PokerStars RPT Moscow Win claimed by Vitaly Lunkin
Posted on May 18, 2009
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The PokerStars Russian Poker Tour stop in Moscow has ended and Vitaly Lunkin of Russia was able to outlast the field and take the first place win of the tournament. The event started out with 206 players posting the $7,000 buy-in to compete and by the time final table play began all players seated at the table were from the native land of Russia.
When final table play began Evgeny Onishuk an online PokerStars qualifier was the first to be eliminated after he raised with 7-6. He was re-raised by Ivan Demidov who had pocket tens. Onishuk called and the flop fell 9-7-4 and Demidov raised again which Onishuk called but quickly learned that Demidov had the higher pair. Onishuk was out in ninth place.
Alex Kravchenko would go out next when he went all in against four other players. Three folded and Lunkin stayed in to try his luck against Alex. Lunkin’s pocket jacks bested Alex’s 7-4 and he was out in eighth.
Dmitry Vitkind would be next followed by Ivan Demidov, Sergey Artamonov, Oleg Shamardin and Alexander Khoustov. This left Vyacheslav Goryachev and Lunkin to compete in heads up play. The blinds sat at 20,000/40,000 so heads up play would not last very long. Lunkin held a significant lead with 2,790,000 chips to Goryachev’s 310,000. On the final hand Goryachev went all in with A-6 and was called by Lunkin who had pocket tens. The board came Q-8-6-4-8 and Lunkin was named the winner.
Final Table Payouts (in rubles):
1. Vitaly Lunkin, 14,323,000
2. Vyacheslav Goryachev, 7,877,000
3. Alexander Khoustov, 4,028,000
4. Oleg Shamardin, 3,133,000
5. Sergey Artamonov, 2,685,000
6. Ivan Demidov, Team PokerStars Pro 2,238,000
7. Dmitry Vitkind, 1,790,000
8. Alex Kravchenko, Team PokerStars Pro, 1,342,000
9. Evgeny Onishuk, 895,000
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