Main Event | 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia

08-13-2018 14:31 UTC+3

Hands #1-5: Filatov Loses One; Wins it Back After

Christian Zetzsche

Level 36 : 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

Hand #1: Viktor Khodorenko raised to 5 million in the hijack with and scooped the blinds and button ante.

Hand #2: Anatoly Filatov raised it up to 6 million in the cutoff with and that won the pot right there.

Hand #3: Konstantin Uspenskii moved all in for 33.6 million with the and won the pot without resistance.

Hand #4: Filatov raised to 6 million with in early position and Mikhail Galitskiy came along from the big blind with to flop top two pair on . Both players checked and Galitskiy bet the turn for 10 million, Filatov called. On the river, the action went check, check, again and Galitskiy won the pot.

Hand #5: Filatov picked up and raised to 6 million, and Khodorenko called out of the big blind with the . The flop was checked by Khodorenko and Filatov continued for 5 million, Khodorenko just called. After the turn, both players elected to check and the appeared on the river.

Khodorenko bet 13 million and Filatov snap-called to win back the chips he previously lost.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Khodorenko	290,300,000	-17,800,000
Mikhail Galitskiy	139,700,000	19,700,000
Anatoly Filatov	109,200,000	15,400,000
Konstantin Uspenskii	39,800,000

Tags: Anatoly Filatov Konstantin Uspenskii Mikhail Galitskiy Viktor Khodorenko

08-13-2018 14:42 UTC+3

Hands #6-10: Tremzin and Kazaryan Shove

AaronMcBride

Level 36 : 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

Hand #6: Mikhail Galitskiy raised to 5.5m with from the button and won the pot preflop.

Hand #7: Andrey Malyshev raised to 6m with from the hijack, and Alexey Melnikov moved all in for 67m from the small blind with , and Malyshev folded.

Hand #8: Galitskiy raised to 5.5m with from the hijack, and Gleb Tremzin moved all in from the big blind with for 39m and got Galitskiy to fold.

Hand #9: Melnikov raised with to 5.5m from the cutoff, Konstantin Uspenskii called in the big blind with . The flop came down , and both players checked and saw a turn, and Up check-folded to a bet.

Hand #10: Tremzin called on the button with , Uspenskii called in the small blind with , before Kazaryan moved all in for 98m from the big blind with , and took down the pot.

Tags: Alexey Melnikov Andrey Malyshev Gleb Tremzin Konstantin Uspenskii Mikhail Galitskiy

08-13-2018 14:47 UTC+3

Konstantin Uspenskii Eliminated in 8th Place (RUB4,200,000)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 36 : 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

Hand #11: Viktor Khodorenko raised to 6 million in early position with and Anatoly Filatov in the hijack three-bet to 17 million with the . Konstantin Uspenskii on the button four-bet all in for 29.3 million with .

Andrey Malyshev in the big blind folded the and Khodorenko also quickly folded, while Filatov called it off.

The board came , giving Filatov kings and queens, and Uspenskii was eliminated in 8th place for RUB4,200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Khodorenko	280,600,000	-9,700,000
Anatoly Filatov	144,500,000	35,300,000
Andrey Malyshev	120,800,000	-14,700,000
Konstantin Uspenskii	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Filatov Andrey Malyshev Konstantin Uspenskii Viktor Khodorenko

08-13-2018 14:55 UTC+3

Hands #12-16: Seven Handed Play Begins

AaronMcBride

Level 36 : 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

Hand #12: Anatoly Filatov raised to 7m with from the hijack and won the pot.

Hand #13: Gleb Tremzin picked up in the hijack and moved all in for 42m and won the pot preflop.

Hand #14: Mikhail Galitskiy raised to 5,5m from the button with , and Viktor Khodorenko called in the small blind with , before Alexey Melnikov three-bet to 18.5m with and got both his opponents to fold.

Hand #15: Gor Kazaryan raised to 5m with from early position, and Khodorenko called on the button with as did Filatov with in the big blind. The flop failed to appear in the stream graphics, but Kazaryan's continuation bet was enough to win the pot.

Hand #16: Tremzin got a walk in the big blind.

Tags: Alexey Melnikov Anatoly Filatov Gleb Tremzin Gor Kazaryan Mikhail Galitskiy

08-13-2018 15:11 UTC+3

Hands #17-22: Melnikov Doubles in Last Hand Before the Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 36 : 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

Hand #17: Alexey Melnikov raised to 6.2 million with the in the cutoff and Gor Kazaryan in the big blind defended the in the big blind. On the flop, Kazaryan quickly checked and the on the turn was also checked by both players.

The river gave Kazaryan back door trips and he bet 6.5 million. Melnikov used a time bank extension and sent his cards into the muck eventually.

Hand #18: Anatoly Filatov raised the in the cutoff for 5.3 million and Andrey Malyshev in the big blind called with . The flop came and both players opted to check, which brought the on the turn.

Malyshev checked once more and Filatov bet 3.5 million and Malyshev folded.

Hand #19: Melnikov raised the to 6 million and Mikhail Galitskiy called from the big blind with . On the flop, Galitskiy checked and called a bet of 4 million to turn top two pair with the . Again both players checked, however, and the came on the river.

Galitskiy used one time bank extension and then bet 13 million, Melnikov folded.

Hand #20: Melnikov raised to 6 million from under the gun with and Filatov three-bet to 14.5 million with from one seat over. Chip leader Viktor Khodorenko in the big blind gave it some thought and folded the , and Melnikov came to the same conclusion.

Hand #21: Galitskiy raised on the button for 5.5 million with and Melnikov filled up from the big blind with . The flop came the and a bet of 3.5 million won the pot for Galitskiy.

Hand #22: Malyshev raised to 6 million with in the hijack and Melnikov shoved for 67 million with the out of the small blind. Malyshev used one time bank and called.

The board came and Melnikov doubled in the very last hand of the level, the players then headed into a 20-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Khodorenko	258,900,000	-21,700,000
Anatoly Filatov	160,700,000	16,200,000
Mikhail Galitskiy	144,200,000	4,500,000
Alexey Melnikov	139,000,000	69,300,000
Gor Kazaryan	122,000,000	17,500,000
Gleb Tremzin	48,300,000	5,500,000
Andrey Malyshev	41,100,000	-79,700,000

Tags: Alexey Melnikov Anatoly Filatov Andrey Malyshev Gor Kazaryan Mikhail Galitskiy Viktor Khodorenko

Level: 37

Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000

Ante: 3,000,000

08-13-2018 15:41 UTC+3

Hands #23-26: Kazaryan Jams Into Galitskiy

Christian Zetzsche

Level 37 : 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Hand #23: Viktor Khodorenko raised to 6 million in the cutoff with and won the blinds and button ante.

Hand #24: Khodorenko picked up the in the hijack and raised to 6 million the next hand. Gor Kazaryan defended out of the big blind with and checked the flop. Khodorenko continued for 3 million and Kazaryan called. The came on the turn and Kazaryan checked again, Khodorenko bet 7 million and picked up another call.

The on the river was checked through and the pot was chopped up.

Hand #25: Mikhail Galitskiy raised to 6.5 million first to act with and Kazaryan called in the small blind with . The flop brought and Kazaryan checked, Galitskiy bet 4.5 million and Kazaryan called.

On the turn Kazaryan checked and Galitskiy bet 15 million into 23 million, Kazaryan check-raised to 40 million and used one time bank before calling. On the river, Kazaryan moved all in for 73.3 million and Galitskiy instantly folded.

Hand #26: Gor Kazaryan raised to 6m from the button with and Mikhail Galitskiy called in the big blind with . Galitskiy checked, Kazaryan bet 5.5m, and Galitskiy called.

The turn was the and Galitskiy check-folded to a 12m bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Khodorenko	268,600,000	9,700,000
Gor Kazaryan	181,300,000	59,300,000
Anatoly Filatov	156,200,000	-4,500,000
Alexey Melnikov	136,000,000	-3,000,000
Mikhail Galitskiy	93,200,000	-51,000,000
Gleb Tremzin	38,800,000	-9,500,000
Andrey Malyshev	38,100,000	-3,000,000

Tags: Gor Kazaryan Mikhail Galitskiy Viktor Khodorenko

08-13-2018 15:51 UTC+3

Mikhail Galitskiy Eliminated in 7th Place (RUB6,000,000)

AaronMcBride

Level 37 : 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Hand #27: Anatoly Filatov raised to 6.5m with in early position and saw Mikhail Galitskiy move all in with for 81m from the small blind and Filatov called.

The board came down which gave Galitskiy no help, and he was the next player to be eliminated and claimed 7th place for 6,000,000 RUB.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Filatov	243,000,000	86,800,000
Mikhail Galitskiy	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Filatov Mikhail Galitskiy

08-13-2018 16:00 UTC+3

Hands #28-34: Malyshev Folds Ace-Jack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 37 : 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Hand #28: Gor Kazaryan raised to 6 million in the cutoff with and Alexey Melnikov in the big blind called with . The flop brought and Melnikov checked, Kazaryan checked behind and the duo headed to the turn.

Melnikov checked and a bet of 6 million did the trick for Kazaryan, who showed his ace.

Hand #29: Viktor Khodorenko raised to 7 million with and Melnikov called with the in the small blind. The flop was checked by Melnikov and Khodorenko bet just 5 million, Melnikov came along.

After the turn, both players elected to check and the river brought no action either to send the pot to Khodorenko.

Hand #30: Melnikov made it 9 million to go on the button with the and that won the blinds and his own button ante.

Hand #31: Andrey Malyshev moved all in for 30.6 million first to act with the and found no callers.

Hand #32: Filatov raised to 6.5 million with the in the cutoff and Malyshev in the big blind used one time before folding .

Hand #33: Gor Kazaryan raised to 6m with on the button and won the pot.

Hand #34: Kazaryan raised to 6m with from the cutoff and won the pot once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Khodorenko	279,100,000	10,500,000
Alexey Melnikov	115,000,000	-21,000,000
Andrey Malyshev	35,000,000	-3,100,000

Tags: Alexey Melnikov Andrey Malyshev Gor Kazaryan Viktor Khodorenko

08-13-2018 16:13 UTC+3

Gleb Tremzin Eliminated in 6th Place (RUB8,400,000)

AaronMcBride

Level 37 : 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Hand #35: Gleb Tremzin moved all in for 31m with from under the gun, and Andrey Malyshev called with in the cutoff and left himself with just 800,000 behind before Viktor Khodorenko also called with on the button.