€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd. Day 1a | 2019 Golden Poker Million

11-27-2019 00:19 UTC+3

Mihailidis Doubles Off Pombo

Jaxon

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Bruno Pombo and Dimitrios Michailidis both sat down onto Table 12 coming off break with fresh stacks of 100,000 in chips. Both players committed their stacks preflop with Michailidis ahead with against his opponent's .

The ran out on the board and Michailidis doubled while felting his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Michailidis	207,500
Bruno Pombo	Busted

Tags: Bruno Pombo Dimitrios Michailidis

11-27-2019 00:27 UTC+3

Golubev Adds to His Stack

Jaxon

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

PokerNews caught up with the hand with about 180,000 in the pot and the on the board. Andrey Golubev and Chadi Haddad. Haddad turned over and the big pot headed to Golubev after he turned over .

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Golubev	380,000 70,000	70,000
Chadi Haddad	250,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Andrey Golubev Chadi Haddad

11-27-2019 00:46 UTC+3

Rivas Soars With Pocket Rockets

Jaxon

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

PokerNews caught up with the hand with Dimitrios Michailidis raising Jose Rivas from 67,500 to 142,000. Rivas tanked for two to three minutes before he jammed a monster stack more than covering the around 240,000 total his opponent had and Michailidis called.

Jose Rivas:
Dimitrios Michailidis:

Rivas' pocket rockets held strong as the ran out on the board and he is easily the chip leader with a stack of around 700,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Rivas	700,000 290,000	290,000
Dimitrios Michailidis	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Michailidis Jose Rivas

11-27-2019 00:49 UTC+3

Golden Million Provides Amazing Value

Jaxon

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The Golden Million adds tons of value to the tournament with four great promotions.

First, the player that bubbles today will get their buy-in back provided they purchased the 20,000 chip add-on for €40.

Second, the player that bags the most chips on Day 1a will win a package to the Golden Poker Series Madrid at the beginning of March that includes four nights hotel and a buy-in to the €400 Main Event.

Third, the players that bag the nine lowest stacks will play in a one-hand all-in sit-and-go with the winner snagging a package valued at around €1,000 to the Golden Poker Series Marrakech at the end of March.

Finally, players that fail to cash in Day 1a will be invited to a freeroll tomorrow where five players will be able to get back into the Golden Million Cyprus Main Event on the house.

Level: 11

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

11-27-2019 01:14 UTC+3

Pasqualini Takes One Off Cinitas

Jaxon

Level 11 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jean-Paul Pasqualini is one of the more experienced players in the Day 1a field with almost $3 million in live tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob.

The Frenchman has built a nice stack and just increased it even more.

Pasqualini opened to 10,000 from the button before he called a three-bet from Bariskaan Cinitas from the small blind to 35,000.

Cinitas fired out a continuation bet of 30,000 after the came on the flop.

"How much do you have?" asked Pasqualini.

"Around 135,000," responded Cinitas as he pushed his chips a bit closer to his opponent.

About a minute later, Pasqualini raised to 70,000. Cinitas paused for about a minute before he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Paul Pasqualini	380,000
Bariskaan Cinitas	135,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Bariskaan Cinitas Jean-Paul Pasqualini

11-27-2019 01:19 UTC+3

Razkouallah Near the Chip Lead

Jaxon

Level 11 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Mohammed Razkouallah is among the chip leaders after growing his stack since the break up to 700,000 in chips.

Meanwhile, the player known as Super Sonic and Bruno Pombo are on the other end of the spectrum having fired in four bullets thus far into Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammed Razkouallah	700,000 250,000	250,000
Super Sonic	100,000
Bruno Pombo	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Bruno Pombo Mohammed Razkouallah Super Sonic

11-27-2019 01:37 UTC+3

Cakir Picks Off a Calea's Bluff

Jaxon

Level 11 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Murat Cakir checked on the river with about 120,000 in the pot and the on the board before Constantin Calea bet 118,000.

Cakir went into the tank for several minutes before he called. Calea knew he was beaten and instantly mucked his hand. The pot was awarded to Cakir who opted to also not show his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Murat Cakir	530,000 280,000	280,000
Constantin Calea	110,000

Tags: Murat Cakir Constantin Calea

11-27-2019 01:42 UTC+3

Recent Bustouts

Jaxon

Level 11 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Sujeta	Busted
Ruslan Bakhtiev	Busted
Jose Ignacio Aguilera	Busted
Vladyslav Pohribinyi	Busted
Alexey Romanov	Busted
Ferenc Csaba Pal	Busted
Afshin Afsharorumieh	Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000