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The Kreschatyk Poker Club recently played host to the Russian Poker Series Kiev Main Event, sponsored by PokerStars. A total of 322 players paid buy-ins of $2,500 each to generate a $718k prize pool. Russia’s own Oleg Prokhorov emerged victorious on the final day of play, earning the title, a trophy and $102k.

Only 40 players remained by the third day of action and the top 36 finished in the money. Alex Kravchenko of Team PokerStars Pro made a deep run and started Day 3 in 12th place. After a strong showing on Day 3, Kravchenko entered the final table with the third-largest chip stack on a leaderboard dominated by locals, including Vadim Ostomaty, Paul Lee, Levan Karmanishvili, Martin Dietrich, Yuri Skorzeny, Andrew Pateychuk, Anton Ponomarev and the aforementioned Prokhorov.

Pateychuk was first to hit the rail. He took a bad beat when his pocket aces were topped by Karmanishvili’s pair of 10s with another 10 on the board. Skorzeny, Dietrich and Kravchenko were next to face elimination. Kravchenko was four to a flush following the flop, but garbage on the turn and river gave trip Kings to Ponomarev.

Lee and Karmanishvili were then eliminated in fifth and fourth place. The remaining three players struck a deal, with Prokhorov earning only $94k compared to Ponomarev and Ostomaty’s $135k. The final $8k along with the title was still reserved for first place.

Ponomarev was quickly eliminated and heads-up play ensued. Prokhorov had a lot of catching up to do, given his stack of 1.15 million compared to Ostomaty’s 8.45 million. After fighting his way back, Prokhorov scored trip 9s on the turn to defeat Ostomaty’s two-pair, giving him the ultimate victory. There’s little doubt that Prokhorov will think twice before striking a three-handed deal in the future.