Lithuania's Gediminas Uselis Wins the partypoker MILLIONS Online Closer ($98,610)

March 08, 2021

Jason Glatzer

Shirley Ang Global Live Events Manager

The MILLIONS Online crowned three new winners at partypoker on Sunday, March 7 including Gediminas Uselis, Nelio Relva, and Pavlo Kolinkovskyi.

Meanwhile, Juan Pardo Dominguez bagged the chip lead in the partypoker MILLIONS Online High Roller on Day 1.

Read on to learn more about the biggest recent events in the MILLIONS Online at partypoker.

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Gediminas Uselis Win the MILLIONS Online #25 Closer ($98,610)

The MILLIONS Online #25 Closer was a two-day PKO featuring a $1,050 buy-in along with a generous $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. The three opening flights attracted 583 entrants to generate a $583,000 prize pool to smash the guarantee.

The field was trimmed down to 87 hopefuls to start Sunday's Day 2 and after nearly 7 1/2 hours of play, there was one player with all the chips in Gediminas Uselis who banked the $40,200 top prize along with $58,410 in bounties for a total haul of $98,610.

Joining Uselis on the podium were Luan Barbosa (second - $54,497) and Simon Mattsson (third - $33,392), while fellow Lithuanian Audrius Stakelis took down fourth place for $20,214.

Rounding off the final table were Harald Sammer (fifth - $18,028), Stoyan Kitanov (sixth - $16,025), and Stewart Kirby (seventh - $10,703).

Meanwhile, Nelio Relva won a mini-version of this event featuring a $109 buy-in and a $259,700 prize pool to collect the $15,431 along with $11,495 in bounties.

MILLIONS Online #25 Closer Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize	Bounties	Total Prize
1	Gediminas Uselis	Lithuania	$40,200	$58,410	$98,610
2	Luan Ferreira Barbosa	Brazil	$40,141	$14,355	$54,497
3	Simon Mattsson	Sweden	$27,298	$6,094	$33,392
4	Audrius Stakelis	Lithuania	$18,152	$2,063	$20,214
5	Harald Sammer	Austria	$12,200	$5,828	$18,028
6	Stoyan Kitanov	Bulgaria	$9,400	$6,625	$16,025
7	Stewart Kirby	United Kingdom	$6,672	$4,031	$10,703

Pavlo Kolinkovskyi Beats Ole Schemion to Win the MILLIONS Online #27 High Roller Turbo ($74,503)

The MILLIONS Online #27 High Roller Turbo boasted a $5,200 buy-in along with a generous $200,000 guaranteed prize pool. With 46 entries getting into the action, the event smashed the guarantee by generating a $230,000 prize pool.

The one-day event was a fast-paced affair lasting less than five hours from start to finish.

The final table was full of big names. Pavlo Kolinkovskyi came out on top to collect the $74,503 top prize after he defeated Ole Schemion (second - $45,757) in heads-up play. Jonathan Van Fleet was also on the podium with a third-place performance worth $29,842.

Rounding off the final table were Sven Joakim Andersson (fourth - $20,690), Timothy Adams (fifth - $15,319), Eelis Parssinen (sixth - $12,834), and Marius Gierse (seventh - $11,046).

Meanwhile, Niklas Astedt and Arsenii Malinov fell just short of the seven-max final table with eighth and ninth place performances respectively to each collect a $10,005 min-cash.

MILLIONS Online #27 High Roller Turbo Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Pavlo Kolinkovskyi	Ukraine	$74,503
2	Ole Schemion	Austria	$45,757
3	Jonathan Van Fleet	Canada	$29,842
4	Sven Joakim Andersson	Andorra	$20,690
5	Timothy Adams	Canada	$15,319
6	Eelis Parssinen	Finland	$12,834
7	Marius Gierse	Austria	$11,046

Juan Pardo Dominguez Grabs Chip Lead on Day 1 of the partypoker MILLIONS Online #26 High Roller

Day 1 of the partypoker MILLIONS Online #26 High Roller has come to an end with 20 players cashing and making the final day to battle it out for a bigger share of the $1,160,000 prize pool.

Coming back for the final day with the chip lead is Juan Pardo Dominguez with 14,428,654 in chips. Completing the podium for today are David Yan (11,048,887) and Daniel Dvoress (10,82,082).

partypoker Ambassador Mikta Badziakouski collected 8,072,148 on Day 1 which is good for sixth place in the chip counts.

partypoker MILLIONS Online #26 High Roller Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Juan Pardo Dominguez	Spain	14,428,654	120
2	David Yan	New Zealand	11,048,887	92
3	Daniel Dvoress	Brazil	10,082,082	84
4	Christian Rudolph	Germany	8,432,027	70
5	Samuel Vousden	Finland	8,337,050	69
6	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	8,072,148	67
7	Christoph Vogelsang	Germany	7,762,644	65
8	Nick Petrangelo	United States	6,803,680	57
9	Ivan Zufic	Croatia	6,667,591	56
10	Juha Helppi	Finland	6,330,340	53

Aside from the top ten, the other players who will return for Day 2 are Marius Gierse, David Coleman, Daan Mulders, Justin Bonomo, Joakim Anderson, Rodney Ramalho, Elio Fox, Rok Gostisa, Vicent Bosca, and Alexandros Kolonias.

Sosia Jiang ended up bubbling this event when all her chips went in from the big blind and she was looked up by Coleman who held ace-king. Jiang's ace-jack couldn't beat the kicker of Coleman when they both flopped top pair and rivered two pair to send her to the rail without cashing.