Poker player from St. Petersburg Alexei Anisimov became the winner of the opening tournament at the first event of the World Poker Tour in Russia. In the final stage of the WPT Opener with a buy-in of 33 thousand rubles and a guarantee of 30 million rubles, a deal was completed between 5 players, after which the champion title was drawn. After the tournament, Alexey Anisimov said in a conversation with journalists that the game was uneven, but he approached the final table with the desire to take first place: in money, he set himself the goal of playing only in first place. Even after the division, I really wanted to win. When only five participants remained in the game, the poker players made a deal on the following terms: Arman Atshemyan – 3,501,750 rubles Viktor Yarilov – 3,235,330 rubles Alexander Krasuntsev – 2,854,250 rubles Alexei Anisimov – 2,787,750 rubles Vasily Tsapko – 2,387,700 rubles In addition, 490 thousand rubles remained in the draw for the first place and 210 thousand rubles – for the second. Thus, having won the title of winner, Alexei Anisimov became the owner of a cash prize in the amount of 3,277,750 rubles, and Arman Atshemyan, who was in second place, received almost half a million more – 3,711,750 rubles. The top 6 also included Viktor Yarilov, Vasily Tsapko, Alexander Krasuntsev and Sergey Medvedev. In 2019, one of the official stages of the World Poker Tour will be held in Russia for the first time. Competitions are held from January 18 to 27 in the Sochi casino. WPT Opener is one of the four key events of the festival. On the final day of the competition, the winners of the WPT DeepStacks, the High Roller and the Main Event will be announced. The total guaranteed prize fund of the event is 184.5 million rubles ($3 million).
