Day 2 of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event will get underway in half an hour from now at the stunning Sochi Casino & Resort in the Krasnaya Polyana region of Russia. After three starting days, of which two hosted levels of 60 minutes each and today's turbo flight with 20-minute levels, there are 515 players out of 864 entries remaining.
They are all aiming to take a share of the $5 million guaranteed prize pool as of 4 p.m. local time and can re-enter once during the first four levels of 75 minutes and the following dinner break. The second tournament day will feature a total of six levels of 75 minutes and should conclude at approximately 1 a.m. local time, you can find the blind structure below.
Day 2 level structure
| Level | Clock (mins) | Small Blind | Big Blind | Button Ante |
|---|
| 9 | 75 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 10 | 75 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 |
| 11 | 75 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 12 | 75 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| 13 | 75 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 14 | 75 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Leading the field into the day is Dmitriy Kopyl with his massive stack of 5,924,000 followed by partypoker Day 2 online qualifier Peter Smyth and Day 1a chip leader Matt Eardley (4,413,000). Florian-Dimitrie Duta shot to a big stack in the last level of 1b to claim 4,101,000 while other big stacks and notables include Gary Banks (3,562,000), Pierre Neuville (3,470,000), Gerald Karlic (3,446,000).
The partypoker brand is represented by the Sponsored Pros Johnny Lodden (2,866,000), Anatoly Filatov (2,400,000), Roberto Romanello (1,802,000), Jan-Peter Jachtmann (1,678,000), Dzmitry Urbanovich (1,320,000), Richard Dubini (1,120,000), as well as partypoker Chairman Mike Sexton (495,000).
Once the registration closes at the start of level 13, the prize pool information will be released and the field will be thinned down significantly and the PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide the action from the tables.
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Anatoly FilatovDmitriy KopylDzmitry UrbanovichGary BanksGerald KarlicJan-Peter JachtmannJohnny LoddenMatt EardleyMike SextonPeter SmythPierre NeuvilleRichard DubiniRoberto Romanello
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