2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
63
Prize
1,160,000 CU
Event Info
Buy-in
5,300 CU
Prize Pool
5,000,000 CU
Entries
999
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000

Jachtmann In; Klatt Takes from Panchenko

Level 4 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Jan-Peter jachtmann, sponsored pro of partypoker, has sat down in the last few minutes to enter Day 1a in level four with a fresh stack of 1,000,000. He witnessed fellow German Andreas Klatt in action, who just won a showdown against Natalia Panchenko.

After a cutoff raise and a small blind call by Panchenko, the latter check-called a bet by Klatt on the {9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts} flop. The {J-Clubs} turn was checked through and Panchenko check-called a bet of 105,000 by Klatt on the {6-Hearts} river. The German rolled over {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for nut flush and that was good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Natalia Panchenko ru
Natalia Panchenko
1,300,000 300,000
Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
1,200,000 150,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
1,000,000 1,000,000

Tags: Andreas KlattJan-Peter JachtmannNatalia Panchenko

Nolte Rising

Level 4 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Table 25 has opened and features Maxim Panyak, Sergey Rybachenko as well as Christian Nolte. The latter recalled a big hand from his previous table before getting moved that brought up his stack significantly.

After a limp, Nolte raised to 20,000 and the button called, the limper folded. On the {Q-}{9-}{5-} rainbow flop, Nolte check-called a bet of 30,000 and check-raised an {A-} turn from 50,000 to 175,000. His sole opponent called again and did so for 275,000 on the {4-} river to muck an ace when being shown queens for a set by Nolte.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Nolte at
Christian Nolte
1,600,000 660,000
Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
1,000,000 1,000,000
Sergey Rybachenko ru
Sergey Rybachenko
1,000,000 1,000,000

Tags: Christian NolteMaxim PanyakSergey Rybachenko

Jackson in Action

Level 4 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Ben Jackson was in the middle of the room near the table of his father Paul Jackson, a regular in the Dusk Till Dawn poker room in Nottingham. Ben has already qualified on partypoker for Day 2 with more than two million in chips while Paul has ran up his starting stack early on Day 1a thus far.

Also in is Antonello Capoblanco, who calls the King's Casino in Rozvadov his home, which will be hosting the upcoming World Series of Poker Europe in October and November.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Jackson gb
Paul Jackson
1,500,000
Antonello Capoblanco it
Antonello Capoblanco
1,200,000

Tags: Ben JacksonPaul JacksonAntonello Capoblanco

Level: 4

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

Pidun Lets Go

Level 3 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Joining the action on the three-way flop of {Q-Clubs}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts}, David Harutyunyan checked from under the gun and Thomer Pidun bet 21,000 on the cutoff. The button folded and Harutyunyan called to see the {K-Diamonds} on the turn and again it was checked to Pidun.

The German made it 46,000 to go and Harutyunyan check-raised to 102,000, which eventually won the pot without showdown as Pidun folded. Despite this minor setback, Pidun is up in chips for the day towards the end of level three.

Player Chips Progress
Thomer Pidun de
Thomer Pidun
WSOP 1X Winner
1,150,000 175,000

Tags: David HarutyunyanThomer Pidun

Chip Counts From Level Three

Level 3 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Vitaliy Li ru
Vitaliy Li
1,400,000 -600,000
Benjamin Winsor gb
Benjamin Winsor
1,400,000 300,000
Richard Dubini ar
Richard Dubini
1,100,000 100,000
Vytautas Milbutas lt
Vytautas Milbutas
1,100,000 130,000
Mihails Morozovs lv
Mihails Morozovs
1,050,000 50,000
Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
1,050,000 50,000
Marcin Chmielewski pl
Marcin Chmielewski
980,000 130,000
Yury Gulyy ru
Yury Gulyy
950,000
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
750,000 -250,000
Dmitry Grinenko ru
Dmitry Grinenko
740,000 -510,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
630,000 -290,000
Josef Snejberg cz
Josef Snejberg
400,000 -40,000

Goldshtein Shows Aggression

Level 3 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

After a raise to 15,000 by the player in under the gun, Robin Hegele called from two seats over. Sergey Lim three-bet to 70,000 in the cutoff and Danil Goldshtein in the small blind elected to four-bet to 180,000. The initial raiser and Hegele quickly folded, while Lim did so after brief consideration.

Since sitting down, Goldshtein has shown plenty of aggression at his table and added half a million in chips to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Danil Goldshtein by
Danil Goldshtein
1,500,000
Robin Hegele de
Robin Hegele
675,000 -325,000

Tags: Robin HegeleDanil GoldshteinSergey Lim

Geshkenbein Loses Small Pot

Level 3 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Raul Martinez has sat down on the last table to open and was joined by Vladimir Geshkenbein, who opened the action in the most recent hand. Geshkenbein's raise to 12,000 was called by the small blind and Martinez folded from the big blind.

On the {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop, the small blind check-called a bet by Geshkenbein before the {J-Hearts} turn went check, check. The {7-Hearts} appeared on the river and the small blind made it 35,000 to go. Geshkenbein was not happy about the call but eventually tossed in the chips with a sigh, then quickly mucked when he was shown {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Raul Martinez es
Raul Martinez
1,000,000 1,000,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
EPT 1X Winner
940,000 940,000

Tags: Raul MartinezVladimir Geshkenbein