$5,300 Millions Finale ($1 Million Gtd.) Day 2 | 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival

11-24-2017 19:45 UTC-3

Parkinson Eliminated by Mateos

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Level 14 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Padraig Parkinson moved all-in for 645,000 from middle position and Adrian Mateos called from the button to put Parkinson at risk.

Parkinson:
Mateos:

Mateos had the preflop advantage and Parkinson needed to improve in order to preserve his tournament life. After the board ran out Mateos was still best, so he took the pot to eliminate Parkinson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	5,080,000	2,230,000
Padraig Parkinson	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Padraig Parkinson

11-24-2017 19:34 UTC-3

Some Updated Chip Counts

simkha

Level 14 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Filatov	11,250,000	850,000
Bartosz Stasiewicz	10,300,000	2,500,000
Joseph Cheong	6,650,000	1,950,000
Dylan Linde	4,100,000	-350,000
Philipp Gruissem	3,800,000	-400,000
Tom Waters	3,470,000	-1,030,000
Kenny Hallaert	3,080,000	-2,370,000
Kristen Bicknell	3,050,000	1,720,000
Adrian Mateos	2,850,000	1,450,000
Roberto Romanello	2,820,000	-680,000
Chris Hunichen	2,600,000	250,000
Alex Foxen	2,560,000	-340,000
Michael Watson	2,400,000	-2,200,000
Stephen Chidwick	2,250,000	50,000
Rainer Kempe	2,200,000	1,250,000
Barny Boatman	1,750,000	-70,000
Tony Cousineau	1,550,000	-1,510,000
Sergio Aido	1,300,000	510,000
Padraig Parkinson	850,000	-445,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

11-24-2017 19:00 UTC-3

A Good River for Filatov

simkha

Level 13 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action folded around to the blinds and the small raised to 125,000. Partypoker Sponsored Pro Anatoly Filatov three-bet to 350,000 from the big blind and the small blind called.

The flop came and both players checked.

The turn brought the and the small blind bet 450,000. Filatov called.

The fell on the river, the small blind bet 660,000, and Filatov called. The small blind flipped over but Filatov showed so he took the pot to put his stack over the 10,000,000-chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Filatov	10,400,000	2,400,000

Tags: Anatoly Filatov

11-24-2017 18:41 UTC-3

Structure Amendment

simkha

Level 13 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The field was originally scheduled to play eight levels on Day 2, but tournament staff has announced that they will play a total of 10 levels. There will be a 45-minute dinner break at the conclusion of level 14, a 20-minute break after level 16, and players will bag chips for the night after level 18.

11-24-2017 18:37 UTC-3

Some Updated Chip Counts

simkha

Level 13 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Filatov	8,000,000	5,800,000
Bartosz Stasiewicz	7,800,000	2,200,000
Kenny Hallaert	5,450,000	3,370,000
Joseph Cheong	4,700,000	3,600,000
Tom Waters	4,500,000	2,050,000
Dylan Linde	4,450,000	870,000
Philipp Gruissem	4,200,000	2,320,000
Tony Cousineau	3,060,000	540,000
Alex Foxen	2,900,000	620,000
Jack Sinclair	2,380,000	650,000
Chris Hunichen	2,350,000	-325,000
Barny Boatman	1,820,000	1,820,000
Adrian Mateos	1,400,000	-200,000
Kristen Bicknell	1,330,000	305,000
Padraig Parkinson	1,295,000	-25,000
Mustapha Kanit	1,080,000	-500,000
Rainer Kempe	950,000	380,000
Sergio Aido	790,000	-315,000

11-24-2017 18:25 UTC-3

Duthie Eliminated by Watson

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Level 13 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

John Duthie was in early position and got his stack in before the flop against Michael Watson, who was in the big blind and had the larger of the two stacks.

Duthie:
Watson:

Watson had the preflop advantage and Duthie needed to improve in order to preserve his tournament life. After the board ran out Watson's queens were still best, so he took the pot to send Duthie to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Watson	4,600,000	1,450,000
John Duthie	Busted

Tags: John Duthie Michael Watson

11-24-2017 18:15 UTC-3

Romanello Doubles

simkha

Level 13 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Roberto Romanello raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, the button called, and the big blind called.

The flop came and the big blind checked. Romanello bet 175,000, the button folded, and the big blind check-raised to 475,000. Romanello jammed for a total of 1,600,000 and the big blind called to put Romanello at risk.

Romanello:
Big blind:

Romanello held the nut-flush draw and needed help from the deck in order to beat his opponent's set of sixes. The on the turn put Romanello squarely in the lead, the river changed nothing, and Romanello took the pot to double up.