$10,300 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
$10,300 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
Day 1a of the inaugural $10,300 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas @ Aria attracted 222 entrants and after eight levels just 143 players have booked their place in Day 2 on Sunday.
A selection of big names headed over to the Aria to check out partypoker's first foray into the American market, and right in the midst of a packed Vegas summer schedule of poker.
partypoker Chairman Mike Sexton (221,500) as well as partypoker pros such as Mikita Badziakouski (203,500), Bertrand Grospellier (263,000), Kristen Bicknell (87,500), Anatoly Filatov (83,000), Ludovic Geilich (90,000), Joao Simao (239,000) and Team Online's Jeff Gross (116,500) all jumped in on Day 1a and made it through.
The only partypoker pro to bust on Day 1a was Roberto Romanello. His kings were flushed away by an opponent, and he has the opportunity to re-enter tomorrow, or until the start of Level 11 on Day 2.
Other players who will need to fire a second bullet if they are to make Day 2 include Niall Farrell, James Romero, Ben Heath, Dan Smith, Aymon Hata, Danny Tang and Andreas Eiler.
The chip leader looks like being Govert Metaal with 482,500 closely followed by Justin Liberto (413,000). Players over 300,000 were at a premium but Craig Varnell (355,500) managed it as he continues his recovery from a freak head injury earlier this summer.
Big names such as Joe Cada (267,500), Frank Crivello (250,000), Daniel Strelitz (244,500), Sergio Aido (236,000), John Cynn (231,500), Daniel Neilson (220,500) and Adrian Mateos (202,500) all bagged healthy stacks.
PokerNews will be keeping you up to date throughout the rest of the partypoker MILLIONS so stay tuned for updates of all the action.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Govert Metaal |
482,500
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
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Pablo Brito Silva
|
464,000
464,000
|
464,000 |
Justin Liberto |
413,000
413,000
|
413,000 |
|
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Craig Varnell |
355,500
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
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Uri Reichenstein |
320,000
111,800
|
111,800 |
Stephen Song |
306,500
206,500
|
206,500 |
|
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Matthias Eibinger |
302,500
152,500
|
152,500 |
Sergey Konovalov |
299,500
149,500
|
149,500 |
David Maudlin |
297,500
297,500
|
297,500 |
Matas Cimbolas |
297,000
297,000
|
297,000 |
|
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Chi Zhang |
277,000
277,000
|
277,000 |
Daniel Rezaei |
276,000
276,000
|
276,000 |
Tobias Duthweiler |
273,000
273,000
|
273,000 |
Todd Ivens |
269,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
Joe Cada |
267,500
97,500
|
97,500 |
|
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Sam Soverel |
255,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
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Bertrand Grospellier |
253,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Frank Crivello |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Balazs Botond |
245,500
245,500
|
245,500 |
Daniel Strelitz |
244,500
89,500
|
89,500 |
|
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Joao Simao |
239,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
Sergio Aido |
236,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
Goran Mandic |
235,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
Ray Qartomy |
234,000
234,000
|
234,000 |
John Cynn |
231,500
-28,500
|
-28,500 |
|
The tournament clock has been paused with 10 minutes remaining in the last level. There will be four more hands at each table before the players bag and tag.
Harry Lodge was one of the last players to register on Day 1a and he made good use of his short time at the table. As the clock was winding down in the last level, Lodge and Gianluca Speranza got all of the chips in the middle after a couple of preflop raises. Lodge was the player at risk for 89,600 chips.
Harry Lodge:
Gianluca Speranza:
Lodge was in a dominating position preflop and the flop of kept things that way. The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river ensured Lodge of a full double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Harry Lodge |
182,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
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Gianluca Speranza | 28,300 |
A completed board of was laid out on the felt and David Peters was heads-up in the pot with Govert Metaal. There was around 35,000 in the middle and Peters led out for a bet of 23,000. Metaal thought for a moment and then made the call.
Peters reluctantly turned over and Metaal took back his chips as he tabled for the best hand. Just moments later, Peters was seen leaving his seat after losing the remainder of his chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Govert Metaal |
492,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
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David Peters | Busted | |
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On a flop, John Cynn check-called 10,300 from Craig Varnell and the turn brought the
Both players checked and the river was the . Cynn bet 27,500 and Varnell thought a while before folding.
Varnell still sits on well over 350,000 chips as we start the last level of the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Craig Varnell |
375,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
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John Cynn |
260,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Alex Lynskey was one of the latest entries to take a seat at the felt just prior to the final level of the day getting underway. Unfortunately for him, his time at the felt didn't last very long as he was on the wrong side of a cold deck.
Lynskey opened from under the gun and the button three-bet to 10,000. The blinds folded and Lynskey just called to see a flop of . Lynskey check-called a bet of 15,000 from his opponent and the landed on the turn.
Lynskey checked again and his opponent fired out another 20,000. Lynskey still called and the completed the board. Lynskey checked for the third time and his opponent moved all in. Lynskey only had around 50,000 chips remaining and he thought for a minute before sticking them in.
His opponent rolled over for a set of aces while Lynskey tabled his before hitting the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Lynskey | Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
A completed board of was spread across the table with around 75,000 in the middle. Thomas Muehloecker checked from the small blind and Faraz Jaka moved all in for around 55,000.
Muehloecker had just under 50,000 chips remaining and went into the tank with his tournament life on the line. Muehloecker struggled to come to a decision for a couple of minutes but finally dropped in some chips to call. Jaka flipped over for quad aces and Muehloecker sent his cards to the muck as he exited the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Faraz Jaka |
175,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
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Thomas Muehloecker | Busted |