Oleg Suntsov Wins Russian Poker Tour RPT In St Petersburg

Feb 3, 2009 - 5:23:38 PM

The inaugural Russian Poker Tour event was won by local player Oleg Suntsov who walked away with the first prize of $300,000 / 10,616,000 (Russian Rubles). The PokerStars sponsored tournament made its debut in St. Petersburg this weekend and attracted over 200 players.

Oleg, who is a regular player on the St Petersburg tournament scene, started the final day with the smallest stack but managed to turn things around to take the title and a share of the $1 million prize pool.

The next stop on the RPT is Moscow, where the $10,000 buy-in Main Event will kick off on February 25th.

RPT St Petersburg Final Table Results

1. Oleg Suntsov – RUB 10,616,000
2. Vadim Markushevsky – RUB 5,469,000
3. Alexander Pantukhin – RUB 3,217,000
4. Sergey Solntsev – RUB 2,380,000
5. Bulat Bikmetov – RUB 1,930,000
6. Sergey Popuk – RUB 1,608,000
7. Anatoly Ozhenilok – RUB 1,287,000
8. Dimitru Gaina – RUB 965,000
9. Evgeny Zaytsev – RUB 643,000

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