The final day of the S19 WPTDeepStacks Sochi Festival in cooperation with partypoker LIVE and Poker Club Management has arrived and it will feature the conclusion of the ₽119,000 Main Event. Out of a field of 413 entries, only eight players remain to battle for the lion's share of the ₽42,432,670 (~$576,815) prize pool at Casino Sochi.
Two Bounty Events will conclude the festival and the final day of Event #9 WPT Closer will see 48 players return to their seats, all aiming to end the festival on a high note. Read more below on what has happened on the penultimate day at the stunning Casino Sochi in the Krasnaya Polyana region, not far away from the ski slopes of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Mesa final establecida en el evento principal
After the conclusion of Day 2, el buque insignia 2021 WPTDS Sochi Main Event had burst the money bubble and 53 hopefuls bagged and tagged for the night, all guaranteed a return on their initial ₽119,000 investment. The penultimate tournament day was slated to play a maximum of ten levels of 60 minutes each or down to the final eight, the latter of which was achieved after nearly nine and a half levels.
Maksim Skripkin emerged as the commanding chip leader with more than one-third of the chips in play. His 4,255,000 chips are well ahead of second-placed Yuriy Salikaev, who was in the lead after Day 2 and will return with a stack of 2,400,000. Another three players claimed seven-figure stacks to their names in Artsiom Prostak (1,555,000), Artem Vezhenkov (1,320,000) y Vitaliy Pankov (1,140,000). Vitaliy Li, Mustafa Biz, and Narek Arsenyan round up the final table line-up.
Asignación de asientos en la mesa final del evento principal
| Asiento | jugador | País | Número de chips | Persianas grandes |
| 1 | Yuriy Salikaev | Russia | 2,400,000 | 60 |
| 2 | Mustafa Biz | Turquía | 545,000 | 14 |
| 3 | Maksim Skripkin | Russia | 4,255,000 | 106 |
| 4 | Artsiom Prostak | Bielorrusia | 1,555,000 | 39 |
| 5 | Vitaly Li | Russia | 815,000 | 20 |
| 6 | artem vezhenkov | Russia | 1,320,000 | 33 |
| 7 | Vitaliy Pankov | Russia | 1,140,000 | 29 |
| 8 | Narek Arsenian | Russia | 360,000 | 9 |
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Notable casualties on Day 3 included the likes of Alejandro Denisov, miembro del WPT Champions Club Dmitri Gromov, Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina, Nikolái Fal, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya y vladimir shabalin. Gromov perdió el resto de su pila corta en un flop, mientras que Shashikhina, la última mujer en pie, no logró llegar allí con conectores del mismo palo en la mesa principal.
Eventual chip leader Skripkin was all but gone in a three-way all-in showdown against Dennis Vitchenko and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya, the latter of which had dominated the early stages of the day. Skripkin's queens were in dire shape against the kings of a shorter-stacked Vitchenko and the aces of Skhulukhiya. However, fortune was on his side as a queen appeared on the turn. Skhulukhiya never recovered from that blow and eventually departed in 18th place after losing ace-queen to pocket kings.
Un short stack tras otro se quedó sin fichas durante las tensas dos mesas finales y Vladimir Lipnitskiy se convirtió en la última víctima de la noche cuando encontró su as-dama del mismo palo contra la pareja de ases de Prostak.
The final day will get underway at noon local time with 37 minutos restantes en las persianas de 20,000/40,000 y una apuesta ciega grande de 40,000La cobertura y los comentarios de las cartas estarán disponibles durante un retraso de seguridad de 30 minutes on the partypoker LIVE Youtube and Twitch channels.
Evento #9 Más cerca del WPT
Two starting days remained for Event #9 WPT Opener. In the first flight one day prior, seven players out of 41 entries punched their seat for Day 2 of the ₽77,000 (~$1,078) buy-in. The attendance on Day 1b was more than two times of that as another 94 entries were recorded. Only 17 players advanced and WPT Opener finalist Daria Krashennikova emerged as the runaway chip leader.
Her stack of 684,000 is more than three times of second-placed Vladimir Kuzmenko. Notables in the top five include Georgiy Filippovich and Marat Shafigulin, Garik Tamasyan, Sergey Chudapal, and Andrey Danilyuk all advanced as well. Among the familiar faces that failed to bag up chips for Day 2 were Aleksandr Chernikov, Vitaliy Karaivan, Vladislav Naumov, Alisa Sibgatova, Dmitry Gromov, Andrey Andreev, and Andrey Goryachev.
Top Five Chip Counts Day 1b:
| Posición | jugador | País | Número de chips |
| 1 | Daria Krashennikova | Russia | 684,000 |
| 2 | Vladímir Kuzmenko | Russia | 214,500 |
| 3 | Georgiy Filippovich | Russia | 210,000 |
| 4 | Marat Shafigulin | Russia | 199,000 |
| 5 | Lev Nechaev | Russia | 195,500 |
Daria Krashennikova
The same day also featured the turbo heat Day 1c which reeled in 57 entries. When the action was stopped in level 14, only 24 players had chips at their disposal. Mark Uzdenov (128,500) and Vasily Grebennikov (128,000) were separated by a single chip, Lidiya Belyaeva (101,000) also finished inside the top five. Nikolay Fal, Dmitry Gromov, Nikita Kuznetsov, and Sergey Pichugin advanced.
Aleksandr Gofman, Anatolii Zyrin y Andrey Andreev fueron las tres últimas bajas de la noche. Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya y Aleksandr Denisov tampoco lograron pasar el corte.
Top Five Chip Counts Day 1c:
| Posición | jugador | País | Número de chips |
| 1 | Marcos Uzdenov | Russia | 128,500 |
| 2 | Vasili Grebennikov | Russia | 128,000 |
| 3 | Stefan Prostorov | Russia | 126,500 |
| 4 | Iván Kalintsev | Russia | 117,500 |
| 5 | Lidiya Belyaeva | Russia | 101,000 |
Evento #9 WPT Closer Stats
Día 1a: 7 / 41 entradas avanzadas
Día 1b: 17 / 94 entradas avanzadas
Día 1c: 24 / 57 entradas avanzadas
Día 2: 48 jugadores fuera de 192 entries in contention
The event drew a field of 192 entries, resulting in a prize pool of ₽12,768,000 (~$173,564). Existen 48 players remaining for the final day on Saturday, August 14, y la parte superior 26 spots will get paid at least ₽115,500 (~$1,570).
Two bargain Bounty Side Events will conclude the festival alongside the WPT Closer and the final day of the ₽119,000 Main Event. All final results will be published on the following Monday, the WPT.com live reporting team will also provide conclusive updates for the Main Event final table as well.