Molchanov
Busted

Tags: Anton GililovMikhail Molchanov

Bugaev Bests Lykov

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

Konstantin Bugaev min-raised to 10,000 and Maxim Lykov moved all in from the button to put ultimate pressure on both players in the blinds and Bugaev. It folded back to Bugaev and he called all in for 83,000.

Konstantin Bugaev: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}
Maxim Lykov: {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}

Bugaev had lost the previous all in against ace-jack, as a jack hit the river. This time, the better hand preflop prevailed as the board came {9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
235,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Konstantin Bugaev ru
Konstantin Bugaev
175,000
75,000
75,000

Tags: Konstantin BugaevMaxim Lykov

Shkerin Misses Draw and Busts to Wheeler

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

Jason Wheeler opened to 11,000 and Day 1a chip leader Andrei Skherin called in the small blind, Dmitry Nikitin defended the big blind. The flop came {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and the action checked to Wheeler, who continued for 16,500. Only Shkerin called and checked again the {K-Spades} turn with some 30,000 behind. Wheeler bet 60,000 and Shkerin called all in.

Jason Wheeler: {K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Andrei Shkerin: {Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The {A-Clubs} river failed to improve Shkerin and he was eliminated in 47th place.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
561,000
71,000
71,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dmitry Nikitin ru
Dmitry Nikitin
180,000
-10,000
-10,000
Andrei Shkerin ru
Andrei Shkerin
Busted

Tags: Andrei ShkerinDmitry NikitinJason Wheeler

Alexey Nikolenko Eliminated by Alexander Lakhov

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

Alexey Nikolenko moved all in from early position for his last 45,500. It looked like it was going to get through before Alexander Lakhov called in the big blind.

Lakhov showed {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} and was dominatingly ahead of Nikolenko's {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{k-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and Nikolenko was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
500,000
394,000
394,000
WPT 1X Winner
Alexey Nikolenko ru
Alexey Nikolenko
Busted

Tags: Alexander LakhovAlexey Nikolenko

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Chip Counts at the Break (full)

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Daniyar Aubakirov kz
Daniyar Aubakirov
1,000,000
30,000
30,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
680,000
260,000
260,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
561,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
501,000
1,000
1,000
WPT 1X Winner
Pavel Shirshikov ru
Pavel Shirshikov
470,000
-40,000
-40,000
Anton Gililov ru
Anton Gililov
430,000
-10,000
-10,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
430,000
Oleg Chebotarev ru
Oleg Chebotarev
425,000
50,000
50,000
Dmitry Vitkind ru
Dmitry Vitkind
408,000
111,500
111,500
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
401,000
-119,000
-119,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Seyed Ghavam ir
Seyed Ghavam
400,000
15,000
15,000
Dmitry Chop ua
Dmitry Chop
400,000
85,000
85,000
Mikhail Rudoy ru
Mikhail Rudoy
394,000
104,000
104,000
Artsiom Zhadinsky by
Artsiom Zhadinsky
369,000
-71,000
-71,000
Nadar Kakhmazov ru
Nadar Kakhmazov
330,000
180,000
180,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Timur Bubnov ru
Timur Bubnov
316,000
55,000
55,000
Artem Savchenko ru
Artem Savchenko
310,000
-57,000
-57,000
Junya Yamada jp
Junya Yamada
307,000
87,500
87,500
Gaby Livshitz il
Gaby Livshitz
220,000
-10,000
-10,000
Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
220,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Oleg Lipkin ru
Oleg Lipkin
180,000
5,000
5,000
Konstantin Bugaev ru
Konstantin Bugaev
180,000
5,000
5,000
Yurii Zdanovskyi ua
Yurii Zdanovskyi
170,000
36,500
36,500
Said Butba ru
Said Butba
168,000
-50,000
-50,000
Vahe Martirosyan am
Vahe Martirosyan
160,000
-62,500
-62,500

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Vahe Martirosyan Eliminated

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Vahe Martirosyan
Vahe Martirosyan

Vahe Martirosyan started Day 2 with less than eight big blinds and spiked a lucky triple up early for less than five big blinds yesterday. He made it into the money and was just eliminated in 45th place.

Anton Gililov raised from early position and Martirosyan as well as Dmitry Chop in the small blind called. On the {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop, Chop checked and Gililov bet 44,000. Martirosyan announced a raise for most of his chips and Chop folded, Gililov moved all in and was called by Martirosyan.

Anton Gililov: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Vahe Martirosyan: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The {7-Clubs} turn and {5-Hearts} river were both blanks and that was it for Martirosyan.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Gililov ru
Anton Gililov
595,000
165,000
165,000
Dmitry Chop ua
Dmitry Chop
400,000
Vahe Martirosyan am
Vahe Martirosyan
Busted

Tags: Anton GililovDmitry ChopVahe Martirosyan