$25,500 MILLIONS World Day 1a | 2018 Caribbean Poker Party

11-09-2018 16:11 UTC-4

Bonomo Stacks Off to Nolet

Adam Lamers

Level 3 : 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante

In a pot with around 1,100,000 already in the middle, a completed board of was spread across the felt. Justin Bonomo checked from the big blind and Guillaume Nolet pushed all in for 458,000 in early position. Bonomo thought for a minute and eventually made the call.

Nolet turned over for the nut flush and Bonomo's cards went into the muck. While Nolet scored himself a massive double up, Bonomo was left with under ten big blinds.

Some other names to join the field include Dylan Linde, Dan Shak, and Philipp Gruissem. Alan Schein has also re-entered for a fresh stack of 1,000,000 chips after his first attempt proved to be not so lucky.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Nolet	1,760,000
Dan Shak	1,000,000
Philipp Gruissem	1,000,000

Dylan Linde	1,000,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	1,000,000
Justin Bonomo	57,000 -943,000	-943,000

Tags: Philipp Gruissem Justin Bonomo Guillaume Nolet Dylan Linde Dan Shak Alan Schein

Level: 4

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

11-09-2018 17:00 UTC-4

Three Premium Hands Result in a Massive Pot

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

After a series of preflop raises, three players got all of the chips in the middle and three premium hands hit the felt. Steve O'Dwyer was all in for around 200,000 while Pablo Fernandez was all in for 834,000. Isaac Haxton was the chipleader at the table and had both players comfortably covered.

Pablo Fernandez:
Isaac Haxton:
Steve O'Dwyer:

Haxton was in a commanding lead heading to the flop which came . Fernandez spiked an ace to take the lead after hitting a three-outer. The on the turn and the on the river changed nothing to award Fernandez the pot. Haxton's stack was slightly dented while O'Dwyer was sent to the rail.

Here is a look at some more chip counts from around the room with Dominik Nitsche taking over the chip lead and partypoker pro Joao Simao entering the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	2,600,000

Pablo Fernandez	1,880,000
Chance Kornuth	1,875,000

Isaac Haxton	1,850,000

Christopher Kruk	1,540,000
Andreas Eiler	1,525,000
Kristen Bicknell	1,270,000

Joao Simao	1,260,000

Nick Petrangelo	635,000

Alex Foxen	530,000

Martin Jacobson	490,000

Brian Hastings	415,000

Seth Davies	260,000

Dan Smith	215,000

Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Tags: Isaac Haxton Pablo Fernandez Steve O'Dwyer

Level: 5

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

11-09-2018 19:00 UTC-4

New Entries Continue to Grow the Field

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The field has continued to grow through the last level and the total number of entries is up to 74 right now. The latest batch of players to take their seats include Leon Tsoukernik, Erik Seidel, Preben Stokkan, Larry Greenberg, Joao Vieira, and a re-entry from Steve O'Dwyer.

Some of the players to have doubled their starting stack already include Andrea Eiler, Guillaume Nolet, Timothy Adams, and Christopher Kruk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Kruk	2,500,000 960,000	960,000
Andreas Eiler	2,240,000 715,000	715,000
Guillaume Nolet	2,080,000 320,000	320,000
Timothy Adams	2,050,000 580,000	580,000

Joao Simao	1,950,000 690,000	690,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	1,720,000 720,000	720,000
Anatoly Filatov	1,650,000 650,000	650,000

Alex Foxen	1,250,000 720,000	720,000

Leon Tsoukernik	1,000,000
Erik Seidel	1,000,000

Larry Greenberg	1,000,000
Joao Vieira	1,000,000

Steve O'Dwyer	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Preben Stokkan	1,000,000
Sean Winter	730,000 -270,000	-270,000
Dylan Linde	435,000 -565,000	-565,000

Martin Jacobson	250,000 -240,000	-240,000

11-09-2018 19:05 UTC-4

Schindler Sucks Out to Triple Up

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jake Schindler open-shipped all in for 155,000 in the hijack and Fedor Holz flat-called on the button. Sam Greenwood was in the big blind and re-shoved all in for 737,000. Holz went into the tank for over a minute before finally laying down his hand.

Jake Schindler:
Sam Greenwood:

Greenwood was in a dominating position but the flop of gave Schindler trip jacks to take the lead. The on the turn gave Greenwood a straight draw but the on the river bricked off. Schindler pulled out the win for a triple up and Holz fell below 2,000,000 chips after getting off to a hot start.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	1,920,000 1,920,000	1,920,000

Sam Greenwood	585,000 -415,000	-415,000

Jake Schindler	475,000 -525,000	-525,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Jake Schindler Sam Greenwood

11-09-2018 19:17 UTC-4

Day 1A Photos

Adam Lamers

Level: 6

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

11-09-2018 19:49 UTC-4

Lefrancois Flops a Set to Double Up

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With nearly 400,000 in the middle and the board reading , the action was checked to Jorge Morales on the button. Morales tossed in a bet of 300,000 and Pascal Lefrancois check-raised all in for 494,000. Morales quickly called and the cards were on their backs.

Lefrancois flipped over for a set of sixes and Morales was already drawing dead with . The insignificant completed the board and Lefrancois scored himself a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Lefrancois	1,380,000

Jorge Morales	765,000

Tags: Pascal LeFrancois Jorge Morales

11-09-2018 19:55 UTC-4

Smith Binks Double Through Bonomo

mnuwwarah

Level 6 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In a huge hand from the partypoker live stream, Justin Bonomo raised to 28,000 from early position with and Dan Smith made it 140,000 with in the small blind. Bonomo called and they saw a flop.

Smith continued for 110,000 and Bonomo called. The turn was the and Smith thought awhile and then jammed for 381,000. Bonomo called and had Smith at risk, but most of his own chips were in the middle as well. Unfortunately for Bonomo, the river was a and he shipped over a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	1,314,000 1,099,000	1,099,000

Justin Bonomo	118,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: Dan Smith Justin Bonomo