Vitaly Avanesyan Wins Two Consecutive Sochi Poker Festival Cups

Vitaly Avanesyan has had an incredibly successful run at the Sochi Poker Festival, achieving a feat never before accomplished: winning two consecutive SPF cups. On Tuesday, Avanesyan emerged victorious in the Warm Up event, earning $19,000 in prize money. The following day, he secured another win in the high roller event, taking home an impressive $40,000.

Before the heads-up final, the two finalists, Vitaly Avanesyan and Roman Vasiliev, agreed to split the prize. The decisive moment came on the blinds of 40,000/80,000, where Roman went all-in with 10-J, and Vitaly made a light call with pocket aces.

The final table results for the SPF High Roller event were as follows: Vitaly Avanesyan in first place with $40,000, Roman Vasiliev in second with $35,000, Maxim Sekretarev in third with $21,000, Vage Pogosyan in fourth with $15,000, Sergey Chudopal in fifth with $11,000, and Vasily Tsapko in sixth with $8,000.