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2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi

Main Event
Jours 3
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi

Résultats
Gagnant
Main Gagnante
a6
Prix
21,900,000 RUB
Event Info
Buy-in
318,000 RUB
Prize Pool
150,000,000 RUB
Entrants
387
Info Niveau
Niveau
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Shirshikov au sommet, ElkY, Moneymaker & Troyanovskiy au Jour 4

Niveau 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Pavel Shirshikov Leads the Last 30
Pavel Shirshikov Leads the Last 30

Le Jour 3 du Main Event PokerStars Championship Sochi à 5300$ l'entrée a été fatal à 52 joueurs. Ils n'étaient plus que 82 en lice à l'entame de la journée pour 55 places payées.

Mikhail Soltanov, Dmitriy Motorov et Abraham Passet ont été les premières victimes de la journée. Ils ont été rejoint dans le rail par Konstantin Tolokno, Vladimir Demenkov, Vladimir Dobrovolskiy, Daniil Kiselev et l'Argentin Nacho Barbero, éliminé à deux places de l'argent sur un flip perdu contre le vainqueur du WPT Amsterdam, Daniel Daniyar Aubakirov. Roman Seleznev a fait la bulle sur la Table TV, éliminé avec 3 blindes et {a-}{k-}... par le Français Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, commit après son ouverture avec {8-}{9-}.

25 joueurs ont ensuite rendu les armes en encaissant au moins le min-cash de 11 600€. Avant le Jour 4, Pavel Shirshikov est en tête d'un tournoi qui a rassemblé 387 joueurs. Avec 1,6 million de jetons, il devance largement son dauphin Daniyar qui dépasse à peine un stack à 7 chiffres. Vladimir Troyanovskiy complète le podium provisoire avec la moitié des jetons du chipleader de 30 ans, un joueur de cash-game qui ne compte que deux lignes Hendon Mob enregistrées en mars dernier à l'occasion du festival partypoker Million dont le Main Event a été remporté par Dmitry Chop.

Les deux membres du Team Pro PokerStars au départ du Jour 3 ont donc franchi l'obstacle de la bulle. Toujours dans le haut du classement, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier est en course pour le premier prix d'environ 520 000$ (environ 460 000€). Avec 763 000 jetons, le Français devance son coéquipier Chris Moneymaker (289 000).

Timur Bubnov (734,000), Alexander Lakhov (572,000), Seyed Ghavam (538,000), Dmitry Vitkind (430,000), Jonas Lauck (334,000), Dmitry Chop (300,000) et Mikhail Rudoy (197,000) ont aussi emballé des jetons à l'issue du Jour 3.

Aram Vartevanyan, le chipleader du Jour 1A Andrei Shkerin, Vahe Martirosyan, Maxim Lykov et Jörg Böhme ont sauté dans l'argent, tout comme Jason Wheeler (33e). Lykov a chuté avec {k-}{k-} contre {a-}{a-} chez le patron du tournoi, son compatriote Pavel Shirshikov qui s'est aussi chargé de l'Américain. Qualifié sur PokerStars, Böhme a lui rendu les armes contre ElkY.

Gaby Livshitz et Dmitry Nikitin ont rendu les armes lors des 5 dernières mains de la journée et ne reviendront donc pas à 11 heures, heure française, pour la reprise sur les blindes 4000-8000 (1000).

La journée devrait s'étaler sur 5 niveaux de 90 minutes, à moins que les deux dernières tables (16 joueurs) ne soient formées plus vite...

Seatdraw du Jour 4

TableSiègeJoueurPaysChipcount
11Jonas LauckGermany334,000
12Yehor FilipenkoUkraine101,000
13Yurii ZdanovskyiUkraine160,000
14Dmitry VitkindRussian Federation430,000
15Dmitry ChopRussian Federation300,000
16Anton GililovRussian Federation421,000
17Mikhail RudoyRussian Federation197,000
18Lavrentiy NiKazakhstan107,000
     
21Alexander LakhovRussian Federation572,000
22Vitaliy LiRussian Federation303,000
23Artsiom ZhadinskyBelarus205,000
25Timur BubnovRussian Federation734,000
26"Bertrand ""ElkY"" Grospellier"France763,000
27Denis PavlenkoUzbekistan188,000
28Mikalai VaskaboinikauBelarus58,000
     
31Oleg ChebotarevRussian Federation435,000
32Artem SavchenkoRussian Federation246,000
33Nadar KakhmazovRussian Federation500,000
34Seyed GhavamIran538,000
35Ruslan VoitovichRussian Federation135,000
36Junya YamadaJapan306,000
37Vladimir TroyanovskiyRussian Federation807,000
38Chris MoneymakerUSA289,000
     
41Said ButbaRussian Federation141,000
42Daniyar AubakirovKazakhstan1,018,000
43Oleg LipkinRussian Federation155,000
45Mikhail GalitskiRussian Federation171,000
46Ulrich JungenSwitzerland170,000
47Dmitrii GrinenkoRussian Federation159,000
48Pavel ShirshikovRussian Federation1,604,000

Tags: Abraham PassetAlexander LakhovAndrei ShkerinAram VartevanyanBertrand GrospellierChris MoneymakerDaniil KiselevDaniyar AubakirovDmitriy MotorovDmitry ChopDmitry NikitinDmitry VitkindElkyGaby LivshitzJason WheelerJonas LauckJose Ignacio BarberoKonstantin ToloknoMaxim LykovMikhail RudoyMikhail SoltanovNacho BarberoPavel ShirshikovPokerStars Championship SochiRoman SeleznevSeyed GhavamTimur BubnovVahe MartirosyanVladimir DemenkovVladimir DobrovolskiyVladimir Troyanovskiy

Pavel Shirshikov New Chip Leader; Wheeler Out

Niveau 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Pavel Shirshikov
Pavel Shirshikov

The largest pot of the tournament just went down. It was a monster.

Pavel Shirshikov opened to 13,000 from under-the-gun. Jason Wheeler three-bet to 46,000 on the button. Shirshikov four-bet to 118,000 and Wheeler went into the tank. Eventually making the call. The flop came {8-Spades}{k-Spades}{j-Hearts}, and Shirshikov continued with a bet of 65,000. Wheeler called.

The {3-Clubs} fell on the turn and things escalated quickly. Shirshikov fired out again, this time for 140,000. Wheeler took just a moment before raising all-in. Shirshikov snap-called.

Wheeler: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Shirshikov: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Shirshikov had flopped a set of jacks, leaving Wheeler drawing dead. The inconsequential {4-Spades} completed the board on the river and Wheeler exited the tournament floor in 33rd place, good for RUB 885,000 (approx. USD$ 15,659)

Joueur Jetons Progression
Pavel Shirshikov ru
Pavel Shirshikov
1,603,000
773,000
773,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
Eliminé
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jason WheelerPavel Shirshikov

Wheeler Rolls on Another, Ponomarev the Latest

Niveau 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Jason Wheeler
Jason Wheeler

Jason Wheeler has busted players in back-to-back hands. The latest to fall was Dmitry Ponomarev. Wheeler opened from the button with a stack of blue 5,000 chips, roughly 100,000, covering both players in the big blind. Ponomarev put himself at risk, calling off in the small blind.

Wheeler: {6-Spades}{5-Spades}
Ponomarev: {8-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, and though Wheeler won the flop draw, Ponomarev retook the lead on the turn, only have it stolen away, along with his tournament life, on the river.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
563,000
43,000
43,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dmitry Ponomarev ru
Dmitry Ponomarev
Eliminé

Tags: Dmitry PonomarevJason Wheeler

Massive Setup Sends Lykov to the Rail

Niveau 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Maxim Lykov
Maxim Lykov

Maxim Lykov raised to 15,000 and Olga Finogenova moved all in for 16,000 from one seat over. Pavel Shirshikov in the big blind squeezed to 70,000 and the action folded back to Lykov, who reraised to 150,000. Shirshikov moved all in over the top and Lykov called it off for around 335,000.

Pavel Shirshirkov: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}
Maxim Lykov: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Olga Finogenova: {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop gave Finogenova trips tens, and the {4-Hearts} turn and {J-Diamonds} river kept her in the lead for the triple up while Lykov busted in a massive setup.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Pavel Shirshikov ru
Pavel Shirshikov
830,000
360,000
360,000
Olga Finogenova ru
Olga Finogenova
53,000
23,000
23,000
Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
Eliminé
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Maxim LykovOlga FinogenovaPavel Shirshikov

Shkerin Misses Draw and Busts to Wheeler

Niveau 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Andrei Shkerin
Andrei Shkerin

Jason Wheeler opened to 11,000 and Day 1a chip leader Andrei Skherin called in the small blind, Dmitry Nikitin defended the big blind. The flop came {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and the action checked to Wheeler, who continued for 16,500. Only Shkerin called and checked again the {K-Spades} turn with some 30,000 behind. Wheeler bet 60,000 and Shkerin called all in.

Jason Wheeler: {K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Andrei Shkerin: {Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The {A-Clubs} river failed to improve Shkerin and he was eliminated in 47th place.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
561,000
71,000
71,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dmitry Nikitin ru
Dmitry Nikitin
180,000
-10,000
-10,000
Andrei Shkerin ru
Andrei Shkerin
Eliminé

Tags: Andrei ShkerinDmitry NikitinJason Wheeler

Roman Seleznev is the PokerStars Championship Sochi Main Event Bubble Boy

Niveau 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier raised to 10,000 from the hijack and Roman Seleznev (pictured above in the green) three-bet all in for 14,500 from the cutoff.

Grospellier: {9-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Seleznev: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs} giving Grospellier a pair of nines and eliminating Seleznev in 56th place.

The remaining players are all guaranteed RUB 735,000 ($12,983 / €11,602) with around 30 minutes left in the penultimate level of the day.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
360,000
64,000
64,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
PokerStars
Roman Seleznev ru
Roman Seleznev
Eliminé

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierElkyPokerStars Championship SochiRoman Seleznev

Barbero Loses a Big Flip to Bust

Niveau 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Nacho Barbero
Nacho Barbero

Seyed Ghavam raised to 13,000 and Nacho Barbero flat-called from two seats over in the cutoff. Out of the big blind, Daniyar Aubakirov raised it up to 45,000 and Ghavam quickly folded. Barbero had a stack of around 180,000 and took a long time to make his decision. The clock was about to be called and the Argentinian moved all in, Aubakirov snap-called.

Daniyar Aubakirov: {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Nacho Barbero: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

The {J-Clubs} appeared right in the window, and the rest of the board ran out {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} to leave Barbero drawing dead after the turn and reduce the field to the last 56.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Daniyar Aubakirov kz
Daniyar Aubakirov
970,000
330,000
330,000
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
Eliminé
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Daniyar AubakirovJose Ignacio BarberoNacho BarberoSeyed Ghavam

Moneymaker Doubles Through Troyanovskiy

Niveau 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker was getting very short. The Team PokerStars pro came back from break with less than 10 big blinds and got his stack in the middle against Vladimir Troyanovskiy.

Moneymaker: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Troyanovsky: {8-Spades}{10-Spades}

Moneymaker instantly hated the spot and stood up from the table, gathering his belongings. Moneymaker stood by as the dealer rolled out a {6-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} board. "I can't believe that held," said Moneymaker as he slid back into his chair and started stacking his new chips.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
420,000
-40,000
-40,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
90,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
PokerStars

Tags: Chris MoneymakerVladimir Troyanovskiy

Wheeler Scoops Big Pot to Leave Prokhorskiy Short

Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jason_Wheeler_
Jason_Wheeler_

In the last hand before the break, Jason Wheeler opened to 9,000 and was called by Nikolay Prokhorskiy from two seats over and Mikhail Galitski in the big blind. The flop of {J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} was checked to Wheeler and his first barrel worth 13,500 was called by both opponents.

On the {A-Spades} turn, Galitski checked and Wheeler fired a second barrel of 26,000. This time, only Prokhorskiy called and the {5-Diamonds} came on the river. Wheeler made it 68,000 to go and Prokhorskiy had slightly more than that behind. "I don't know man, it might be ICM suicide," Prokhorskiy said half in Russian, half in English.

The call came half a minute later and Wheeler rolled over {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for a full house to claim a big pot several minutes into the break.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
475,500
155,500
155,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Mikhail Galitski ru
Mikhail Galitski
220,000
10,000
10,000
Nikolay Prokhorskiy ru
Nikolay Prokhorskiy
20,000
-110,000
-110,000

Tags: Jason WheelerMikhail GalitskiNikolay Prokhorskiy

Bertrand Grospellier Gunning for PokerStars Championship Sochi Main Event Final Table

Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier

Earlier this week we spoke to PokerStars Team Pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, and he said that he was struggling on Day 1b with little sleep, but was enjoying playing in the beautiful Sochi Casino & Resort.

"Actually I didn't sleep much for the last few nights, so it's weird," he said with play getting close to the money in the Main Event, "I'm feeling good here. I'm focussed about the tournament and just trying to play my best game.

"Luckily there are very short days so it's not that hard to focus. It's not that hard to focus for six or seven hours a day Yesterday we finished at seven, today we'll finish at seven so it's not too hard. Definitely not the toughest schedule!"

Grospellier has been under the lights of the feature table for a couple of days, but says that he thinks players do change the way they play under the lights.

"Some players will play tighter because they don't want to look stupid. Some play crazy because they want to be able to show a nice bluff on the TV! It polarises their behaviour a little bit, so that adds an extra element.

"I'm neutral to it. The only thing I don't like is the way they slow things up for the all-ins. It just means we play slower than other tables. It's not completely fair.

Sporting some of his trademark sunglasses, Grospellier says that he's enjoying being able to wear them after his nose surgery.

"When I was in Monaco I was on the feature table for two days under the lights. And I couldn't wear my sunglasses because of the surgery, and it was brighter than in here, so I got this really bad headache."

With most players aiming for the cash, the Frenchman insists that he's not going to settle for securing a Russian flag for his Hendon Mob.

"I'd rather make the final table and win the championship than get a flag! I'm not here for the flag. That doesn't matter for me. If I need to go all-in on the bubble, I'll do it, especially if it means I have a bigger chance of winning the tournament."

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierPokerStars Championship Sochi