Elias Cruising to Another Big Day 1
Darren Elias is starting to become one of the stories at the partypoker MILLIONS North America this week at how well he is performing on the opening day of tournaments. Elias played in both of the high roller events and bagged the chip lead after Day 1 in each of them. He managed to place third in the $25,500 Super High Roller for $165,000 and is now working his way to another strong Day 1 performance.
With the pot already having around 600,000 in the middle preflop, the dealer fanned the flop of 
. Yonathan Moryoussef led out for 315,000 and Elias shipped all in. Moryoussef called off his last 1,750,000 chips and the cards were face up.
Moryoussef turned over 
while Elias tabled 
for two overcards and a flush draw. The turn was the 
and the river brought the 
. Elias missed his flush but paired his queen to eliminate Moryoussef and build up a stack of over 6,000,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,150,000
4,330,000
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4,330,000 |
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Busted | |