Cherkashin AndreiChip CountsDay 2Level 24 · 100,000/200,000 (200,000)1 of 41 left
Andrei Cherkashin Wins Natural8 Open Super High Roller
Cherkashin Andrei returned to the Natural8 Open Super High Roller one year after finishing 6th at PSC III and this time went all the way. He navigated through a final table where the chip lead changed hands repeatedly before pulling away late to capture the title and the NT$ 669,120 top prize.
Congratulations to the new champ!
Payouts
1Cherkashin AndreiRussiaNT$669,120
2Tung Wing WongHong KongNT$411,000
3Lin Chung-TangTaiwanNT$264,800
4Jaemoon SeokSouth KoreaNT$196,000
5Seong Pyo AnSouth KoreaNT$161,600
6Dicky Tsang Siu-HangHong KongNT$135,800
7Yi Hing ChengHong KongNT$110,000
Relive the blow-by-blow action via the recorded livestream on the Players Series YouTube channel or scroll down for the recap and highlights.
Forty Hands on the Bubble
Getting into the money proved to be quite the ordeal. The bubble stretched for 40 hands, with Seong Pyo An, Yi Hing Cheng, and Chung Tang Lin each staring down elimination only to find timely three-outers to stay alive.
Eventually, there was no escape for Mr.Matuphoom Pangsrivinij who lost a flip against chip leader Lin to send the remaining seven players into the money.
Mr.Matuphoom PangsrivinijShort stacked Cheng was the first to the money in 7th place, followed by Dicky Tsang Siu-Hang in 6th place who won this very event exactly one year earlier at PSC II. The knockout pushed Lin to roughly half of the chips in play.
Cherkashin Makes His Move
At four handed, Cherkashin began making headway when his aces to eliminated An in 5th place however the chip lead remained volatile.
Jaemoon Seok moved ahead after doubling through Lin, Cherkashin wrestled it away with a double through Seok, then Seok reclaimed it on a flip. Cherkashin stayed in the fight with another double up paid in full by Tung Wing Wong.
The tide finally turned toward Cherkashin after he eliminated Seok in 4th place. He then set a trap for Lin with a hidden straight. Lin hero-called with two pair to fall in 3rd place. The elimination gave Cherkashin a commanding lead entering heads up with 57 big blinds to Wong's 7 big blinds.
Although Wong managed to double up on the first hand, his end came seven hands later with another trap from Cherkashin. Once again, he slow-played his straight, Wong took the bait with a river bluff shove. Cherkashin snap-called for the win.
Filed by Tricia David
