2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi

Main Event
Day: 6
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

A New Champion Lingers on Day 6 of the PokerStars Championship Main Event in Sochi

Vladimir Troyanovsky
Vladimir Troyanovsky

A new PokerStars Championship Main Event Champion will be crowned in Sochi, Russia later today. Just six players return to battle for all the glory, the trophy, bragging rights, and maybe a nice sum of RUB 29,100,000 or just over USD 500,000.

Kazakhstani hopeful Lavrentiy Ni will wield the big stack when play resumes at 12:30 p.m. local time inside the gorgeous Sochi Casino and Resort. Though his chip lead of 2,949,000 is only one big blind ahead of Russian player Pavel Shirshikov.

Most notably and likely the odds-on favorite is Russian poker legend Vladimir Troyanovskiy. Troyanovskiy begins play sitting in the fourth position but still has a very playable stack. Fellow countryman Dmitry Vitkind also has an impressive resume and will be looking to climb the counts pretty early.

Seat Assignments for the Final Table

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Seyed GhavamIran2,124,00088
2Vladimir TroyanovskiyRussian Federation1,791,00074
3Pavel ShirshikovRussian Federation2,914,000121
4Dmitry VitkindRussian Federation1,050,00043
5Lavrentiy NiKazakhstan2,949,000122
6Timur BubnovRussian Federation783,00032

Play will resume in Level 23 with about 26 minutes left on the clock. Blinds are currently 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 chip ante. Action can be caught live, on a 30-minute delay kicking off at 1:00 p.m. and will continue until one player has all of the 11,610,000 chips in play. Good luck to all players.

Remaining Payouts PokerStars Championship Sochi Main Event

PlacePrize (RUB)Prize (USD)
129,100,000$514,893
218,450,000$326,453
313,335,000$235,948
410,785,000$190,829
58,535,000$151,017
66,570,000$116,249

Tags: Dmitry VitkindLavrentiy NiPavel ShirshikovPokerStars Championship SochiSeyed GhavamTimur BubnovVladimir Troyanovskiy