2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Romanello Missing from the Theatre

Level 12 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Aleksei Istomin has boosted his stack nicely over in the theatre, as has Sergei Chantcev, while Roberto Romanello is missing. According to Richard Dubini, Romanello defended his big blind with {Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and check-shoved with a gutshot and flush draw. Dubini had flopped top two with {J-}{9-} and held up.

As for Chantcev, he just sent Nikolai Nikita to the rail when his {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} got there to crack the {J-Spades}{J-Hearts} of the Ukrainian on the board of {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksei Istomin ru
Aleksei Istomin
4,480,000 4,480,000
Aleksandra Babich ru
Aleksandra Babich
3,500,000 3,500,000
Richard Dubini ar
Richard Dubini
2,700,000 1,850,000
Matt Eardley gb
Matt Eardley
Day 1A Chip Leader
2,550,000 -2,050,000
Dmitry Chop ua
Dmitry Chop
2,500,000 1,400,000
David Coates gb
David Coates
1,850,000 -600,000
Diego Zeiter ch
Diego Zeiter
Busted
Martynas Trubila
Martynas Trubila
Busted
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
Busted
Nikolai Nikita
Nikolai Nikita
Busted
Terrance Green gb
Terrance Green
Busted

Tags: Aleksei IstominNikolai NikitaRichard DubiniRoberto RomanelloSergei Chantcev

Level: 12

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Banks Builds Further

Level 11 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Gary Banks is among the biggest stacks in the main room right now while the seat next to him is empty. That seat formerly belonged to PokerStars Championship Sochi champion Pavel Shirshikov and Banks added that the Russian four-bet all in with {Q-}{4-} into his ace-king to bust in a battle of the blinds.

Ben Jackson was also spotted on his way out. His cards were already in the muck while Andrey Razov raked in the pot with {7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} for a straight on the board {Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}.

"Only suckouts on this table," Martin Kabrhel added, and engaged in table chat with Steve O'Dwyer to his left immediately after.

Player Chips Progress
Gary Banks gb
Gary Banks
6,000,000 2,600,000
Andrey Razov ru
Andrey Razov
1,800,000 1,800,000
Ben Jackson gb
Ben Jackson
Busted
Pavel Shirshikov ru
Pavel Shirshikov
Busted

Tags: Andrey RazovBen JacksonMartin KabrhelPavel ShirshikovSteve O'Dwyer

Updated Counts of the Main Room

Level 11 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Aleksei Kozlov ru
Aleksei Kozlov
5,100,000 1,900,000
Peter Smyth gb
Peter Smyth
5,100,000 300,000
Alexander Denisov ru
Alexander Denisov
4,900,000 1,710,000
Sergei Petrushevskii ru
Sergei Petrushevskii
4,500,000 2,850,000
Gerald Karlic at
Gerald Karlic
4,400,000 700,000
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
4,400,000 2,600,000
Florian-Dimitrie Duta ro
Florian-Dimitrie Duta
4,200,000 600,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
4,000,000 800,000
Boris Kotleba sk
Boris Kotleba
3,900,000 1,200,000
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
WSOP 2X Winner
3,700,000 -300,000
Oleg Titov ru
Oleg Titov
3,500,000 -400,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
3,300,000 650,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
3,200,000 2,100,000
Andriena Nutt gb
Andriena Nutt
3,200,000 1,624,000
Tarkan Karadas at
Tarkan Karadas
3,100,000 3,100,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
2,900,000 300,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
2,050,000 1,450,000
Terrance Green gb
Terrance Green
2,000,000 2,000,000
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
1,600,000 -161,000
Philipp Zukernik ca
Philipp Zukernik
Day 3 Chip Leader
1,400,000 370,000
Oleg Egorov ru
Oleg Egorov
1,100,000 -900,000

Field Starting to Crystallize

Level 11 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov

At the start of the day the tournament field was spread across two floors and four separate buildings of the Sochi Casino & Resort. Now that one of the rooms has emptied, the second room of tables is slowly starting to break into the main tournament room.

Among the players left at the five tables in the cash game area are Vitaly Lunkin, Eugene Katchalov, Marcin Chmielewski and Andreas Klatt.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
2,900,000 2,280,000
Marcin Chmielewski pl
Marcin Chmielewski
750,000 -250,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
700,000 -601,000
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
WSOP 2X Winner
200,000 -1,250,000

Table One With Big Names

Level 11 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The very corner table, number one in the main room to be precise, saw Jan-Peter Jachtmann start the day and the German has since built his stack slightly. Lika Gerasimova was there all day long also, while the likes of Pierre Neuville, Moritz Dietrich and Dzmitry Urbanovich all joined.

However, the big stack is Nikolay Kulemalin, after arriving and unwrapping five million to the two seat.

Dietrich then opened to 70,000 and Urbanovich three-bet to 180,000. Jachtmann folded from the big blind and Dietrich glanced at the stack of his table neighbor before coming to the same conclusion.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolay Kulemalin ru
Nikolay Kulemalin
5,000,000 4,148,000
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
2,900,000 1,500,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
2,400,000 -200,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
1,580,000 -370,000
Lika Gerasimova ru
Lika Gerasimova
1,100,000 -700,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
975,000 -345,000

Tags: Dzmitry UrbanovichJan-Peter JachtmannLika GerasimovaMoritz DietrichNikolay KulemalinPierre Neuville

Jacks for Abakhova and Melnikov

Level 11 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After a raise to 60,000 and a call by Manig Loeser, Oksana Abakhova called in the small blind. Aleksey Melnikov in the big blind three-bet to 330,000. The initial raiser was sent into the think tank and the clock was called to see him fold. Loeser folded anbd Abakhova called.

The flop of {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} brought a check by Abakhova, a bet of 200,000 by Melnikov and a call. After the {9-Spades} turn was checked through, Abakhova bet 300,000 and Melnikov sighed before tossing in the chips. Abakhova showed {J-Hearts}{J-Spades} and Melnikov chopped it up with {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksey Melnikov ru
Aleksey Melnikov
4,100,000 4,100,000
Oksana Abakhova ru
Oksana Abakhova
2,400,000 2,400,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
975,000 75,000

Tags: Alexey MelnikovManig LoeserOksana Abakhova

Kings Crack Kings to Bust Zamyatin

Level 11 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

A player raised to 65,000 from early position and another player called.

In the next position, Mikhail Zamyatin three-bet all in for 600,000. It folded to Vadim Kuvshinov on the button who four-bet all in for over one million chips.

The initial raiser and the other player folded {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} face up, and the cards of the all in players were turned over.

Zamyatin: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Kuvshinov: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

The player who folded Jacks set out a burst of Russian which sounded suspiciously like "Give me back my Jacks!" before the flop came {3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}.

"Freeroll," said another Russian at the table. The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and the river the {5-Diamonds} giving Kuvshinov his flush and eliminating Zamyatin.

Player Chips Progress
Vadim Kuvshinov ru
Vadim Kuvshinov
1,750,000
Mikhail Zamyatin ru
Mikhail Zamyatin
Busted

Tags: Mikhail ZamyatinVadim Kuvshinov

Atshemyan Busts Umarov

Level 11 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Roman Cieslik was waiting outside of the tournament area and explained that his shove for just two big blinds was called by six opponents. Cieslik flopped an open-ended straight draw with jack-ten but ultimately bricked to see an opponent with pocket sixes won the pot.

Alexander Matveev was among those to bust in the theatre and he was followed by Allmas Umarov. The player from Kazakhstan got it in with {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and Arman Atshemyan called with the {A-Spades}{J-Hearts}. The board came {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{J-Diamonds} to see Atshemyan get there on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Arman Atshemyan ru
Arman Atshemyan
2,000,000 1,430,000
Alexander Matveev ru
Alexander Matveev
Busted
Roman Cieslik de
Roman Cieslik
Busted
Allmas Umarov kz
Allmas Umarov
Busted

Tags: Alexander MatveevAllmas UmarovArman AtshemyanRoman Cieslik

Filatov Doubles

Level 11 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Soon after coming back from the break, Anatoly Filatov was all in and at risk for 800,000. Arut Lobyan called with the {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Filatov's {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} held up thanks to a board of {7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}.

Right after, Roberto Romanello open-shoved from under the gun and Richard Dubini called all in for less.

Romanello had the {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and Dubini showed {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}. There was no sweat on the board {Q-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts} and the partypoker Sponsored Pros chopped it up.

Player Chips Progress
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
1,700,000 50,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
960,000 85,000
Richard Dubini ar
Richard Dubini
850,000 -550,000

Tags: Anatoly FilatovArut LobyanRichard DubiniRoberto Romanello