The big stack of Gerald Karlic was the result of a big double against Alexandru Papazian when the former turned a straight with five-six and the latter's flopped set of nines could not improve to a full house. The stacks went in after the river, though, and Papazian was left with just one million.
Those chips then went to Pierre Neuville, who cracked the kings of the Romanian with after a flop. Another queen fell on the turn to spell the end for Papazian. He left the table with a smile and said "I didn't spew this time, at least I think so," and Karlic also admitted that both hands were coolers.
Mikhail Shalamov was also among those to bust. He three-bet his last 20 big blinds with pocket jacks and initial raiser Aleksei Kozlov called with queens to scoop the pot.
Steve O'Dwyer doubled up one player all-in preflop when his failed to catch up to his opponent's . That left him with around 260,000 and that went in the next hand.
One player limped, another three bet and O'Dwyer moved all in. The initial limper folded and the other player called with . O'Dwyer held .
The flop was a good one for O'Dwyer coming . The turn was the , but the river was the which eliminated O'Dwyer.
In the last hand of the night, Boris Kotleba scored a big double through table neighbor Sergey Kan. On the flop, Kotleba checked and shoved over the top of a Kan bet worth 325,000. The latter called after some consideration and showed , while Kotleba only had for a gutshot.
The turn was a blank, but the river gave Kotleba a straight to double for 1,201,000. "I think they hate me here, I did the same thing before," Kotleba said while he was bagging up the chips.
Day 1B of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event attracted 313 players, slightly more than the 262 that Day 1A attracted.
That figure of 313 includes both players that qualified through Phase satellites on partypoker, as well as direct entries here at the Sochi Casino & Resort in the Krasnaya Polyana region of Russia.
After eight 60-minute levels it is Dmitriy Kopyl who is the clear chip leader with 5,924,000 leading the 204 advancing to Day 2.
Other big stacks include Gary Banks (3,560,000), Gerald Karlic (3,446,000), Konstantin Generalov (3,267,000) and Aleksei Kozlov (3,201,000).
Other notables advancing include Konstantin Puchkov (2,750,000), Bertrand Grospellier (2,240,000), Martin Kabrhel (1,936,000), Jeff Hakim (1,761,000), Vitaly Lunkin (1,450,000), Sergey Lebedev (1,330,000), Eugene Katchalov (1,301,000) and Philipp Zukernik (1,030,000).
Another big stack advancing to Day 2 is 2015 WSOP November Niner Pierre Neuville (pictured above). The 74-year-old was active throughout the day, and appeared to never be out of a pot in the early goings. Despite a rollercoaster day at times, he bagged a healthy 3,470,000.
partypoker Sponsored Pro Jan-Peter Jachtmann was among the players to bust and re-enter. He paid off the Aces of Martin Kabrhel for most of his chips, and then got it in with top-pair and a flush draw against a flopped straight. His second bullet went slightly better, and he will be taking through 1,680,000 in chips to Day 2.
Another partypoker Sponsored Pro who will be joining him in Day 2 is Johnny Lodden who bagged up a healthy 2,866,000 at the end of today’s eight levels of play.
Lodden secured a huge double up through Vladimiar Karakiyan on a flop. Lodden moved all in with pocket Kings, and managed to get called by the King-Jack of Karakiyan. The turn and river were both blanks, and that was enough to get him up over the two million chip mark.
Day 2 starts tomorrow at 4 p.m., but not before a special Turbo Day 1C has been played and the final list of players advancing to Day 2 confirmed. Day 1C will start at 12 p.m. and has special 20-minute levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all your live updates from the Sochi Casino & Resort as we get closer to finding out who will take down the latest partypoker MILLIONS tournament.