Day 1b 2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi Main Event.
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:
Level | Length | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 45 | 50 | 100 | 0 |
2 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 0 |
3 | 45 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
4 | 45 | 250 | 300 | 50 |
5 | 45 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
6 | 45 | 250 | 500 | 75 |
7 | 45 | 300 | 600 | 100 |
8 | 45 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
9 | 45 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
10 | 45 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
11 | 45 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
12 | 45 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |