Level: 11
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
Buy-in
5,300 CU
Prize Pool
5,000,000 CU
Entries
999
Level
33
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
First Break and Chip Race
Level 10
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
According to the screens, there are 447 players out of 938 entries remaining and they have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day, in which the T-1,000 chips will be raced off.
Karlic Pushes Out Metaal
Level 10
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
While Gerald Karlic bet the 
river for 325,000 and folded to a shove, flashing a deuce and being shown 
for the nut straight, Govert Metaal on his table got up to head into the break. The Dutchman had one more story to tell, though, as he five-bet to 625,000 and folded to Karlic's six-bet shove while revealing pocket kings.
"He had aces," Metaal added and Karlic just grinned. Both remain well above the average and below are further assorted counts in the upper cash game area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,000,000 | 2,100,000 |
|
3,700,000 | 600,000 |
|
3,200,000 | -550,000 |
|
1,600,000 | 1,600,000 |
|
1,600,000 | 150,000 |
|
1,000,000 | -1,400,000 |
Bochkin Busts Gerasimov
Level 10
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Nikita Bochkin raised to 62,000 on the button and the small blind called. Andrey Gerasimov in the big blind pushed for 391,000 and Bochkin reshoved to force a fold.
Andrey Gerasimov: 
Nikita Bochkin: 
The board came 
and that was it for Gerasimov.
Konstantinos Nanos busted on the first bullet and re-entered, while Terrance Green, Arunas Sapitavicius and Antonello Capoblanco were also among the casualties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,030,000 | 538,000 |
|
2,000,000 | 200,000 |
|
1,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
|
1,100,000 | -896,000 |
|
1,050,000 | -737,000 |
|
800,000 | -426,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Vaskaboinikau Doubles
Level 10
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
"I only saw one card," Mikalai Vaskaboinikau said after pushing for 205,000 from the small blind and being called by Felix Schulze. The latter turned over 
and the Belorussian had 
, which caused plenty of chuckles around the table.
The board came 
and Vaskaboinikau doubled his short stack.
Gary Banks faced a raise to 55,000 by Pavel Shirshikov and three-bet to 192,000 in the small blind. That did the trick to force a fold.
Aleksandar Tomovic got through with a four-bet shove and has around the starting stack now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,700,000 | 1,197,000 |
|
4,400,000 | 1,900,000 |
|
3,900,000 | 2,350,000 |
|
3,600,000 | -501,000 |
|
2,900,000 | 1,650,000 |
|
2,300,000 | 173,000 |
|
1,080,000 | 230,000 |
|
800,000 | -1,197,000 |
|
600,000 | |
|
450,000 |
Eliminations and Stacks from Main Tournament Room
Level 10
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Here are some updated stacks from the Main Event in the main tournament area. partypoker Sponsored Pros Jan-Peter Jachtmann and Johnny Lodden are going well, as is Konstantin Puchkov.
Meanwhile partypoker Chairman Mike Sexton and High Roller final tablists Leon Tsoukernik and Diego Zeiter have both been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000 | 1,234,000 |
|
4,100,000 | 1,400,000 |
|
2,650,000 | 550,000 |
|
2,600,000 | 100,000 |
|
2,600,000 | 922,000 |
|
1,900,000 | 600,000 |
|
1,800,000 | 741,000 |
|
1,100,000 | -1,143,000 |
|
900,000 | -947,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Lomakin Shows Kings
Level 10
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
A raising war saw a four-bet to 562,000 by Sergey Lomakin and a call by Anton Gililov, who then saw a flop of 
and a check by Lomakin. Gililov bet 525,000 and Lomakin called before the 
turn was checked. Lomakin bet the river for 300,000 and Gililov folded to get shown pocket kings by Lomakin.
While the stack of Lomakin is already impressive, Alexander Krasuntcev tops that with even more on the same table that also includes Alexandru Papazian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,800,000 | 4,800,000 |
|
|
3,800,000 | 1,890,000 |
|
1,300,000 | -350,000 |
|
1,100,000 | -378,000 |
Philipp Gruissem Takes From Ilya Gorodetskiy
Level 10
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
On a flop of 
both Ilya Gorodetskiy and Philipp Gruissem checked.
The turn was the 
and Gorodetskiy bet 77,000. Gruissem raised to 225,000 and his opponent called.
The river was the 
and Gorodetskiy checked. Gruissem bet 325,000 and Gorodetskiy called.
Gruissem turned over for two pair and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000 | 1,580,000 |
|
|
1,600,000 | -1,094,000 |
Checking in Downstairs
Level 10
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
The cash game tables in the main casino area of the Sochi Casino & Resort are starting to break, but there are still a number of tables and indeed players still seated downstairs.
They still include Pierre Neuville (pictured), whose stack has taken a dent since the start of the day, as well as Moritz Dietrich whose stack has gone in the other direction.
Also in the field downstairs is 2017 WSOP bracelet winner Nadar Kakhmazov, who has a good record in final tabling big events here in Sochi. We will have to wait and see how he gets on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000 | -480,000 |
|
1,950,000 | -1,520,000 |
|
1,400,000 | 1,062,000 |
|
1,300,000 | |
|
800,000 | -200,000 |
|
600,000 | -400,000 |
Jack Sinclair Plays Guess the Tweet
Level 10
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
You may have missed Jack Sinclair's attempt to decipher which poker player said what on one of the world's most popular social media platforms.
But how many did Jack miss?