Main Event Day 3 | 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany

02-17-2018 12:40 UTC+1

Akenhead and Gegic Among Five Next Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Rifat Gegic lost with ace-queen against ace-king and ultimately lost the remainder of his short stack with against the of Robert Kokoska on a board of to join the rail.

Just prior to that, James Akenhead was ousted by Viktor Blom. The online legend raised to 650,000 and Stephen Shayler called from one seat over. Akenhead three-bet in the hijack for 2.8 million and Blom moved all in, Shayler folded and Akenhead called.

James Akenhead:
Viktor Blom:

The board ran out and Akenhead missed out on his over card and the flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	25,000,000 6,700,000	6,700,000

Robert Kokoska	10,500,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Carlos Rodriguez	Busted
James Akenhead	Busted
Chrispher Schmidt	Busted
Bernd Gleissner	Busted

Rifat Gegic	Busted

Tags: James Akenhead Rifat Gegic Robert Kokoska Viktor Blom Stephen Shayler

02-17-2018 12:44 UTC+1

Feature Table: Gruissem Doubles Up

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Shirley Ang

Level 21 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Abdelhakim Zoufri raised to 675,000 from late position and Philipp Gruissem three-bet to 1,900,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Zoufri who asked how much Gruissem had behind. Gruissem provided Zoufri with an estimation of his total. Zoufri shoved and Gruissem snap-called.

Philipp Gruissem:
Abdelhakim Zoufri:

The board ran out - Gruissem hit an extra king on the river to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Gruissem	21,950,000 11,200,000	11,200,000

Abdelhakim Zoufri	16,900,000 10,600,000	10,600,000

Tags: Abdelhakim Zoufri Philipp Gruissem

02-17-2018 12:52 UTC+1

Miracle Time for Farrell

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Niall Farrell doubled for just over three big blinds with versus as his seven-high would be good enough on the board.

[Removed:244] doubled Fahredin Mustafov for 3.725 as the Bulgarian held up with versus , the board ran out .

Ivo Donev flopped the nut straight with ace-king to win a big pot off Artur Wasek and Gianluca Speranza took from Ludovic Geilich to slightly boost his stack.

Speranza raised to 700,000 and Geilich called from one seat over. On the flop, Speranza bet 800,000 and Geilich raised to 2.175 million, Speranza called. Both then checked the turn and river and Speranza tabled as winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivo Donev	25,000,000 11,600,000	11,600,000

Gianluca Speranza	25,000,000 4,550,000	4,550,000
[Removed:244]	24,500,000 2,375,000	2,375,000
Oliver Price	18,000,000 10,000,000	10,000,000
Ludovic Geilich	14,000,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Fahredin Mustafov	7,000,000 8,000,000	8,000,000
Artur Wasek	7,000,000 11,250,000	11,250,000
Niall Farrell	5,700,000 3,700,000	3,700,000

Tags: Artur Wasek Fahredin Mustafov Gianluca Speranza Ludovic Geilich Niall Farrell

02-17-2018 12:54 UTC+1

Feature Table: Wigg Blown Out of the Tournament

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Shirley Ang

Level 21 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Anton Wigg shoved all in for 2,425,000 from the hijack and Ionut Voinea also shoved for 8,975,000 from the cutoff.

Anton Wigg:
Ionut Voinea:

The flop came - even though Wigg turned a gutshot straight draw, the river didn't bring it and Wigg was eliminated. Shortly after, Alexander Lakhov departed on the outer tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut Voinea	12,125,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Anton Wigg	Busted

Alexander Lakhov	Busted

Tags: Anton Wigg Ionut Voinea Alexander Lakhov

02-17-2018 13:00 UTC+1

Hartmann and Hollywood Gone

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Pascal Hartmann was all in and at risk preflop with the and current chip leader Pavel Plesuv looked him up with the superior pair in . On the [)h8h2c] flop, Hartmann needed running sixes or straight cards, but it was all over after the turn to make the river a formality.

Furthermore, one of the remaining players with a nickname departed in "Hollywood." It was a cinematic showdown for the German with as Rickie Silcock held the and got there on the river of a board .

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	45,000,000 7,000,000	7,000,000

Rickie Silcock	17,500,000 3,875,000	3,875,000
Hollywood	Busted
Pascal Hartmann	Busted

Tags: Hollywood Pascal Hartmann Pavel Plesuv Rickie Silcock

02-17-2018 13:02 UTC+1

Staszko Stashed Away by Blom

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Shirley Ang

Level 21 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Martin Staszko shoved all in for all his remaining chips from mid-position and was called by Viktor Blom in late position. Everyone else got out of the way quickly.

Martin Staszko:
Viktor Blom:

The board ran out - Blom hit an extra nine on the turn to deal the final blow to Staszko and Staszko was eliminated in 77th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	32,000,000 7,000,000	7,000,000

Martin Staszko	Busted

Tags: Martin Staszko Viktor Blom

Level: 22

Blinds: 175,000/350,000

Ante: 350,000

02-17-2018 13:08 UTC+1

Feature Table: Mateos Doubles Through Gruissem

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Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante

Philipp Gruissem raised to 700,000 from the cutoff with and was called by Adrian Mateos with on the button.

The flop came , Gruissem continued with a bet of 750,000, Mateos called once more.

The turn brought them the , Gruissem shoved for about 7,000,000 and Mateos had less with 3,925,000 and snap-called.

The river completed the board with the and Mateos doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Gruissem	16,275,000 5,675,000	5,675,000

Robert Bickley	14,575,000 900,000	900,000
Jack Sinclair	13,650,000 750,000	750,000

Adrian Mateos	11,800,000 7,275,000	7,275,000

Ionut Voinea	11,700,000 425,000	425,000
Patrick Leonard	11,050,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Philipp Gruissem

02-17-2018 13:14 UTC+1

Heidel Eliminates Olgun

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Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante

Oliver Heidel shoved all in from the cutoff and so did Ercan Olgun on the button with the shorter stack. The players in the blinds folded.

Ercan Olgun:
Oliver Heidel:

The board ran out - Heidel hit trip queens in the end to end Olgun's tournament life in 73rd place for €15,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Heidel	6,700,000 800,000	800,000
Ercan Olgun	Busted

Tags: Ercan Olgun Oliver Heidel

02-17-2018 13:17 UTC+1

Down to Nine Tables

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante

After an elimination on the feature table and one on the outer table, the field has been reduced to just 72 hopefuls.

Prior to that, Pierre Neuville and Christner were eliminated while Kubala was more fortunate. He was all in for 3.55 million with and Alexander Tschernych looked him up with . The board came and Kubala spiked the nut flush on the turn.