€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd.
Day 1b Started
€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd.
Day 1b Started
Welcome to Day 1b of the Golden Million Main Event featuring a mouth-watering €1 million guaranteed prize pool at Noah's Ark Deluxe Hotel and Spa. As yesterday's Day 1a proved, the festival has attracted players from all around the globe including Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.
The structure is one of the deepest players can find anywhere in Europe, especially at the €800 price point. Many players already got in much cheaper via live satellites or through promotions with the festival's partners PPPoker, Neverlose Poker, and J88 Poker.
Players start off with a big stack of 80,000 in chips during each of the five opening flights on Nov. 26-30. Those looking for a little more can add another 20,000 in chips to bring their total stack up to 100,000 for €40. The add-on also acts as bubble insurance with players getting their buy-ins back if they are one spot away from a cash.
The first four opening flights feature 45-minute blind levels while the final flight is a turbo-affair with 20-minute blind levels. Players can reenter an unlimited amount of times during the 12 blind levels late registration window during each opening flight.
Each opening flight features its own bubble with 15 percent of each starting flight already cashing in the tournament. Each flight will end at different times as play will end when the field is down to 10 percent of the field.
Players bagging chips will enjoy a deeper structure as blinds increase to one hour in length on Day 2 on Nov. 30 before increasing again to 90-minute blind levels for the final two days on Dec. 1-2.
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 100 | 200 | |
2 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
3 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
4 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
5 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
6 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
7 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
8 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
9 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
10 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
11 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
12 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
13 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
14 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
15 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
16 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
17 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
18 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
19 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
20 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
21 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
22 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
23 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Each day on the schedule features tons of side events and, of course, cash games will be running nonstop at a variety of buy-in levels. Here is a look at the entire schedule.
Date | Time | Buy-in | Event | Levels | Guarantee |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov. 22 | 7 p.m. | €330 | Golden Opening Day 1a | 30 min. | €30,000 |
10 p.m. | €165 | Sat Super Rodio High Roller | 20 min. | 2 Seats | |
Nov. 23 | 7 p.m. | €330 | Golden Opening Day 1b | 30 min. | €30,000 |
10 p.m. | €165 | Sat Super Rodio High Roller | 20 min. | 2 Seats | |
Nov. 24 | 5 p.m. | €330 | Golden Opening Final Day | 40 min. | €30,000 |
7 p.m. | €55 | Sunday Battle Cyprus | 25 min. | €5,000 | |
10 p.m. | €90 | Sat Super Rodio High Roller | 20 min. | 3 Seats | |
Nov. 25 | 6 p.m. | €165 | Golden Six Max | 20 min. | €10,000 |
9 p.m. | €55 | Sat Main Day 1a | 20 min. | 5 Seats | |
10 p.m. | €130 | Sat Super Rodio High Roller | 20 min. | 2 Seats | |
Midnight | €110 | Hyper Turbo "The Gambler" | 20 min. | €5,000 | |
Nov.26 | 12 p.m. | €115 | Sat Main Day 1a | 20 min. | 4 Seats |
3 p.m. | €800 | Golden Poker Million Day 1a | 45 min. | €1,000,000 | |
7 p.m. | €220 | Golden Warm Up | 20 min. | €10,000 | |
10 p.m. | €110 | Sat Super Rodio High Roller | 20 min. | 2 Seats | |
Nov. 27 | 12 p.m. | €0 | Freeroll Special Eliminated Day 1a | 20 min. | 5 Seats |
3 p.m. | €800 | Golden Poker Million Day 1b | 45 min. | €1,000,000 | |
5 p.m. | €160 | Sat Super Rodio High Roller | 20 min. | 5 Seats | |
8 p.m. | €1,500 | Super Rodeo High Roller Day 1 | 40 min. | €150,000 | |
10 p.m. | €100 | Sat Main Day 1c | 20 min. | 4 Seats | |
Nov. 28 | 12 p.m. | €110 | Sat Main Day 1c | 20 min. | 4 Seats |
2 p.m. | €1,500 | Super Rodeo High Roller Final Day | 40 min. | €150,000 | |
3 p.m. | €800 | Golden Poker Million Day 1c | 45 min. | €1,000,000 | |
7 p.m. | €440 | Bounty KO Progressive Bounty | 20 min. | €10,000 | |
10 p.m. | €100 | Sat Main Day 1d | 20 min. | 4 Seats | |
Nov. 29 | 12 p.m. | €110 | Sat Main Day 1d | 20 min. | 4 Seats |
3 p.m. | €800 | Golden Poker Million Day 1d | 45 min. | €1,000,000 | |
4 p.m. | €220 | Rockie BountyKO Bounty €100 | 20 min. | €5,000 | |
7 p.m. | €220 | Golden Omaha Pot Limit | 25 min. | €10,000 | |
9 p.m. | €165 | Deep Stack | 20 min. | €10,000 | |
10 p.m. | €80 | Hyper Sat Main Event Day 1e | 15 min. | 4 Seats | |
Nov. 30 | 12 p.m. | €800 | Golden Poker Million Day 1e Turbo | 20 min. | €1,000,000 |
4 p.m. | €110 | Sat Platinum High Roller | 20 min. | 4 Seats | |
6 p.m. | Golden Poker Million Day 2 | 60 min. | €1,000,000 | ||
7 p.m. | €400 | Silver Poker Side Event Day 1 | 40 min. | €111,000 | |
8 p.m. | €1,100 | Platinum High Roller Day 1 | 40 min. | €50,000 | |
Dec. 1 | 12 p.m. | €110 | OFC Pineapple | 20 min. | €2,000 |
3 p.m. | Golden Poker Million Day 3 | 90 min. | €1,000,000 | ||
3 p.m. | €1,100 | Platinum High Roller Final Day | 60 min. | €50,000 | |
5 p.m. | €400 | Silver Poker Side Event Final Day | 40 min. | €111,000 | |
7 p.m. | €220 | Win the Button | 25 min. | €10,000 | |
Dec. 2 | 3 p.m. | Golden Poker Million Final Day | 90 min. | €1,000,000 | |
6 p.m. | €165 | Golden Closing | 20 min. | €10,000 |
Cards are scheduled to be in the air for Day 1b of the Golden Million Cyprus Main Event starting at 3 p.m. EET. Stay tuned at PokerNews as we provide coverage from beginning to end.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Tournament Director Gerard Serra has announced to the dealers to shuffle up and deal. There are currently 17 entrants in the field, a figure that is sure to climb much higher with late registration open until the start of Level 13.
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Costa Rica's Ivonne Montealegre is well-known in her current home country in Europe for running and founding many poker festivals including the popular Malta Poker Festival. Coincidentally, the latest winner of that festival is also here with Tomas Sujeta competing in Day 1a.
Montealegre is in her seat early and ready for a marathon day after hearing about yesterday's more than 16 1/2 hour Day 1a.
Here is a look at some of the other players taking their seats early in Level 1.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vasileios Tsaknis | 100,000 | |
Ivonne Montealegre
|
100,000 | |
Surinder Sunar
|
100,000 | |
Avi Butz
|
100,000 | |
Jorge Alvarez
|
100,000 |
The starting field has already grown to 31 entrants and counting. Thus far, all players are still in their seats. This is to be expected considering that they are 500 big blinds deep to start assuming they purchased the 20,000 chip add-on for €40.
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Johnny Jenesen
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Oleksandr Lysenko | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Vladyslav Pohribnyi | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Jonathan Reyes | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Kim Yuriy
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Konstantinos Markakis
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Neoc Bao Pham
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Enrique Garcia De Blas bet 10,000 into a pot of around 18,000 after the came on the flop. Oleksandr Lysenko raised to 24,000 and Garcia De Blas called.
Garcia De Blas checked after the came on the turn. Lysenko bet 28,000 and Garcia De Blas quickly folded and turned over .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Oleksandr Lysenko | 140,000 | 40,000 |
Enrique Garcia De Blas | 60,000 |