Russian Poker Series
Russian Poker Series announces Grand Final
In just two months, the Russian Poker Series Grand Final will decide the Player of the Season and the final champion of the season. Today, the Russian Poker Series announced it will hold its Grand Final in Kiev, Ukraine, May 11-20 at the famous Kreschatik Poker Club. The $3,000 buy-in event will boa...more
Oleg Prokhorov wins RPS Kiev for $182,000
Oleg Prokhorov has won the PokerStars Russian Poker Series event in Kiev, Ukraine for $182,482. He overcame a tough field of 322 players, and tough final table that included Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko.Kravchenko went in sixth place when he moved all-in from the button with Q♣J♣ and got ...more
Sergey Ilyin wins RPS Riga and €65,000
If ever there was someone destined to win a poker tournament, it was Sergey Ilyin. So dominant was he of this final table that some wag in the audience shouted to the other players: "It is better to give up!" Of course they didn't, but the result was same. Ilyin took the title at the Russian Poker S...more
Dmitry Gromov wins Russian Poker Series Grand Final
The Russian Poker Series has finished its first season with Russia's Dmitry Gromov winning $201,362 for first place in Kiev. On the last hand of the night, Shashkov raised preflop up to 250 000 chips, Gromov re-raised to 650,000. Shaskov quickly moved all-in and got the call.Dmitry Gromov: T♥T♠D...more
Friederich Dollenz wins €104,484 at RPS Sharm-El-Sheikh
by RPS staffFriederich Dollenz, 47, won £104,484.00 in the late hours of Saturday at the final table of RPS Sharm-El-Sheikh. Dollenz beat a field of 212 players here in Sharm-El-Sheikh, where the Russian Poker Series generated a massive €380,434.00 prize pool.His heads-up opponent was Ernst Hermans ...more
Final table set at RPS Egypt
by RPS staffAfter three days of play, the Russian Poker Series event in Sharm-El-Sheikh Egypt is down to the final table.Thirty-six players started on Day 3 and played well into Friday morning before reaching the final nine players. Among the notable players finishing in the money: Alexander Nudin: ...more
Thirty-six remain at RPS Egypt
by Russian Poker Series staffAfter nine hours of play, the field of 124 players that started Day 2 has been reduced to 36. Those runners now move on to Day 3 where most will make the money in Sharm-El-Sheikh.Evgenij Agafonov from Russian Federation began the day with 64,725 chips. He rolled though D...more
Russian Poker Series Egypt event down to 124 players
The Russian Poker Series event in Sharm-El-Sheikh Egypt kicked off today with a field of 212 runners playing for a €380,434 prize pool. Among the those sitting down today were Team PokerStars Pros Ivan Demidov, Maxim Likov, Vadim Markushevskiy, Jose Ignacio Barbero, and Angel Guillen. Each one of th...more
Alexander Kuperman wins PokerStars RPS Riga
by James WhiteWe'll hear a lot more about Estonia this week when Season 7 of the European Poker Tour kicks off in Tallinn, but for now it's an Estonian player, Alexander Kuperman, making the news after winning the Russian Poker Series event in Riga, Latvia for €95,468.50.He beat a field of 183 playe...more
Final table set for Russian Poker Series Riga
by James WhiteArtur Egorov may not be a name that rolls off the tongue, but the Russian will let his stack do the talking today when he fights for the PokerStars RPS Riga title. Egorov's 1,392,000 chips will take some catching for the other eight final tablists.They're all already guaranteed €6,550,...more
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