Main Event Day 2 | 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany

02-16-2018 11:55 UTC+2

Who Will Make it Through Day 2 of the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €5,300 Main Event?

Shirley Ang

The 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €5,300 Main Event is set to start again at noon local time on Day 2. After four Day 1’s the tally of entries plus 8 no-shows is up to 1,022 in total with 324 advancing to the second day here in the King’s Casino in Rozvadov. The money bubble is expected to burst during the last levels of the day and the player leading the pack into the money is “ggbn” with 10,270,000 in chips.

The chip leaders from yesterday, Ondrej Drozd (9,830,000) and Aristeidis Moschonas (8,975,000), have claimed second and third place in the overall leaderboard. Viktor Blom takes fourth place with 8,805,000 in chips after he took the chip lead on Day 1a.

Notables to keep an eye on today include Jon Kyte (8,185,000), Viliyan Petleshkov (7,700,000), Jan Mach (7,425,000), Ole Schemion (6,635,000), Vlad Darie (5,725,000), Jason Wheeler (5,465,000), Niall Farrell (5,300,000), Manig Loeser (4,855,000), James Akenhead (4,085,000), and Martin Staszko with 3,795,000 in chips.

The players that are still in to represent partypoker are Philipp Gruissem (6,985,000), Joao Simao (6,150,000), Josip Simunic (4,090,000), Roberto Romanello (2,600,000), Patrick Leonard (2,015,000), Dzmitry Urbanovich (1,225,000), and Renato Nomura with 465,000 in chips.

Levels will increase to 60 minutes each from today onwards. Play will continue on Level 13 today with a small blind of 35,000, a big blind of 70,000 and the button ante of 70,000. Eight levels of play are scheduled for today with a break after every two levels.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to provide you with all the action from Europe's biggest poker arena until the champion is crowned on Sunday.

Tags: Aristeidis Moschonas Dzmitry Urbanovich James Akenhead Jason Wheeler Joao Simao Jon Kyte Josip Simunic Manig Loeser Martin Staszko Niall Farrell Ole Schemion Ondrej Drozd Patrick Leonard Philipp Gruissem Roberto Romanello Viktor Blom Viliyan Petleshkov Vlad Darie

02-16-2018 13:23 UTC+2

Three More Down the Drain

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 35,000/70,000, 70,000 ante

Stephen Shayler limped on the button and Jozef Bartaloš moved all in from the big blind, Shayler called instantly and tabled the . Bartalos only had the and the board of came up blank for the Slovakian.

Orpen Kisacikoglu was eliminated in the corner of the poker arena and Michael Sklenicka exited from there, too. Down to 840,000 he pushed from early position with the and Viliyan Petleshkov called in the big blind with . The board came to see Sklenicka come up short. The Czech had reached the final table of a the MILLIONS Russia Main Event in Sochi last year, but won't be taking home profit this time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viliyan Petleshkov	9,000,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Stephen Shayler	2,200,000 1,040,000	1,040,000
Jozef Bartalos	Busted
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted

Michael Sklenicka	Busted

Tags: Jozef Bartalos Michael Sklenicka Orpen Kisacikoglu Viliyan Petleshkov

02-16-2018 13:41 UTC+2

Boghean Busts With Bluff

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 35,000/70,000, 70,000 ante

The board read and the pot in the middle contained about 2,200,000 already. Andrei Boghean shoved all in from mid-position and Petr Šíma snap-called.

"Call?" Boghean said with shock.

"Yes, call." Šíma replied.

Boghean got up and flicked his cards over the line, the dealer flipped open his hand . Boghean grabbed his backpack and wanted to leave the table but decided to still check out Šíma's hand. Šíma tabled for the full house, sixes over tens.

Boghean then really stormed away from the table, almost running out of the tournament room. The pot got pushed Šíma's way and he calmly started stacking his newly won chips up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petr Šíma	7,500,000 2,360,000	2,360,000
Andrei Boghean	Busted

Tags: Andrei Boghean Petr Šíma

02-16-2018 14:14 UTC+2

Greko Gregor Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

"What the ..." Greko Gregor said after he just departed from his table. According to Oliver Price, the German with Greek roots was involved in a three-bet pot with against the of Vasyl Penteliuk and check-shoved the flop with a flush draw only for the Russian with the inferior flush draw to get there.

Right after, Vasyl Zabrodskyy raised in the hijack and called the shove of Andrea Piazza for 935,000 with the . Piazza had and the board came to give the Italian a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasyl Penteliuk	11,000,000 2,615,000	2,615,000
Vasyl Zabrodskyy	4,100,000 -2,535,000	-2,535,000
Andrea Piazza	2,000,000 130,000	130,000
Greko Gregor	Busted

Tags: Oliver Price Vasyl Zabrodskyy Andrea Piazza Vasyl Penteliuk

02-16-2018 14:55 UTC+2

Triple Up for Staszko; Double Up for Boatman

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Martin Staszko almost up for 2.795 million when his when Vasyl Penteliuk looked him up with the and Andrea Piazza went into the showdown as shortest stack with the . The board came and all three players hit their sets.

Roberto Romanello took a big hit to his stack when Barny Boatman doubled through him for 1.82 million with versus , the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasyl Penteliuk	9,500,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000
Martin Staszko	6,900,000 3,105,000	3,105,000
Barny Boatman	3,800,000 1,085,000	1,085,000

Roberto Romanello	500,000 -2,100,000	-2,100,000

Andrea Piazza	Busted

Tags: Andrea Piazza Barny Boatman Martin Staszko Roberto Romanello Vasyl Penteliuk

02-16-2018 16:33 UTC+2

Lepore Eliminated by Wheeler

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

On the live stream (30-minute delay):

John Conroy raised to 225,000 from early position with , Tomas Fara called from mid-position with . Jason Wheeler three-bet to 815,000 from the hijack with . Gabriele Lepore found in the small blind and shoved for 2,640,000 in total. Conroy and Fara folded. Wheeler asked for a count. Wheeler looked at Lepore again and then called.

The board ran out and Wheeler ended up with a full house, kings over aces, to send Lepore away from the feature table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	8,720,000 3,255,000	3,255,000

Gabriele Lepore	Busted

Tags: Gabriele Lepore Jason Wheeler

02-16-2018 17:52 UTC+2

Zoufri Busts Durnegger

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 70,000/140,000, 140,000 ante

Markus Durnegger had shoved at the start of the level already to steal a pot and then limped in from the small blind. Abdelhakim Zoufri raised big from the big blind, making it 655,000 to go, and Durnegger moved all in for 4.0 million. Zoufri called with the slightly inferior stack and the cards were tabled.

Markus Durnegger:
Abdelhakim Zoufri:

The board of gave Zoufri top pair and that was it for Durnegger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdelhakim Zoufri	9,500,000 7,195,000	7,195,000
Markus Durnegger	Busted

Tags: Abdelhakim Zoufri Markus Durnegger

02-16-2018 18:39 UTC+2

The Move of Liperis is Rewarded

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 70,000/140,000, 140,000 ante

Yiannis Liperis raised to 300,000 in the cutoff and Giuliano Bendinelli called on the button before Evgenii Evdokimov in the small blind three-bet to 1.15 million. Liperis moved all in and Bendinelli asked for a count. Liperis was at risk for 6.515 million and the Italian was in the think tank for quite some time, the clock was called on him and he eventually folded.

Evdokimov also needed some time, but eventually called it off for around 6.2 million to create a massive pot.

Evgenii Evdokimov:
Yiannis Liperis:

The flop improved Liperis to a pair of queens and the turn and river saw the 13.5 million pot shipped over to the Brit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yiannis Liperis	13,500,000 11,140,000	11,140,000
Giuliano Bendinelli	5,800,000 3,845,000	3,845,000

Evgenii Evdokimov	Busted

Tags: Evgenii Evdokimov Giuliano Bendinelli Yiannis Liperis

02-16-2018 20:28 UTC+2

Leonard Doubles Through Panka

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Dominik Panka open-shoved into the big blind of Patrick Leonard and the partypoker ambassador called it off for 3.15 million."Let's take it back and chop it," Leonard joked while they waited for all other tables to finish.

Patrick Leonard:
Dominik Panka:

The board of let Leonard double while Panka had 550,000 remaining, of which 200,000 vanished the very next hand due to the button ante.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Simao	25,500,000 500,000	500,000

Patrick Leonard	6,500,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Dominik Panka	350,000 -4,850,000	-4,850,000

Tags: Dominik Panka Patrick Leonard

02-16-2018 22:19 UTC+2

Dominik Panka Bubbles the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €5,300 Main Event

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Dominik Panka had to forfeit his big blind and small blind to be forced all in for 150,000 via button ante. Florian Duta limped in and partypoker ambassador Joao Simao raised to 1.4 million from the cutoff to force out the blinds and Duta. Panka only had a shot at winning his button ante back and the cards were turned over:

Dominik Panka:
Joao Simao:

The board ran out and Panka failed to improve, the money bubble burst after some two hours and the blinds will move up shortly to play the last level of the night.