Poker In Russia

[MosJan]

1. Friday 5th April at Cosmos Casino: Pot Limit Omaha. Prizepool: USD 32,500

 

1st: Valery Illikian 2nd: John Kocbek (Australia)

3rd: Vladimir Makeev 4th: Armen Minasyan (Armenia)

5th: Manvel Avagyan (Armenia) 6th: Alex Leviev

7th: Arseny Mesheryakov 8th: Valery Zheleznyakov

9th: Mel Judah (Australia) 10th: Eddy Kapitonov

 

2. Saturday 6th April at Shangri-la Casino: Pot Limit Texas Hold'em Prizepool: USD 35,500

 

1st: Akob Vardanyan (Armenia) 2nd: Sergey Pevzner

3rd: Aram Piruzyan 4th: Abraham Item

5th: Alexei "the gorilla" Popov 6th: Eddy Kapitonov

7th: Igor Kudryavtsev 8th: Phil Cannon (Australia)

9th: Oleg Makovenko 10th: Alex Kravchenko

 

3. Sun 7th April at Corona Casino: Pot Limit Dealer's Choice Prizepool: USD 22,750

 

1st: Armin Valimahomod (Kenya/India) 2nd: "Bendigo" Sloan (Australia)

3rd: Dan Hill (USA) 4th: Alex Kravchenko

5th: Jack Lee (Australia) 6th: M. Vidgesingh (India)

7th: Aram Piruzyan 8th: Grigory Dvorkin

9th: Aram Martirosyan (Armenia) 10th: Arseny Mesheryakov

 

BEST OVERALL PLAYER STANDINGS: Prizepool USD 13,457 (3% deducted PLUS $9,000 ADDED)

1st: Akob Vardanyan $4,441 2nd: Valery Illiakin $2,960

3rd: John Kocbek $2,018 4th: Aram Piuzyan $1,346

5th: Eddy Kapitonov $1,077 6th: Alex Kravchenko $942

7th: Sergey Pevzner $673

 

 

 

 

Russia's first ever Poker Conference was held in Moscow from the 2nd to 4th of April. Delegates from casinos throughout Russia were in attendance, as well as from Finland & the Baltic countries where poker is a fledgling industry.

 

Surprisingly, there were 7 delegates from various casinos in Siberia, so maybe it's not so bad to be sent to Siberia anymore. As ever, "Bendigo" Sloan was a polished & professional presenter, & he has firmly established his credentials here in Russia where numerous regional casinos are now eagerly bidding for his services.

 

"Bendigo" has offered a training course to poker management in Russia, & it looks very much like we are going to see a real poker revolution here, with casinos ready to adopt international standard practices in casino poker management. "Bendigo" even took time off to participate in the Dealer's Choice event on the Sunday night, finishing 2nd & showing us that he can play a bit too.

 

Results of the "Moscow Trio" of tournaments held from 5-7th April were as follows: (all events USD 250 entry fee with re-buys & add-on). Players are Russian unless otherwise noted.