Artsiom Zhadinsky opened to 7,500 from early position and Alexander Lakhov three-bet to 20,000 in the hijack, which Zhadinsky called. On a flop of , Zhadinsky check-raised from 18,000 to 55,000 and Lakhov called to see the pot grow to 158,000. Zhadinsky had 166,500 left and moved all in, and Lahkov called with the superior stack.
Artsiom Zhadinsky:
Alexander Lakhov:
The on the river was a blank and Zhadinsky doubled.
Hand 2
Zhadinsky opened and Dmitry Manashov called in the cutoff. Vladislav Tonkikh shoved for 59,000 in the big blind and Zhadinsky called, Manashov folded.
Vladislav Tonkikh:
Artsiom Zhadinsky:
It was all good for Tonkikh on the flop and the turn, but the river gave Zhadinsky a set and he busted Tonkikh.
Hand 3
Now it was Manashov that shoved for his last 30,500 and Zhadinsky called in the big blind. Manashov had and Zhadinsky looked him up with . It looked certain to be three in a row for Zhadinsky after the flop, but Manashov imprved on the turn and held up thanks to the river to double.
The big stack of Nadar Kakhmazov has vanished while Daniyar Aubakirov is thriving and players at the table confirmed what happened. Kakhmazov's raise from the cutoff was three-bet by Aubakirov in the big blind. On a flop nothing much happened with a bet and a call. But the turn provided fireworks with a bet worth 25,000 by Aubakirov, a raise to 100,000 by Kakhmazov and the shove of Aubakirov with kings.
Kakhmazov called with tens for a set while Aubakirov had the redraw for the flush draw with the in his hand. The river brought the and Aubakirov scored a huge double.
Soon after, Kakhmazov raised to 6,000 and Nacho Barbero three-bet to 19,000 which Kakhmazov called. On the flop, Kakhmazov check-called a bet worth 20,500 and check-folded the turn to a bet worth 32,500.
Day 3 of the PokerStars Championship Main Event at the Sochi Casino & Resort gets underway at Noon today with 82 players remaining from a field of 387.
Nadar Kakhmazov begins the day as the chip leader with 481,500 with Seyed Ghavam in second place on 415,500 and Oleg Chebotarev third on 371,500.
There are other big names in contention to keep an eye on today including Team PokerStar Pros Bertrand ‘Elky’ Grospellier (265,000) and Chris Moneymaker (118,000). Jason Wheeler (210,000) certainly looks in the mood to make a deep run and you wouldn’t rule out Nacho Barbero (216,000), Mikhail Rudoy (223,000), Jonas Lauck (219,000) or Vladimir Troyanovskiy (161,500).
The Prizepool for the main event is RUB 150,000,000 meaning the eventual winner will get RUB 29,100,000 (€459,364 / $514,026) to go with the title and the trophy.
With 55 places getting paid the bubble will burst at some point today with one unlucky player going away empty handed and a min-cash worth RUB 735,000 (€11,602 / $12,983).
Day 3 will consist of one 75-minute level and four levels of 90 minutes.
The PokerNews live reporting team will bring you all the drama of the bubble, big hands and eliminations as the inaugural PokerStars Championship Main continues.
, Zhadinsky check-raised from 18,000 to 55,000 and Lakhov called to see the pot grow to 158,000. Zhadinsky had 166,500 left and moved all in, and Lahkov called with the superior stack.
on the river was a blank and Zhadinsky doubled.
flop and the 
turn, but the 
river gave Zhadinsky a set and he busted Tonkikh.
. It looked certain to be three in a row for Zhadinsky after the 
flop, but Manashov imprved on the 
flop nothing much happened with a bet and a call. But the 
turn provided fireworks with a bet worth 25,000 by Aubakirov, a raise to 100,000 by Kakhmazov and the shove of Aubakirov with kings.
