Alexey Kovalchuk wins RPT Kiev

Russian Poker TourIn the center Kiev, in the hotel "Rus", yesterday ended the main event of the first stage Russian Poker Tour 2011... Each of the 232 participants paid an entry fee of $2'500, which is more than the guaranteed prize pool of $400'000. When there were three players at the final table, they agreed to a split. Only then did they continue to play for an insignificant amount, but at the same time for the champion title RPT Kiev 2011which eventually won Alexey Kovalchuk... Let's mark the second place Dmitry Klemeshev, which makes it to the RPT final table for the second time. Last March, all in the same Kiev, he took third place.

When the heads-up started, the players had approximately equal stacks - 3.5 million in chips each.

Alexey caught a straight from the flop, and Dmitry paid Kovalchuk, not believing, and lost a big pot of 1.5 million.

In the final hand, Dmitry had AJ, and Alexey also had an ace, but with a two kicker. The flop came 7-K-2-3-3 and Alexey Kovalchuk became the winner of the tournament.

Alexey Kovalchuk
RPT Kiev final table results:

1st place - Alexey Kovalchuk + $88'556
2nd place - Dmitry Klemeshev + $108'000
3rd place - Roman Dolgorukov + $75'000
4th place - Mikhail Gurkov + $49'400
5th place - Lev Khlyavich + $36'800
6th place - Nikolay Pritykin + $26'335
7th place - Evgeny Ilyachenko + $17'450
8th place - Alexander Grebenyuk + $13'500

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