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Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The tournament is now on a brief 20-minute break, according to the screens there are just 59 players remaining.
2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi
Main Event
Jours 3
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2017 PokerStars Championship Sochi
Buy-in
318,000 RUB
Prize Pool
150,000,000 RUB
Entrants
387
Niveau
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Ignatov Finds a Double
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Pavel Ignatov jammed a tiny stack from late position and Ruslan Voitovich called in the big blind with 
. Ignatov showed 
and doubled on a board of 
.
One table over, Timur Bubnov opened to 9,500 and Dmitry Vitkind three-bet to 26,000 on the button. Daniil Kiselev forfeited his small blind and Bubnov called. The flop came 
and Bubnov checked, then folded to Vitkind's continuation bet of 20,500.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
265,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
95,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,500
-43,500
|
-43,500 |
|
15,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
Tupalo Taps Into Aces
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau defended his big blind against a button raise by Pavel Shirshikov. By the time the river had come and showed 
, Vaskaboinikau bet 21,000 for one third of his remaining stack. Shirshikov called and mucked when he was shown 
for a straight by Vaskaboinikau.
Close to the money the all in spots usually involve a very tight range of hands and it was no surprise to see two premium hands clash one table over. Anton Gilivov was the initial raiser from under the gun and Kostiantyn Tupalo gave him some action. Ultimately it was Tupalo who ended up at risk for more than 100,000 and soon found out that he'd tapped into a cooler.
Anton Gilivov: 
Kostiantyn Tupalo: 
The board came 
and Tupalo was done and dusted.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
317,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
305,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
125,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Mikhail Galitski Full of Confidence as Bubble Approaches
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Nikolay Prokhorskiy raised to 8,000 from the hijack and was three-bet by Mikhail Galitski in the small blind to 34,000.
Prokhorskiy thought about his decision and had a small back and forth between Galitski.
"It's alright for you," said Prokhorskiy in Russian, "You'll still have a lot of chips left if you lose."
Galitski took a glance down at his stack of around 200,000.
"I won't lose," said Galitski.
"Ok," continued Prokhorskiy, playing with his chips, "But you'll still have chips if I suck out on you."
"You won't," replied Galitski and the table laughed.
Eventually Prokhorskiy folded and Galitski took down the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
130,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Dobrovolskiy Departs
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy shoved for what appeared to be 70,000 and the action folded around to Jonas Lauck. Until then, the German had not checked his cards and peeked at them, a snap-call followed right after.
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy:
Jonas Lauck: 
The 
flop was barely any hope for Dobrovolskiy, but he picked up some outs on the 
turn with a gutshot. A blank 
followed on the river and that sent Dobrovolskiy out in 62nd place.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
495,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
||
|
Eliminé | |
The Bubble Tension Increases
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Yurii Zdanovskyi defended his small blind against a raise by Denis Pavlenko and checked the 
flop. Pavlenko bet 8,000 with 82,500 behind and faced a check-raise to 100,000 by Zdanovskyi. A few minutes of table chat in Russian followed and Pavlenko folded, he was then shown 
.
Over on table five, Maxim Lykov raised to 8,000 and Olga Finogenova shoved from one seat over for 35,000. Lykov eventually folded and Finogenova stayed in.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
||
|
|
210,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
82,500
-27,500
|
-27,500 |
|
50,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Wheeler Steals
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jason Wheeler is the big stack at the table and has been making full use of it this past level. There are a number of short stacks and a couple of medium that he has position on.
Time and again Wheeler is opening for 9,000 and, being so close to the money, he is exploiting the situation to pick up pot after pot to chip up with hardly any risk. He’s enjoying it too and seems to be both relaxed and focused.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
Troyanovskiy Busts Feklisov, Joins the Leaders
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We missed the action but saw Sergey Feklisov leaving the table and his chips being pushed towards Vladimir Troyanovskiy. The 
lay in front of Troyanovskiy and the Russian had back-doored a straight, getting a four on the flop and a deuce-three run-out.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
483,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Razov Runs Out of Chips
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau opened to 9,500 and the action folded to Andrey Razov on the button. He pushed all in for just over 100,000 and Dmitry Nikitin had a decision in the small blind. One minute passed and Nikitin pushed all in to force a fold from the big blind and Vaskaboinikau.
Dmitry Nikitin:
Andrey Razov:
The board came 
and the stacks were counted. Nikitin had 110,000 and Razov was covered by two big blinds to join the rail. After the hand, there were only 63 players remaining with the top 55 being paid.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
|
115,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Alexander Nekrasov Loses Flip To Bust
Niveau 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Mikhail Rudoy opened from under the gun for 9,000 and Alexander Nekrasov moved all in from the next position for 36,000. No other interest so it was back on Rudoy.
Rudoy gave it some thought before deciding it was worth the risk.
Nekrasov had 
and was in a race for his tournament life against the of Rudoy.
The board ran out 
and Nekrasov, who had got lucky earlier on with his short stack, had no complaints and shook hands with the table as he walked away empty handed with fewer than ten players to the money.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |