Main Event
Jour 1a a débuté
Main Event
Jour 1a a débuté
In one hour from now as of 12 p.m. local time, the flagship event of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi festival at the Sochi Casino and Resort, Krasnaya Polyana, kicks off with Day 1a of the RUB 318,000 PokerStars Championship Main Event (approx. $5,590). It is the first time that a PokerStars sponsored tour is heading to the home country of team pro Igor Kurganov and the 12-day festival features a total of 43 events, and the Main Event has a guaranteed prize pool of RUB 150,000,000 guaranteed.
Each of the two starting days will play a total of eight levels of 75 minutes each with a break every two levels and a dinner break at the end of level six, all participants receive 30,000 chips and the action will conclude at midnight. The vast majority of participants will be sporting the Russian flag along with some nearby countries represented as well, but an asset of PokerStars Team Pros such as Luca Pagano, Chris Moneymaker and Felipe Ramos also made the trip to Sochi.
Day 1 level structure
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
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1 | 75 min | 50 | 100 | |
2 | 75 min | 75 | 150 | |
3 | 75 min | 100 | 200 | 25 |
4 | 75 min | 150 | 300 | 50 |
5 | 75 min | 200 | 400 | 50 |
6 | 75 min | 250 | 500 | 75 |
7 | 75 min | 300 | 600 | 100 |
8 | 75 min | 400 | 800 | 100 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until the first PokerStars Championship Main Event winner is crowned on Russian soil, so make sure to tune back regularly.
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
PokerStars Team Pro Luca Pagano was among those to be in their seats right from the start and same also applies for High Roller regular Orpen Kisacikoglu. Other early notables include Alex Watson, [Removed:19] and Ricardo Tavares.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Alex Watson
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30,000 | |
Ricardo Tavares | 30,000 | |
Orpen Kisacikoglu | 30,000 | |
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[Removed:19] | 30,000 | |
Luca Pagano | 30,000 | |
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Igor Dimitrijevic raised to 200 from the cutoff. Driss Ekadioin called in the small blind, as did [Removed:19] in the big blind.
The flop was and Ekadioin bet 500. Sokolovskiy folded and Dimitrijevic called. The turn was the and Ekadioin continued for 1,000.
Dimitrijevic raised to 3,000 and Ekadioin called.
The river was the and Ekadioin gathered up five 1,000-value chips and strew them haphazardly into the middle. Asylan Bakhitov at the far end of the table pointed this out to the dealer, and it was ruled as a string bet. The bet was 2,000.
Dimitrijevic called and Ekadioin turned over the . Dimitrijevic showed for two-pair, but his opponent also held the for trip fours and took down the pot.
Meanwhile Sokolovskiy, who folded on the flop, was remonstrating in Russian. Then in English, he said: "Queen-nine. Straight on the turn and I have you both!"
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Driss Ekadioin
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Igor Dimitrijevic
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
With 3,050 in the middle and three players heading to the flop, Ryuya Sato, Denis Peganov and Yehor Filipenko all checked. On the turn, Sato checked and Peganov from one seat over bet 1,000. Filipenko, who won his seat in a Live Satellite here at the Sochi Casino and Resort, Krasnaya Polyana, called and Sato folded.
The river completed the board and Peganov checked, Filipenko led out for 1,000 and that was enough to force a fold from Peganov, who flashed for two pair.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Yehor Filipenko | 33,500 | |
Ryuya Sato
|
29,000 | |
Denis Peganov | 28,000 |
Some 90 players are already registered for Day 1a of the Main Event here in Sochi and among the latest players to join were PokerStars Team Pro Chris Moneymaker and Igor Dubinsky. The latter has more than $1m in cashes according to his Hendon Mob, and is one of the most experienced players in today's field.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Chris Moneymaker |
30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Igor Dubinskyy |
30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Luca Pagano won a big pot off Maksim Nosov in a battle of the blinds and built his stack nicely, while Alexandr Merzhvinskij on another table also already added one third of a stack from another player to become an early big stack.
Furthermore, Sergei Ananev won a big pot off Pavel Kovalenko. Joining the action on the heads-up flop of , Ananev bet and Kovalenko raised it up to 4,600 on the button, which Ananev in the small blind reluctantly called. After the turn, Ananev check-called a bet worth 7,200 and checked again the rather quickly.
Kovalenko was sent into the think tank for more than three minutes without making any move, and ultimately ended up checking behind. Ananev showed and that won the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Luca Pagano |
42,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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Sergei Ananev | 42,000 | |
Alexandr Merzhvinskij
|
41,000 | |
Pavel Kovalenko | 17,000 |
Chris Moneymaker has only been to Russia once before, but that was way back in high school, but he's here now and in the field for the PokerStars Sochi Main Event.
In this hand a player limped under the gun, before the next player raised to 300. Moneymaker called on the button and the big blind called.
The flop was and it checked to Moneymaker who bet 625. The big blind was the only caller.
The big blind check-called a bet of 1,100 on the turn but folded to a bet of 2,100 when the hit on the river.
Moneymaker is up and running here in Sochi.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Chris Moneymaker |
32,500
2,500
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2,500 |
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On the three-way flop of , Oleg Grebenschikov in the big blind bet 1,400 into a pot of 2,800 and Orpen Kisacikoglu folded while the button raised it up to 3,200. Grebenschikov verified the raising amount with the dealer and ultimately called before checking the turn. His sole opponent checked behind and did so on the river as well.
Grebenschikov rolled over for a full house and scooped a big pot early on.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Oleg Grebenschikov
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35,500
35,500
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35,500 |
Orpen Kisacikoglu |
29,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |
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