$25,500 MILLIONS World Day 2 | 2018 Caribbean Poker Party

11-12-2018 02:30 UTC-4

Day 2 of the $25,500 MILLIONS World Concludes with 59 Players, Kornuth Near the Top Again

Adam Lamers

Level 18 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Another day has wrapped up at the Baha Mar Resort in the Bahamas for the 2018 Caribbean Poker Party. The $25,500 MILLIONS World has just concluded and the final 59 players have bagged up their chips. The Day 1a chip leader, Chance Kornuth, had another stellar day on the felt and will carry another big stack into Day 3 as well.

Kornuth bagged a mighty impressive 18,245,000 chips which was good enough for second place on the leaderboard. Kornuth maintained his position near the top of the leaderboard throughout the entire day and even shared some time as the leader. Kornuth had high hopes of bagging up the chip lead again but Steve O'Dwyer ruined that with a late surge.

The day began with 183 players returning from the Day 1 flights but there were many more who were looking to enter the field. Late registration was open through the first four levels and the dinner break and many players took full advantage. The field grew to 394 total entries, just six off of making the $10 million guaranteed prizepool.

Once registration was closed, the chip lead started to change hands multiple times. Matt Berkey (12,100,000) jumped out to a big lead when he picked up pocket aces against partypoker's Isaac Haxton's pocket kings. The two players got all of the chips in the middle on the turn and Berkey held on.

Nick Petrangelo was another player to spend some time in the lead after he eliminated [Removed:150]. Both players held relatively big stacks at the time but it was Petrangelo who came out ahead, sending Iadisernia to the rail.

It didn't take long for O'Dwyer (25,650,000) to make his claim at the top of the leaderboard, picking up multiple sizeable pots, including one against another big stack of Sam Greenwood. O'Dwyer bet all three streets and finally got Greenwood off of his hand on the river. In the last few hands of the night, O'Dwyer took down a couple massive pots against partypoker Joao Simao to claim the end-of-day chip lead.

The partypoker pros to make it through to Day 3 include Jason Koon (6,705,000), Joao Simao (6,470,000), and Isaac Haxton (1,370,000). It wasn't all roses for everyone though as Kristen Bicknell, Fedor Holz, Marcel Luske, Sam Trickett, and Mike Sexton were just a few of the names to be eliminated throughout the day.

A few other big stacks to keep an eye on as the money bubble approaches are Ben Tollerene (17,210,000), Andras Nemeth (14,525,000), Benjamin Pollak (14,510,000), Leon Tosukernik (12,890,000), Manig Loeser (11,915,000), and Roger Teska (11,000,000). It shouldn't take long to reach the money bubble with the tournament being only 20 eliminations away. A min-cash will be worth $60,000, more than double the buy-in, but everyone will have their sights set on the first-place prize of $2,000,000.

Continue to follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as we bring you more coverage of one of the largest Super High Rollers. The action will get underway at 12 p.m. local time and you won't want to miss any of it.

Tags: Andras Nemeth Ben Tollerene Benjamin Pollak Chance Kornuth Fedor Holz Isaac Haxton Jason Koon Joao Simao Kristen Bicknell Manig Loeser Marcel Luske Matt Berkey Mike Sexton Nick Petrangelo Roger Teska Sam Greenwood Sam Trickett Steve O'Dwyer

11-12-2018 01:24 UTC-4

Cheong Avoids Disaster Against Koon

Adam Lamers

Level 18 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The last level of play is winding down and players are looking forward to bagging up their chips and returning for Day 3. However, there are still chips up for grabs and it's all about putting yourself in the best position when the money bubble comes along tomorrow. Jason Koon is back on the tournament floor and looking to finish the day off strong.

Joseph Cheong opened to 225,000 in early position and Jason Koon three-bet to 675,000 from the hijack. The action folded back to Cheong who just called to see a flop of . Cheong checked to Koon who bet 400,000 and Cheong called.

The turn brought the and Cheong checked again. The ace slowed down the action as Koon checked it back. The river was the and both players knuckled the table again. "This is probably a nitty check," Koon said. Cheong turned over but Koon held to take down the pot.

As the action is nearing its end for the day, Chance Kornuth has taken over the chip lead again. Kornuth held the lead after Day 1a and has had another successful day on the felt thus far. There are just 68 players remaining with less than 30 minutes to play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	15,250,000	3,300,000
Steve O'Dwyer	14,900,000	5,490,000
Manig Loeser	11,450,000	-290,000
Matt Berkey	11,400,000	5,050,000
Leon Tsoukernik	11,360,000	4,860,000
Charles La Boissonniere	10,520,000	3,150,000
Roger Teska	9,890,000	8,720,000
Ben Tollerene	9,710,000	4,690,000
Benjamin Pollak	8,600,000	4,970,000
Mike Watson	8,520,000	600,000
Michael Addamo	8,100,000	-5,000,000
Jerry Wong	7,700,000	850,000
Alex Foxen	6,580,000	3,350,000
Rainer Kempe	6,570,000	1,470,000
Dietrich Fast	4,800,000	3,200,000
Joseph Cheong	3,800,000	1,660,000
Sam Chartier	3,400,000
Koray Aldemir	2,600,000	2,600,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Jason Koon Joseph Cheong

11-12-2018 00:30 UTC-4

Checking Up on Team partypoker

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Joni Jouhkimainen has found himself seated with many of his partypoker teammates throughout much of the day and he is once again seated at the same table as Roberto Romanello. Unlike the other times, Jouhkimainen found somebody else to clash with in the likes of Edward Lin this time. Jouhkimainen opened to 200,000 from the hijack and Lin three-bet to 750,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Jouhkimainen who made the call.

The flop fell and Jouhkimainen check-called a bet of 650,000 from Lin before the landed on the turn. Jouhkimainen checked again and Lin fired another 1,500,000. Jouhkimainen still called and the completed the board. Jouhkimainen checked, Lin announced all in, and Jouhkimainen snap-called for around 3,600,000. Lin turned over and Jouhkimainen showed the same hand with to chop a huge pot.

As for the other partypoker pros, Joao Simao is leading the way with 9,300,000. Jason Koon had a profitable time on the live stream as he is sitting with just under 5,000,000. Roberto Romanello, Isaac Haxton, and Philipp Gruissem are also still holding to short stacks. Unfortunately, Mike Sexton, Sam Trickett, Marcel Luske, and Barny Boatman have all been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edward Lin	10,400,000	4,120,000
Joao Simao	9,300,000	-3,120,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	6,850,000	5,580,000
Jason Koon	4,810,000	3,810,000
Roberto Romanello	2,260,000	730,000
Isaac Haxton	1,600,000	340,000
Philipp Gruissem	1,510,000	-240,000
Mike Sexton	Busted
Marcel Luske	Busted
Sam Trickett	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted

Tags: Barny Boatman Edward Lin Isaac Haxton Jason Koon Joao Simao Joni Jouhkimainen Marcel Luske Mike Sexton Philipp Gruissem Roberto Romanello Sam Trickett

11-11-2018 21:08 UTC-4

It's a Heavy Table!

Adam Lamers

Level 14 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

While Matt Berkey once held a huge chip lead over the rest of the field, he was quickly caught by a few players and they all seemed to flock towards his chip stack. Players like Mike Watson, Sam Greenwood, and Michael Addamo all recently joined the same table and they brought hefty stacks with them.

Addamo currently holds the largest stack at the table with nearly 10,000,000 followed by Mike Watson with just under 8,000,000. Berkey slipped down to 7,800,000 and Sam Greenwood holds 7,500,000. Between those four players, they currently hold 666 blinds which looks awfully intimidating to the other players. A couple players who won't be bothered are Erik Seidel and Benjamin Pollak who are currently sitting with below-average chip stacks and have some work to do.

However, the chip lead belongs to Steve O'Dwyer who has spun up a massive stack of over 10,000,000 chips. He is currently the only player to reach the seven-figure mark thus far and he is closely followed by Chance Kornuth. The players are about to head on a 15-minute break with 122 still remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	10,350,000	3,940,000
Michael Addamo	9,950,000	3,070,000
Chance Kornuth	9,570,000	3,010,000
Mike Watson	7,920,000	7,920,000
Matt Berkey	7,800,000	-1,250,000
Sam Greenwood	7,500,000	2,080,000
Laszlo Bujtas	6,560,000	1,380,000
Geraldo Cesar	6,150,000	1,070,000
Anthony Spinella	5,980,000	2,450,000
Niall Farrell	5,810,000	1,860,000
Nick Petrangelo	5,320,000	4,020,000
Dan Shak	5,100,000	3,585,000
Timothy Adams	4,375,000	1,065,000
Ema Zajmovic	4,360,000	3,560,000
Julian Stuer	3,850,000	2,700,000
Andreas Eiler	3,500,000	-1,490,000
Alex Foxen	3,230,000	2,200,000
Maria Lampropulos	2,730,000	1,795,000
Benjamin Pollak	1,600,000	1,600,000
Erik Seidel	1,460,000	60,000

Tags: Sam Greenwood Mike Watson Michael Addamo Matt Berkey Erik Seidel Chance Kornuth Benjamin Pollak Steve O'Dwyer

11-11-2018 20:00 UTC-4

Berkey Into the Lead; Imsirovic Gets Run Over

Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

As we walked back into the poker room, Johannes Becker was seen getting up from his seat to leave the tournament area. Matt Berkey was the one dragging in a hefty pot and once he was done stacking, he had over 9,000,000 chips in front of him. That was by far and away good enough to claim the chip lead just moments after the dinner break.

Meanwhile at another table, Ali Imsirovic, who was the early Day 1a chipleader, found himself all in with pocket queens against the of Steve O'Dwyer. The flop fell and Imsirovic looked poised to score a double up. The on the turn gave O'Dwyer a flush draw to go with his one overcard and the on the river completed his flush. Imsirovic was eliminated and O'Dwyer scooped the pot to climb over 6,000,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Berkey	9,050,000	4,710,000
Manig Loeser	7,800,000	5,400,000
Michael Addamo	6,880,000	1,460,000
Jerry Wong	6,850,000	3,440,000
Chance Kornuth	6,560,000	3,410,000
Steve O'Dwyer	6,410,000	1,910,000
Edward Lin	6,280,000	3,945,000
Jonathan Jaffe	5,850,000	4,585,000
Sam Greenwood	5,420,000	770,000
Alex Lynskey	5,360,000	1,285,000
[Removed:150]	5,150,000	-670,000
Geraldo Cesar	5,080,000	-540,000
Christopher Kruk	4,460,000	1,985,000
Niall Farrell	3,950,000	3,395,000
Sean Winter	3,650,000	2,535,000
Dylan Wilkerson	3,630,000	2,580,000
Chris Hunichen	3,440,000	965,000
Justin Bonomo	3,400,000	2,580,000
Dominik Nitsche	2,980,000	-970,000
Larry Greenberg	2,900,000	2,260,000
Kathy Lehne	2,540,000	-2,850,000
Keith Tilston	2,300,000	1,100,000
Calvin Anderson	1,500,000	-565,000
Isaac Haxton	1,260,000	-3,290,000
Patrik Antonius	660,000	-1,940,000

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Tags: Ali Imsirovic Johannes Becker Matt Berkey Steve O'Dwyer

11-11-2018 17:17 UTC-4

A Look at the partypoker Team Before Dinner Break

Adam Lamers

Level 12 : 15,000/35,000, 35,000 ante

Joni Jouhkimainen was once again involved in a big pot with a fellow partypoker team member and this time it happened to be Joao Simao. With a little over 600,000 already in the pot and the board reading , Simao led out for 375,000 from the big blind. Jouhkimainen called and the completed the board.

Simao announced all in which sent Jouhkimainen into the tank for over two minutes before finally letting go. Simao did his teammate a favor by showing a card which happened to be the . "You know what I had," Simao said, hinting at the nut straight.

"I was going to call you, but then I didn't. I don't know why," Jouhkimainen responded.

Mike Sexton has also recently joined the same table to put four partypoker teammates at the same table to fight against each other. Here is a look at how the rest of the team is doing before they head on a 60-minute dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	4,550,000	1,210,000
Joao Simao	4,130,000	1,680,000
Marcel Luske	2,460,000	90,000
Philipp Gruissem	1,750,000	620,000
Kristen Bicknell	1,710,000	-540,000
Roberto Romanello	1,530,000	-430,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	1,270,000	-590,000
Anatoly Filatov	1,110,000	-540,000
Sam Trickett	1,100,000	100,000
Jason Koon	1,000,000	-370,000
Mike Sexton	1,000,000	1,000,000
Barny Boatman	750,000	-1,020,000
Fedor Holz	Busted

Tags: Joao Simao Joni Jouhkimainen Mike Sexton

11-11-2018 16:49 UTC-4

Closing In on the Guarantee

Adam Lamers

Level 12 : 15,000/35,000, 35,000 ante

With a little over an hour to go before late registration closes, the smiles are starting to get a little bigger on the faces of the tournament staff. The field has grown to 375 entries in search of that ultimate goal of 400 to reach the $10 million guaranteed prizepool. The players will head on a 60-minute dinner break at the end of this level with registration staying open throughout.

In a field stacked with professional poker players and the best players from all around the world, it's a bit of a surprise to see a few recreational players at the top of the leaderboard. Geraldo Cesar has been at or near the top for quite some time but has recently been joined by [Removed:150] and Kathy Lehne. They are all chasing veteran Keith Lehr who has quickly accumulated nearly 7,000,000 chips and only time will tell if they can keep up that pace for an extended period of time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Lehr	6,900,000	-650,000
[Removed:150]	5,820,000	3,875,000
Geraldo Cesar	5,620,000	-830,000
Michael Addamo	5,420,000	3,790,000
Kathy Lehne	5,390,000	1,415,000
Laszlo Bujtas	5,180,000	1,305,000
Ben Tollerene	5,020,000	1,460,000
Steve O'Dwyer	4,500,000	3,670,000
Matt Berkey	4,340,000	1,700,000
Steffen Sontheimer	3,900,000	-425,000
Thomas Muehloecker	3,600,000	3,600,000
Anthony Spinella	3,530,000	1,625,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann	3,400,000	1,720,000
Isaac Haxton	3,340,000	-960,000
Preben Stokkan	3,200,000	1,970,000
Chance Kornuth	3,150,000	-750,000
Patrik Antonius	2,600,000	2,600,000
Dan Smith	2,480,000	375,000
Kristen Bicknell	2,250,000	1,430,000
Martin Kabrhel	2,030,000	2,030,000
Roberto Romanello	1,960,000	1,960,000
Ryan Riess	930,000	-880,000
Martin Jacobson	Busted

Tags: Geraldo Cesar Kathy Lehne Keith Lehr

11-11-2018 16:12 UTC-4

Can You Speak en Francais?

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

There was a table with multiple open seats and the tournament staff was quickly trying to balance out the tables. While a hand was playing out between Dominik Nitsche and Eric Baldwin, Ema Zajmovic joined the table to the left of Charles La Boissonniere. She greeted her fellow Canadian Mike Leah across the table but then began a conversation with La Boissonniere in French, their native tongue.

On a flop that read , Eric Baldwin check-called a bet of 75,000 from Nitsche and the landed on the turn. Baldwin checked again and Nitsche fired another bet of 225,000. Baldwin still called and the completed the board. Both players knuckled the table and Baldwin turned over for the best hand.

As the hand was finishing, another Canadian Philippe D'Auteuil also took a seat with a fresh stack of 1,000,000 chips. He joined Zajmovic and La Boissonniere in the French conversation and also greeted Leah. Matt Stout looked across the table at Leah who just shrugged his shoulders as he could not keep up to the French conversation going on and everyone had a laugh.

There was also a three-way all in a couple tables over that saw John Krpan shove all in for 555,000. John Racener also moved all in for 470,000 and Mykhailo Gutyi called with the bigger stack in the big blind. Racener was in the lead with , followed by Gutyi with and Krpan with . The board ran out and Racener held on for a triple up while Krpan was ousted by Gutyi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	3,950,000	-780,000
Eric Baldwin	2,450,000	1,625,000
Matt Stout	1,500,000	-40,000
John Racener	1,450,000	-250,000
Philippe D'Auteuil	1,000,000	585,000
Charles La Boissonniere	805,000
Ema Zajmovic	800,000	-950,000
Mykhailo Gutyi	755,000	755,000
Mike Leah	410,000	-80,000
John Krpan	Busted

Tags: Charles La Boissonniere Dominik Nitsche Ema Zajmovic Eric Baldwin John Krpan John Racener Matt Stout Mike Leah Mykhailo Gutyi Philippe D'Auteuil

11-11-2018 15:02 UTC-4

Seidel Doubles, Lynskey Climbing

Adam Lamers

Level 10 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Erik Seidel was heads-up with Thomas Boivin on a flop of . Boivin checked from the big blind and Seidel tossed in a bet of 50,000. Boivin check-raised to 130,000 and Seidel called. Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Boivin bet 130,000 again and Seidel moved all in for 500,000. Boivin called and Seidel turned over for a flopped flush to score the double up.

Meanwhile, at another table, Anton Morgenstern was seen leaving his seat and Alex Lynskey was the beneficiary of the chips. Morgenstern opened from early position and Lynskey stuck in a three-bet which Morgenstern called. The flop came and Morgenstern check-called a bet from Lynskey.

The turn was the and Morgenstern checked again. Lynskey continued to fire but Morgenstern check-raised all in. Lynskey made the call and tabled against the of Morgenstern. The river bricked off and Lynskey held on to eliminated Morgenstern in a pot of over 3,000,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Lynskey	4,075,000	1,605,000
Erik Seidel	1,400,000	915,000
Thomas Boivin	850,000	10,000
Anton Morgenstern	Busted

Tags: Alex Lynskey Anton Morgenstern Erik Seidel Thomas Boivin

11-11-2018 13:53 UTC-4

The partypoker Pros are Getting Active Early On

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The day has just begun but the partypoker pros came to play and they are providing all of the action early on. At one table, Kristen Bicknell and Manig Loeser were heads-up in a pot with around 550,000 already in the middle. The flop came and Loeser led out for 210,000 which Bicknell called. The landed on the turn and Loeser bet 1,000,000, enough to put Bicknell to the test for all of her chips but she quickly folded.

At the table next door, Marcel Luske has joined the action and found himself seated with Joni Jouhkimainen and Joao Simao. Joukhimainen raised to 45,000 in the cutoff and Luske called from the big blind. The flop fell and Luske check-called a bet of 75,000 from Joukhimainen.

The turn was the and Luske checked again. Joukhimainen fired another 140,000 and Luske called to see the on the river. Luske led out for 200,000 this time and his partypoker teammate thought for a minute before letting his cards go.

The field has grown to 314 entries thus far with just 205 players remaining. Isaac Haxton is closing in on the chip lead after taking down a pot against Peter Jetten. Haxton held one of the bigger stacks at the start of the day but is now up to around 4,300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	4,300,000	640,000
Joao Simao	2,450,000	175,000
Manig Loeser	2,400,000	765,000
Marcel Luske	2,370,000	2,370,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	1,860,000	510,000
Barny Boatman	1,770,000	-305,000
Kristen Bicknell	820,000	-750,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton Joao Simao Joni Jouhkimainen Kristen Bicknell Manig Loeser Marcel Luske Peter Jetten