Plesuv Leads 26 Remaining Players at the End of Day 2 of the $5,300 MILLIONS Finale
A total of 215 entries took to the felt in the $5,300 MILLIONS Finale at the Caribbean Poker Party Festival but just 26 are still standing at the end of Day 2. Leading the way is Pavel Plesuv with 21,950,000, and he's joined by several highly accomplished players, including Adrian Mateos (10,975,000), Koray Aldemir (8,675,000), Kenny Hallaert (9,625,000), and Day 1 chip leader Chris Hunichen (9,075,000). Partypoker Sponsored Pros Anatoly Filatov (7,900,000), Roberto Romanello (5,900,000), and Kristen Bicknell (2,550,000) are still also in the hunt. Additionally, partypoker Head of Poker Tom Waters will take a sizeable 15,700,000-chip stack out of the bag when Day 3 begins.
The field is currently just three spots away from the money since 23 places will be paid. A mincash is good for $10,000 but all eyes are fixed on the $250,000 first prize.
Unfortunately, not all the familiar faces who took their seats for Day 2 action survived to the day's end. Philipp Gruissem, Stephen Chidwick, partypoker Sponsored Pro Marcel Luske, Jack Sinclair, Ari Engel, Sergio Aido, partypoker Sponsored Pro Natalia Breviglieri, Rainer Kempe, and Mike Leah were among the fallen.
Day 2 was scheduled to play out over eight levels but tournament staff elected to add a dinner break and two more levels of play. When play resumes on Saturday at noon local time, blinds will be 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000-chip button ante.
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Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 11,875,000 | 59 |
| 12 | 2 | Miguel Riera | Spain | 5,425,000 | 27 |
| 12 | 3 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 9,100,000 | 46 |
| 12 | 4 | Marc-Oliver Carpentier-Perrault | Canada | 13,675,000 | 68 |
| 12 | 5 | Renato Nomura | United States | 7,750,000 | 39 |
| 12 | 6 | Anatoly Filatov | Russian Federation | 7,900,000 | 40 |
| 12 | 7 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 9,075,000 | 45 |
| 13 | 2 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 8,675,000 | 43 |
| 13 | 3 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 9,625,000 | 48 |
| 13 | 4 | Aleksejs Meless | Latvia | 4,575,000 | 23 |
| 13 | 5 | Daniel Clark | United Kingdom | 12,200,000 | 61 |
| 13 | 6 | Barny Boatman | United Kingdom | 6,000,000 | 30 |
| 13 | 7 | Raul Martinez Requena | Spain | 5,350,000 | 27 |
| 13 | 8 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 10,975,000 | 55 |
| 14 | 1 | Tom Waters | United Kingdom | 15,700,000 | 79 |
| 14 | 4 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 21,950,000 | 110 |
| 14 | 5 | Tony Cousineau | United States | 3,025,000 | 15 |
| 14 | 6 | Roberto Romanello | United Kingdom | 5,900,000 | 30 |
| 14 | 7 | Bartosz Stasiewicz | Poland | 2,975,000 | 15 |
| 14 | 8 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 8,100,000 | 41 |
| 18 | 1 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 2,550,000 | 13 |
| 18 | 2 | James Walker | United Kingdom | 11,725,000 | 59 |
| 18 | 3 | Dylan Linde | United States | 7,825,000 | 39 |
| 18 | 5 | Gerald Karlic | Austria | 3,525,000 | 18 |
| 18 | 6 | Richard Tatalovich | United States | 2,850,000 | 14 |
| 18 | 7 | Bartlomiej Machon | Poland | 6,725,000 | 34 |
when we got to the table. Partypoker Sponsored Pro Kristen Bicknell bet 485,000 from the small blind into her lone opponent, who was under the gun. He called and Bicknell tabled 
for top pair, top kicker. Bicknell's opponent tossed his cards into the muck and Bicknell took the chips.
Mateos was still best, so he took the pot to eliminate Parkinson.
and the small blind bet 450,000. Filatov called.
fell on the river, the small blind bet 660,000, and Filatov called. The small blind flipped over 
so he took the pot to put his stack over the 10,000,000-chip mark.
when we got to the table. Partypoker Sponsored Pro Natalia Breviglieri was in the big blind and already all-in, having started the hand with less than 40,000. Dylan Linde was in the small blind and heads-up in the side pot against the player in the hijack, who had already committed 350,000 on the river. Linde jammed for a total of 2,600,000, putting his opponent to a decision for his remaining 1,700,000 chips. He went into the tank for nearly a minute and ultimately folded. Linde showed 
was no good, so Linde took all the chips and eliminated Breviglieri.
