Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi
132,000₽ High Roller
Day: 1
Aren Bezhanyan Eliminated by Pedro Cairat
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Aren Bezhanyan limped under the gun and another played raised in middle position. Another called before Pedro Cairat three-bet to 2,800 in the small blind.
Bezhanyan then limp four-bet to 8,000 and Cairat was the only caller.
The flop came 
and both players checked. Cairat checked the 
turn and Bezhanyan bet 10,000. Cairat check-raised all in and Bezhanyan called for his last 18,000.
Pedro Cairat: 
Aren Bezhanyan: 
Cairat had the over-pair, but Bezhanyan had flush outs and could also hit an Ace. The river however was the 
and Bezhanyan was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
60,000 | |
|
|
43,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
33,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
29,000 | |
|
27,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
Busted | |
Assorted Hands
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
On a 
flop one player checked to Nikolay Fal who bet 3,200 and his opponent called. The river was the 
and again the opponent checked to Fal who bet 7,000 which was enough to force his opponent out of the pot.
At another table four players saw a flop of 
. It checked to Sergei Petrushevsky who bet 2,800. Aleksandr Tudakov and another player both called and the two checked to Petrushevsky when the turn came 
. Petrushevsky bet 6,400 and Tudakov was the only caller.
The river was the 
and both players checked. Tudakov turned over 
for a pair of Aces and Petrushevsky mucked.
Meanwhile, Roman Gadzhiev became the latest player to bust the PokerStars Festival Sochi High Roller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
Busted |
Vanush Mnatcakanian Soars into Chip Lead
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
On a 
turn, and with 30,000 in the pot already Vanush Mnatcakanian open-shoved for 26,100. With another player behind him Petr Bartagov took his time and the clock was eventually called on him.
As the floor were heading over to the table he himself moved all in and Mikhail Sokolov, the third player in the hand, open-mucked 
on the table.
Vanush Mnatcakanian: 
Petr Bartagov:
The river was the and Mnatcakanian doubled up and his stack now is around 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
27,000
-13,500
|
-13,500 |
|
4,500
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Updated Chip Counts; Konstantin Puchkov Doing Well
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
39,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
34,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
30,500 | |
|
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
26,000 | |
|
25,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
12,000 | |
Dmitriy Koptev Stays Alive...Just
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Dmitriy Koptev was already all-in, on a flop of 
, with a sidepot building between Karen Harutyunyan and Artem Kresyak.
Harutyunyan checked to Kresyak who bet 3,800 from a stack of 20,000. Harutyunyan then check-raised all in for 24,000 and Kresyak folded.
Dmitriy Koptev: 
Karen Harutyunyan: 
Both players held flush draws and the turn came the . The river was the giving Koptev a pair and doubling his small stack up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | |
|
|
17,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
4,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
Big Stacks
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
77,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
60,000 | |
|
|
60,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
52,000 |
Big Shove from Kirill Kuzmenkov
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Mikhail Sokolov min-raised from under the gun and picked up one caller. It folded to Kirill Kuzmenkov who then cold three-bet ripped it for 22,000 (110 BB). Sokolov called and the third player in the hand folded.
Mikhail Sokolov: 
Kirill Kuzmenkov: 
The flop came 
with no help to Kuzmenkov. Sokolov was made to sweat, however, when the turn came the 
. The river was the 
giving Kuzmenkov a pair but it wasn't enough to beat the Aces of Sokolov who eliminated his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
Busted |