After a dominant final table performance it was Artur Martirosyan who won the 2nd of the
PGT Last Chance tournaments, 👏 collectingR$211,200 in prize money and adding 211 points
to his tally on the PGT leaderboard.
Those points have pushed the player 👏 from Russia
into 46th spot on said leaderboard, closer to the top 40 and a seat in the
end-of-season PGT 👏 ChampionshipR$1 million freeroll on January 9.
Martirosyan, clad in
shades and a striking Gucci baseball cap adorned with roaring tigers, had 👏 to
outmaneuver a group of high caliber players on the final table. These included Stephen
Chidwick, Kristen Foxen and the 👏 previous night’s unlucky runner-up Daniel
Smiljkovic.
Martirosyan called Smiljkovic’s bluff to take an even bigger lead at the
final table
Wire-to-wire performance 👏 at the final table
With 88 runners down to a final
seven, Martirosyan held the chip lead heading into the final 👏 table. It was a lead that
would increase significantly just four hands in as Smiljkovic, with a decent-sized
stack of 👏 his own, attempted to run a bluff on the chip leader.
Martirosyan:
K❤️Q♣
Smiljkovic: A♠J♦️
With blinds at 15k/30k/30k, Smiljkovic min-raised from UTG+1,
👏 Martirosyan 3-bet to 270k from the small blind and then called Smiljkovic’s 500k
4-bet.
Out of position, Martirosyan check-called on all 👏 three streets with top
pair…
Q♠8♦️7♦️3♣4♠
…to send the previous night’s runner-up to the rail withR$44k and 44
points for the leaderboard.
He 👏 would shortly do the same to Kristen Foxen, his A♣J♣
holding up to beat Foxen’s K♠Q♣ and send her out 👏 in 6th, collectingR$52,800 and 53
leaderboard points.
Foxen flopped a queen but the turn brought Martirosyan an
ace
Victoria Livschitz was next 👏 to go in 5th, cashing forR$70,400 as Latvia’s Vitalijs
Zavorotnijs turned a set to reduce the field to four.
Chidwick misstep 👏 sets up
Martirosyan for the win
Four-handed it was Martirosyan and Stephen Chidwick who held
most of the chips, so the 👏 short-stacked Michael Jozoff and Zavorotnijs will have
enjoyed seeing the two clash in the blinds.
Chidwick, in the big blind (with 👏 blinds at
40k/80k/80k), came over the top of Martirosyan’s small blind open to 350k, shoving for
2.57m. Martirosyan snap-called with 👏 a stronger ace.
Chidwick: A♣7♦️
Martirosyan:
A♦️Q♣
The 4♠T♦️A♠K♠5♠ board brought no help for Chidwick and the Englishman was
eliminated, takingR$88k and 88 👏 points for 4th place.
Stephen Chidwick: ran into a
bigger ace
With 1st knocking out 2nd, Martirosyan found himself with a stack 👏 of over 8m
chips, compared to just 1.9m for Jozoff and 1m for Zavorotnijs.
That proved to be the
eventual finishing 👏 order, Martirosyan quickly dispatching both players to claim
theR$211,200 first prize and those all-important leaderboard points.
PGT Last Chance #2
results
Place 👏 Player Points Prize 1 Artur Martirosyan 211R$211,200 2 Michael Jozoff
145R$145,200 3 Vitalijs Zavorotnijs 110R$110,000 4 Stephen Chidwick 88R$88,000 5
👏 Victoria Livschitz 70R$70,400 6 Kristen Foxen 53R$52,800 7 Daniel Smiljkovic
44R$44,000
Last Chance #3 takes place tomorrow, with more chances to 👏 grab leaderboard
points ahead of the PGT Championship freeroll, January 9. Leaderboard updates can be
found here. Final table action 👏 from all the events will be streamed on the PokerGO
YouTube channel, and we’ll bring you all the news and 👏 results at PokerOrg.
