Break
Level 16
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
With the money bubble less than ten players away, the remaining 166 players are going on a 15-minute break. The bubble will burst very soon after they return.
2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
Main Event
Day: 3
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
Level: 17
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Feshchenko Triples Up
Level 17
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Daria Feshchenko moved all in for her last 960,000 from under the gun and Gary Banks called in the cutoff. Dmitriy Kopyl in the big blind moved all in for more than seven million, having Banks covered, and the Brit folded.
Daria Feshchenko: 
Dmitriy Kopyl: 
The 
flop was no threat, however the 
turn gave Kopyl a gutshot. Feshchenko was relieved when the 
river bricked off and essentially tripled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,300,000
1,045,000
|
1,045,000 |
|
||
|
4,900,000
-3,300,000
|
-3,300,000 |
|
2,900,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
Dmitry Gromov Eliminated by Oleg Titov
Level 17
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
As is often the case when the money bubble approaches, both live reporters and railbirds alike will flock to tables which have sudden outbursts of noise.
When we got to Dmitry Gromov's table, he was standing up and flinging 
across the table having been all in pre-flop against Oleg Titov. Titov held 
and needed to hit.
The board had run out 
with the Ace on the river causing the outburst from both the table and Gromov and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000,000
2,125,000
|
2,125,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Aleksey Militas Hangs On
Level 17
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
With 165 players left, Nikolay Prokhorskiy attempted to make a seat open after taking on Aleksey Militsa. The latter four-bet all in for 2.3 million and Prokhoprskiy called after some consideration.
Aleksey Militsa: 
Nikolay Prokhorskiy: 
The board ran out 
and Militsa doubled with a full house despite some additional sweat on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,300,000 | |
|
|
4,800,000 |
Down to 163 Players - Hand for Hand
Level 17
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Aleksandr Girs and Roman Korniyenko have been eliminated and the field was reduced to the last 163 hopefuls. Dealers were instructed to wait after the current hand and the hand-for-hand mode will commence two spots off the money.
Players that used the near bubble to build their stacks include Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy, Maxim Babko, Vladimir Geshkenbein and Ivan Arbatsky, while Pavel Kovalenko scored a fortunate double through Aleksei Istomin.
After a three-bet pot before the flop of 
, Istomin check-raised from 625,000 to 1,325,000 and Kovalenko moved all in for three million to pick up a call by Istomin.
Pavel Kovalenko:
Aleksei Istomin: 
The turn cemented the lead of Istomin, however Kovalenko got there via the 
river for the nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000,000
5,200,000
|
5,200,000 |
|
12,000,000
3,050,000
|
3,050,000 |
|
10,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
9,500,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
||
|
7,200,000
2,760,000
|
2,760,000 |
|
6,900,000
-3,100,000
|
-3,100,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Ace-High on the Money Bubble
Level 17
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
During the partypoker festival at the King's Casino a few weeks ago, Martin Kabrhel joked to Philipp Gruissem "how can you call me with ace-high on the money bubble?" Kabrhel back then had a weak ace and lost to Gruissem's ace-king and that's exactly what type of hand showed up in the first all in and call now.
Igor Abelmasov was at risk with 
from early position and Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the big blind had . There were three black cards on the flop and they chopped it up. Still 163 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000,000
-1,500,000
|
-1,500,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
-3,400,000
|
-3,400,000 |
Khasan Borokov Scoops River Double Up
Level 17
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
There was an all-in and call at Table 3. Khasan Borokov was all in for his last 500,000 on an 
flop. Nikolay Kulemalin had called, and they waited for play to finish at all other tables.
After it had done so the cards were turned over. Borokov showed 
and Kulemalin .
The turn was the but the river was the , keeping Borokov's Main Event dream alive and doubling him up over two million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
-4,100,000
|
-4,100,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
-2,700,000
|
-2,700,000 |
The Bubble Bonanza Continues
Level 17
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
There were three all in and a call on different tables and no player would run out of chips. Igor Kasyanov doubled for 635,000 with ace-king against the ace-seven of Alexander Krasuntcev.
Igor Kasyanov shoved for 815,000 from the hijack over an open raise to 260,000 by Vladimir Geshkenbein and Jeff Lisandro called in the big blind. Geshkenbein folded and said "no ten please" upon spotting the 
of Kasyanov and the of Lisandro. The flop was 
and Geshkenbein could all but laugh, while the 
turn and river were a mere formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,000,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
||
|
6,400,000
1,065,000
|
1,065,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,400,000
356,000
|
356,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
-3,570,000
|
-3,570,000 |
Aleksandr Chernikov Doubles Up On the Bubble
Level 17
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Siamion Ahrafenin raised from the cutoff to 300,000 and both Aleksandr Chernikov in the small blind and the player in the big blind called.
The flop came 
and it checked to Ahrafenin who bet 500,000. Chernikov then moved all in for 10,850,000. The big blind folded and Ahrafenin called.
Ahrafenin: 
Chernikov: 
The turn was the and the river was the 
meaning Chernikov scooped a huge double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000,000
17,385,000
|
17,385,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
-7,125,000
|
-7,125,000 |