Who Will Reach the Final Day of the 2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event?
Only 53 hopefuls out of a 999-entry strong field remain for Day 4 of the 2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia $5,300 Main Event at the stunning Sochi Casino and Resort in the Krasnaya Polyana region. All players are already in the money and have 20,300 Casino Sochi Units (approximately $17,500) locked up.
At the top of the counts is Canada's Philipp Zukernik with 40,700,000, who calls the King's Casino in Rozvadov his home. Zukernik is closely followed by Karen Arutyunyan with 40,175,000, Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy (37,750,000), and Anatoliy Zyrin. Zdenek Mach (29,650,000) is the only other non-Russian player among the top 10 and his fellow Czech countryman Michael Sklenicka (24,900,000) follows in 11th place overall.
Orher notables include Day 1b chip leader Dmitriy Kopyl (30,250,000), Gleb Tremzin (24,225,000), Konstantin Puchkov (22,725,000), $10,300 High Roller champion David Laka (21,950,000), Vladimir Troyanovskiy (21,025,000) and Oleg Titov (19,100,000), while Jeff Lisandro (13,725,000), Maxim Babko (9,375,000), Andrey Pateychuk (8,550,000), Paul Jackson (8,275,000) and 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event finalist Jack Sinclair (7,700,000) are among the short stacks.
The sole remaining partypoker Sponsored Pro Dzmitry Urbanovich (2,875,000) will start Day 4 with just seven big blinds, as 68 minutes remain at blinds of 200,000/400,000 with a button ante of 400,000. Action resumes at 12 p.m. local time in the theatre of the Sochi Casino and Resort.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize in Casino Units | ~ Prize in USD |
| 1 | 1,160,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | 696,000 | $600,000 |
| 3 | 464,000 | $400,000 |
| 4 | 348,000 | $300,000 |
| 5 | 232,000 | $200,000 |
| 6 | 174,000 | $150,000 |
| 7 | 121,800 | $105,000 |
| 8 | 81,200 | $70,000 |
| 9 | 58,000 | $50,000 |
| 10-12 | 46,400 | $40,000 |
| 13-15 | 40,600 | $35,000 |
| 16-18 | 34,800 | $30,000 |
| 19-27 | 29,000 | $25,000 |
| 28-36 | 26,100 | $22,500 |
| 37-45 | 23,200 | $20,000 |
| 46-53 | 20,300 | $17,500 |
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Day 4 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | Daria Feshchenko | Russian Federation | 19,300,000 | 48 |
| 37 | 2 | Karen Arutyunyan | Russian Federation | 40,175,000 | 100 |
| 37 | 3 | Dmitriy Shalnev | Russian Federation | 7,000,000 | 18 |
| 37 | 4 | Gleb Tremzin | Russian Federation | 24,225,000 | 61 |
| 37 | 5 | Viktoriya Shalneva | Russian Federation | 14,075,000 | 35 |
| 37 | 6 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russian Federation | 8,550,000 | 21 |
| 37 | 7 | Sergey Chupodal | Russian Federation | 19,275,000 | 47 |
| 37 | 8 | Gylbert Drolet | Canada | 14,025,000 | 35 |
| 37 | 9 | Oleksiy Kravchuk | Ukraine | 23,450,000 | 59 |
| 38 | 2 | Philipp Zukernik | Canada | 40,700,000 | 102 |
| 38 | 3 | Aleksei Istomin | Russian Federation | 7,400,000 | 19 |
| 38 | 4 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russian Federation | 15,875,000 | 40 |
| 38 | 5 | Michael Sklenicka | Czech Republic | 24,900,000 | 62 |
| 38 | 6 | Paul Jackson | United Kingdom | 8,275,000 | 21 |
| 38 | 7 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 2,875,000 | 7 |
| 38 | 8 | Mikhail Surin | Russian Federation | 24,850,000 | 62 |
| 38 | 9 | Aleksandr Chernikov | Russian Federation | 26,450,000 | 66 |
| 39 | 1 | Timofey Vekshin | Russian Federation | 7,075,000 | 18 |
| 39 | 2 | Andrey Berinov | Russian Federation | 11,300,000 | 28 |
| 39 | 3 | Konstantin Puchkov | Russian Federation | 22,725,000 | 57 |
| 39 | 4 | David Laka | Spain | 21,950,000 | 55 |
| 39 | 5 | Alexander Matveev | Russian Federation | 4,075,000 | 10 |
| 39 | 6 | Ilya Kochnev | Russian Federation | 11,575,000 | 29 |
| 39 | 7 | Oleg Titov | Russian Federation | 19,100,000 | 48 |
| 39 | 8 | Yury Masliankou | Belarus | 3,550,000 | 9 |
| 39 | 9 | Maxim Babko | Canada | 9,375,000 | 23 |
| 40 | 1 | Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy | Russian Federation | 37,750,000 | 94 |
| 40 | 2 | Andrey Malyshev | Russian Federation | 13,725,000 | 34 |
| 40 | 3 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 7,700,000 | 19 |
| 40 | 4 | Fedor Algazin | Russian Federation | 26,700,000 | 67 |
| 40 | 5 | Yuriy Tuzov | Russian Federation | 2,350,000 | 6 |
| 40 | 6 | Gurgen Mkhitaryan | Armenia | 14,200,000 | 36 |
| 40 | 7 | Dmitriy Kopyl | Russian Federation | 30,250,000 | 76 |
| 40 | 8 | Anton Yakuba | Russian Federation | 15,800,000 | 40 |
| 40 | 9 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russian Federation | 21,025,000 | 53 |
| 41 | 1 | Aleksei Kozlov | Russian Federation | 34,575,000 | 86 |
| 41 | 2 | Alexander Krasuntcev | Russian Federation | 17,925,000 | 45 |
| 41 | 3 | Denis Timofeyev | Russian Federation | 6,400,000 | 16 |
| 41 | 4 | Arkady Stekolshikov | Russian Federation | 11,250,000 | 28 |
| 41 | 5 | Andreas Klatt | Germany | 3,250,000 | 8 |
| 41 | 6 | Vadim Lipovka | Belarus | 8,800,000 | 22 |
| 41 | 7 | Leonid Logunov | Russian Federation | 5,050,000 | 13 |
| 41 | 8 | Maksim Tyurin | Russian Federation | 6,950,000 | 17 |
| 41 | 9 | Sergey Tsoy | Uzbekistan | 7,100,000 | 18 |
| 42 | 1 | Yunus Tuguz | Russian Federation | 24,125,000 | 60 |
| 42 | 2 | Anatoliy Zyrin | Russian Federation | 36,825,000 | 92 |
| 42 | 3 | Anatoliy Zuyev | Russian Federation | 1,975,000 | 5 |
| 42 | 4 | Mikhail Pokhlebayev | Russian Federation | 4,475,000 | 11 |
| 42 | 5 | Andrey Kozlenko | Russian Federation | 10,475,000 | 26 |
| 42 | 6 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 13,725,000 | 34 |
| 42 | 7 | Zdenek Mach | Czech Republic | 29,650,000 | 74 |
| 42 | 8 | Andrey Tkachenko | Russian Federation | 35,000,000 | 88 |
| 42 | 9 | Aleksandr Levashov | Russian Federation | 12,000,000 | 30 |
and her opponent called. The turn was the 
and Feshchenko continued the aggression with a bet of 1,500,000, with Arutyunyan again calling.
and Feshchenko bet for a third street this time for 2,200,000. Her opponent called and Feshchenko slid her hand into the muck, allowing her opponent to take down the pot uncontested.
, Dzmitry Urbanovich 
and Aleksandr Chernikov 
.
and Istomin was eliminated. Urbanovich tripled up through both of his opponents, with Chernikov winning the smallest of side pots, only a hundred thousand or so in chips.
on the board of 
and Krasuntcev was eliminated.
as Fedor Algazin's 
were left second-best on the board of 
.
flop gave his opponent a straight. 
and Sinclair was eliminated.
provided a jack on the turn and a massive double for Laka.
and Babko was sent to the rail.
on the turn.