Sergey Chudopal Wins SPF:Grand Final ME for the Second Time

Sergey Chudopal from Belarus won the SPF:Grand Final ME for the second consecutive year. The tournament, part of the Sochi Poker Festival, had 647 entries and a prize pool of 559,330$. Chudopal earned 88,900$ in the heads-up deal.

The final table consisted of eight players, all of whom were Russian except for Chudopal. Dmitry Kopyl finished as the runner-up, earning 82,500$. The other players at the final table included Marat Shafigullin, Alexey Savenkov, Ashot Levonyan, Alexander Denisov, Maxim Panyak, and Nikita Dmitrienko.

When only two players remained, they agreed to split the prize money, with each taking 82,500$, leaving 6,400$ to be played for. In the final hand, Kopyl went all-in pre-flop with A♥-2♠ and received a call from Chudopal with A♣-Q♣. The flop was 8♦-10♥-K♦, giving Chudopal a gutshot straight draw. The turn was a blank 8♠, but the river card J♥ gave Chudopal the winning straight.