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Sochi, Russia continues to be one of the few bastions for big-time live poker, and that continued this weekend with the conclusion of World Poker Tour Russia, which ran at Casino Sochi in conjunction with partypoker LIVE.
The ₽245,000 (~$3,300) Main Event was captured by Maksim Sekretarev, a little-known name due to his young age of 19. Despite the tender age, Sekretarev does have some experience and comfort live, having racked up around $20K in cashes previously at Sochi, and he's now got a big score of about $160K and a WPT title to go with that.
Official Final Table Results
Our marquee international tournaments where winners enter the illustrious Champions Club™ and have their name etched on the coveted Champions Cup™. WPT Russia was a full poker festival run at Casino Sochi that ended Feb. Learn about the winners, including the 19-year-old Main Event champ.
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| Place | Player | Home Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maksim Sekretarev | Russia | ₽11,996,600 (~$160,000) |
| 2 | Andrey Volkov | Russia | ₽7,998,200 (~$107,000) |
| 3 | Ravil Khamatgareev | Russia | ₽5,840,450 (~$78,000) |
| 4 | Vladimir Bozinovic | Serbia | ₽4,325,650 (~$57,000) |
| 5 | Vanush Mnatsakanyan | Russia | ₽3,249,750 (~$43,000) |
| 6 | Sergey Bobrik | Russia | ₽2,477,300 (~$33,000) |
Who Won Wpt
Sochi drew its typical Russia-heavy field, and of the 251 entries, 32 were paid, including the likes of Andrey Kotelnikov and Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy.
Another notable, Maksim Pisarenko, reached the precipice of the official final table. However, after his king-jack made inferior two pair to the ace-jack of Sekretarev, according to the live updates, Pisarenko was left short and wound up bubbling in seventh place when Sekretarev finished him off.
Sekretarev Dominant Early
Play was sure to be fast-paced with only about 200 blinds in play to start the following day's final table, so it was no surprise that it wrapped in about three hours.
Sekretarev began the day with the chip lead at 67 big blinds with only one other player, Ravil Khamatgareev, above 25.
Sekretarev flexed his stack early on and his aggression paid off when he three-bet jammed from the small blind against a button open, only to run into the pocket nines of Sergey Bobrik in the big blind. Bobrik couldn't fade it as a king flopped and he bowed out in sixth.
Moments later, Sekretarev followed by busting Vanush Mnatsakanyan with over , and that gave him more than half of the chips in play.
The hot run continued as Sekretarev three-outed Vladimir Bozinovic blind versus blind, taking his last crumbs by spiking a wheel on the river with king-five.
Three-Handed Swings
Andrey Volkov had by far the shortest stack three-handed, but he managed to make a run and make things interesting despite the best efforts of Khamatgareev and Sekretarev. He doubled several times, including once with against Sekretarev's pocket kings, running out a straight to beat Sekretarev's flopped set.
Khamatgareev managed to grab the chip lead for a bit, but the short-stack doubles and big swings continued, and Volkov even moved into the lead at a point.
Such was the nature of play by that point that Khamatgareev was back in the lead only to bust in third less than 10 minutes later when a decisive flip went to Sekretarev, his ace-queen pairing up to beat Khamatgareev's jacks.
That gave Sekretarev a pretty big lead heads up and it wasn't long before a trap paid off as he limp-called and won unimproved against Volkov, who shoved with .
Prostorov Takes High Roller
There was also some high-stakes action in Sochi with the ₽388,000 (~$5,200) High Roller drawing 80 entries.
One of the more recognizable names in the modern high-roller scene online, Artur Martirosian, would make a run to the final table. However, he ran into a bit of a cooler when he made aces up only to fall to the bottom set of Stefan Prostorov to be relegated to a third-place finish worth about $50,000.
That left Prostorov heads up with Timur Musagambetov and Prostorov would prevail for about $112K, more than doubling his career live cashes.
| Place | Player | Home Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Prostorov | Russia | ₽8,323,000 (~$112,000) |
| 2 | Timur Musagambetov | Kazakhstan | ₽5,548,900 (~$75,000) |
| 3 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | ₽3,699,150 (~$50,000) |
| 4 | Vasiliy Kurdin | Russia | ₽2,570,750 (~$35,000) |
| 5 | Aleksey Savenkov | Russia | ₽1,865,500 (~$25,000) |
| 6 | Vitaliy Strelchenok | Russia | ₽1,416,450 (~$19,000) |
Other Side Event Winners
| Event | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| ₽57,750 WPT Opener | Artur Martirosian | ₽3,063,200 (~$41,000) |
| ₽38,300 NLHE KO Bounty | Vyacheslav Medvedev | ₽461,650 (~$6,200) |
| ₽15,400 NLHE (Ladies) | Alena Belousova | ₽120,750 (~$1,600) |
| ₽57,750 NLHE Super Bounty | Maksim Pisarenko | ₽418,390 (~$5,600) |
| ₽30,800 NLHE Big Stack Turbo | Lidiia Beliaeva | ₽680,400 (~$9,000) |
| ₽77,000 NLHE Big Stack | Anatoly Nikitin | ₽1,453,270 (~$19,000) |
| ₽38,500 NLHE Turbo Super Bounty | Konstantin Generalov | ₽473,550 (~$6,400) |
| ₽77,000 WPT Closer | Mikhail Zavoloka | ₽3,515,400 (~$47,000) |
| ₽30,800 PLO | Andrey Zakharov | ₽369,250 (~$5,000) |
| ₽38,500 NLHE Turbo Bounty | Denis Vladimirov | ₽435,400 (~$5,800) |
| ₽38,500 NLHE Bounty Hunter | Dmitriy Gnusaev | ₽431,900 (~$5,800) |
| ₽38,500 PLO Bounty | Ilyaz Dosikov | ₽194,250 (~$2,600) |
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This week you’re playing at a major final table where you are defending the Big Blind as a medium stack against the chip leader at the table.
Due to the presence of the 2 shorter stacks at the table and pay jumps, there is significant pressure on you in this spot. You are highly incentivized to avoid getting stacked while the 2 shorter stacks are still alive at this final table, since they are far more likely to bust out before you. This pressure is often called “ICM” pressure, named for the Independent Chip Model method of assigning real dollar values to chip stacks in tournaments.
The chip leader on the Button can open raise preflop with a much wider range than normal because of this pressure you are facing. Your defense range in the Big Blind is narrower than it would be if there were no pay jumps. This final table spot significantly changes both your preflop and postflop play.
Like most Big Blind defense scenarios, you typically start by checking to the raiser. Your play will often continue to be passive against the chip leader in many spots in an attempt to play smaller pots.
With weaker draws such as gutshots, you can often call a small c-bet on the flop. Even though you are typically playing passively against the chip leader, you can still bluff some of the time when your draws miss and your opponent’s range does not connect well with the board. This is especially true if you hold blockers to big hands.
When facing large c-bets from your opponent, don’t be afraid to fold some hands you would continue with against a smaller bet, such as gutshots with overcards. You will occasionally check-raise bluff against the bigger sizing when you hold blockers to strong hands.
With big made hands, you should often still take a bluff-catching passive line against your opponent. This provides balance to you passive lines so you don’t just hold weaker hands and also allows your opponent to bluff into your strong hands. When facing very aggressive opponents attempting to exert maximum ICM pressure on shorter stacks, taking passive lines with your strong hands is often the most profitable strategy.
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