2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi

Final Results
Winner
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
7,700,000 RUB
Event Info
Buy-in
66,000 RUB
Prize Pool
30,000,000 RUB
Entries
699
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
25,000

Day 1b 2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi Main Event.

Sochi Casino and Resort
Sochi Casino and Resort

Welcome to Day 1b of the PokerStars Festival Main Event at stunning the Sochi Casino and Resort. Cards are in the air at 12 p.m. today with play scheduled to last twelve 45-minute levels ending around 9:45 p.m.

Yesterday saw 276 entries with 94 players bagging up a stack for Day 2 and it was Sergey Lavrikov who ended the end as chip leader with 286,800 so that is the target to aim at.

Today sees another packed day of poker, as well as Day 1b there is another High Roller Satellite at 4 p.m. The Sochi Poker Cup at 6 p.m. and the last Day 1c of the Main Event at 9:30 p.m.

Friday is also the night of the PokerStars players party where the assembled players have a chance to relax and celebrate together and the 2017 Sochi Players Party is shaping up to be a special one.

The party is being co-hosted by PokerStars and Playboy and will see an appearance from Alekseev, a Ukranian singer who made the semi-final of Ukraine’s "Voice Of The Country” and is a huge star in Russia. His song, “Drunken Sun” topped the charts and has over 30 million views on YouTube.

Coverage of the Main Event is right here from the shuffle and deal to the end of play exclusively on PokerNews.

Here is the structure for today:

LevelLengthSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
145501000
245751500
34510020025
44525030050
54520040050
64525050075
745300600100
845400800100
9455001,000100
10456001,200200
11458001,600200
12451,0002,000300