2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival

$10,300 MILLIONS High Roller ($1 Million Gtd.)
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$275,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$999,100
Entries
103
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
0

Jonathan Little Bags the Chip Lead After Day 2 of $10,300 MILLIONS High Roller

Level 16 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Jonathan Little
Jonathan Little

Another exciting day in the $10,300 MILLIONS High Roller has come to an end at the Melia Caribe Tropical resort in Punta Cana. The day started out with 43 players returning from Day 1 but registration remained open until the end of level 12. By the day's end, there are just 19 players remaining with Jonathan Little substantially ahead of the rest of the field.

Little is no stranger to the poker world with over $6.5 million in career tournament earnings. You could say he is not a regular high-roller participant but this is one of those stops that you just can't miss. Little started off the day rather slowly, hovering around 1.0 million chips. Things changed in the second half, however, as Little started to catch fire and ran up a stack to around 7.0 million.

In the biggest pot of the tournament thus far, Little got involved in a hand with chip-leader Steffen Sontheimer. Sontheimer flopped a set of deuces but Little turned a set of kings to win a pot, vaulting him way in front of his competitors. When all was said and done, Little managed to bag 15,080,000.

Other notables that will be returning tomorrow include Preben Stokkan from Norway who made a late charge as well, winding up with 11,210,000. He was the only other play to bag an eight-figure stack and will surely be giving Little a run for his money on Day 3. Kenny Hallaert (7,950,000), Barry Hutter (7,520,000), Sergio Aido (7,135,000), partypoker Sponsored pro, Roberto Romanello (2,100,000), and Ryan Riess (2,030,000) will all be back for Day 3 as well.

When late registration finally closed, there were a total of 103 entries making up a prizepool of $999,100. There will only be 11 places getting paid with a min-cash worth $20,000 and the winner going home with a first-place prize of $275,000.

Unfortunately for many, the day ended earlier than they hoped for. Steve O'Dwyer led the field in the category nobody wants to be apart of, re-entries. O'Dwyer fired a total of six bullets but still fell short. Not far behind him was the #1 ranked player on the GPI, Bryn Kenney. Kenney found himself in for four entries and also bowed out earlier in the day.

Day 1 chip leaders, Francois Billard and Daniel Dvoress, had a tough day and were also eliminated shortly after registration closed. Partypoker Chairman, Mike Sexton, took his turn at the tables but came up empty along with partypoker ambassadors, Sam Trickett and Joao Simao, and partypoker Sponsored pros, Anatoly Filatov and Kristen Bicknell.

Day 3 Seat Draw

TableSeatNameCountryChipsBig Blinds
121Roberto RomanelloUnited Kingdom2,100,00018
122Michael WatsonCanada3,335,00028
123Stefan SchillhabelGermany5,300,00044
124Jonathan LittleUnited States15,080,000126
126Sean WinterUnited States6,005,00050
127Ryan RiessUnited States2,030,00017
128Manig LoeserGermany4,220,00035
      
131Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom1,610,00013
132Steffen SontheimerGermany5,110,00043
134Sergio AidoSpain7,135,00059
135Pascal LefrancoisCanada2,810,00023
136Felix BleikerSwitzerland2,300,00019
137Felipe RamosBrazil1,815,00015
      
141Dmitry MakarovRussian Federation2,300,00019
142Sam GreenwoodCanada7,780,00065
143Preben StokkanNorway11,210,00093
145Kenny HallaertBelgium7,950,00066
146Barry HutterUnited States7,520,00063
147Alexandru PapazianRomania7,290,00061

The action will resume at 12:00 P.M. on Sunday with the final 19 players gathering to play down to a winner. The blinds will start off at 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 button ante. Continue to follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as we bring you all of the live update coverage.

Tags: Anatoly FilatovBarry HutterBryn KenneyDaniel DvoressFrancois BillardJoao SimaoJonathan LittleKenny HallaertKristen BicknellMatt SextonMike SextonPreben StokkanRoberto RomanelloRyan RiessSam TrickettSergio AidoSteffen SontheimerSteve O'Dwyer