Main Event
Dia 4 Iniciado
2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi
Main Event
Dias: 4
Event Info
Resultado Final
Event Info
Informações sobre o nível
2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi
Buy-in
318,000 RUB
Prize Pool
150,000,000 RUB
Entradas
387
Nível
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
From 30 to 16: Who Will Reach Day 5 in Sochi?
After three tournament days and 17 levels, the 387-entry strong field of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi 318,000 RUB (approx. $5,590) Main Event has been cut down to the last 30 hopefuls at Sochi Casino and Resort, Krasnaya Polyana. Three days remain to crown a champion for the first-ever PokerStars sponsored event on Russian soil and Pavel Shirshikov is best-positioned to claim the title, trophy and first-place payout of 29,100,000 RUB (approx. $514,893) after bagging up 1,604,000 yesterday evening.
Shirshikov is followed by 2017 WPT Amsterdam champion Daniyar Aubakirov (1,018,000) and well-known Russian High Roller regular Vladimir Troyanovskiy (807,000). PokerStars Team Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier follows in 4th place with 763,000 and Timur Bubnov (734,000) rounds up the top five heading into Day 4. The red spade will also be represented by 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, who advanced with a stack of 289,000.
Other notables still in contention include former 2014 WPT Cyprus champion and two-time WPT Main Event runner-up Alexander Lakhov (572,000), Seyed Ghavam (538,000), Day 3 chip leader Nadar Kakhmazov (500,000), Dmitry Vitkind (430,000), Jonas Lauck (334,000), Dmitry Chop (300,000) and Mikhail Rudoy (197,000).
The action will resume at 12 p.m. local time with level 18 and blinds of 4,000/8,000 with a running ante of 1,000. A maximum of five 90-minute levels or down to the last 16 will be played, whichever of the two comes first.
Remaining Payouts PokerStars Championship Sochi Main Event
| Place | Prize (RUB) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29,100,000 | $514,893 |
| 2 | 18,450,000 | $326,453 |
| 3 | 13,335,000 | $235,948 |
| 4 | 10,785,000 | $190,829 |
| 5 | 8,535,000 | $151,017 |
| 6 | 6,570,000 | $116,249 |
| 7 | 4,890,000 | $86,523 |
| 8 | 3,540,000 | $62,636 |
| 9 | 2,865,000 | $50,693 |
| 10-11 | 2,370,000 | $41,934 |
| 12-13 | 2,055,000 | $36,361 |
| 14-15 | 1,815,000 | $32,114 |
| 16-17 | 1,635,000 | $28,929 |
| 18-20 | 1,485,000 | $26,275 |
| 21-23 | 1,335,000 | $23,621 |
| 24-27 | 1,185,000 | $20,967 |
| 28-30 | 1,035,000 | $18,313 |
Main Event Day 4 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jonas Lauck | Germany | 334,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Yehor Filipenko | Ukraine | 101,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Yurii Zdanovskyi | Ukraine | 160,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Dmitry Vitkind | Russian Federation | 430,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Dmitry Chop | Russian Federation | 300,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Anton Gililov | Russian Federation | 421,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Mikhail Rudoy | Russian Federation | 197,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Lavrentiy Ni | Kazakhstan | 107,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Alexander Lakhov | Russian Federation | 572,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Vitaliy Li | Russian Federation | 303,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Artsiom Zhadinsky | Belarus | 205,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Timur Bubnov | Russian Federation | 734,000 |
| 2 | 6 | "Bertrand ""ElkY"" Grospellier" | France | 763,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Denis Pavlenko | Uzbekistan | 188,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 58,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Oleg Chebotarev | Russian Federation | 435,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Artem Savchenko | Russian Federation | 246,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Nadar Kakhmazov | Russian Federation | 500,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Seyed Ghavam | Iran | 538,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Ruslan Voitovich | Russian Federation | 135,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Junya Yamada | Japan | 306,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russian Federation | 807,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Chris Moneymaker | USA | 289,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Said Butba | Russian Federation | 141,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Daniyar Aubakirov | Kazakhstan | 1,018,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Oleg Lipkin | Russian Federation | 155,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Mikhail Galitski | Russian Federation | 171,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Ulrich Jungen | Switzerland | 170,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Dmitrii Grinenko | Russian Federation | 159,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Pavel Shirshikov | Russian Federation | 1,604,000 |
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Nível: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Seyed Ghavam With Some Early Aggression
Nível 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened to 18,000 from early position. Former chip-leader Nadar Kakhmazov then three-bet to 43,000 from the button.
In the next position, Seyed Ghavam cold four-bet to 96,000 and both his opponent's fold.
Ghavam moved up to around 600,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
790,000 | -17,000 |
|
600,000 | 62,000 |
|
450,000 | -50,000 |
Ni Finds a Double
Nível 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Yehor Filipenko shoved three times in a row to claim the blinds and antes each time. Then, Dmitry Chop opened to 16,000 from the cutoff and Lavrentiy Ni shoved in the big blind for 101,000. Chop asked for a count and eventually called.
Lavrentiy Ni: 
Dmitry Chop: 
The 
flop gave Ni queens and sevens, while Chop picked up a gutshot on the 
turn. However, the 
was a blank and Ni doubled.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 123,000 |
|
195,000 | -105,000 |
|
155,000 | 54,000 |
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau Eliminated By ElkY
Nível 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand Grospellier opened for 16,000 from the button and when Mikalai Vaskaboinikau shoved his short stack in the middle Grospellier called.
Vaskaboinikau: 
Grospellier:
“Nice hand.” Grospellier said.
The board ran out 
.
The river delivering a fatal blow to Vaskaboinikau’s tournament and he tapped the table.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
830,000 | 67,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Chris Moneymaker Doubles through Seyed Ghavam
Nível 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Seyed Ghavam raised to 17,000 from under the gun and Chris Moneymaker called on the button. Nadar Kakhmazov defended his big blind.
The flop came 
and Kakhmazov checked to Ghavam who bet 22,000. Moneymaker called and Kakhmazov folded.
The turn was the 
and Ghavam checked to Moneymaker who bet 40,000. Ghavam then check-raised to 130,000. Moneymaker, who came into the day with just under 300,000 in chips then moved all in and Ghavam called.
Ghavam: 
Moneymaker: 
Moneymaker had flopped a full house from the button and needed to dodge either a six or an ace to double up. The river was the 
and he doubled to over 650,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
662,000 | 373,000 |
|
|
302,000 | -298,000 |
The Jump
Nível 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Butba Takes From Aubakirov
Nível 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Said Butba limped in from the small blind and Daniyar Aubakirov didn't let him see a cheap flop, raising to 15,000. Butba called.
The flop came 
and Butba check-called a bet of 8,000. The turn was the and once again Butba check-called a bet from Aubakirov, this time for 26,000.
The river brought the , putting three hearts on board and Aubakirov's triple-barrel didn't get through, as Butba called his bet of 40,000 and took down the pot with 
, making a flush on the river. Aubakirov showed 
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
920,000 | -98,000 |
|
265,000 | 124,000 |
Zdanovskyi Doubles Through Chop
Nível 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Yurii Zdanovskyi shoved for 117,000 from the button and Dmitry Chop called for more than half his stack in the big blind.
Yurii Zdanovskyi: 
Dmitry Chop: 
The board came 
and Chop lost the second all in of the day to slip down to ten big blinds.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
80,000 | -115,000 |