Main Event Day 1a | 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia

08-07-2018 15:05 UTC+3

Ermolaev Eliminated

Aaron McBride

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Vladimir Ermolaev was all in for his tournament life after Ionut-Flavius Voinea had called, and the former needed help from the board.

Vladimir Ermolaev:
Ionut-Flavius Voinea:

Board:

Voinea held to score the elimination as Ermolaev departed the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut-Flavius Voinea	1,600,000 600,000	600,000
Vladimir Ermolaev	Busted

Tags: Ionut-Flavius Voinea

08-07-2018 15:14 UTC+3

Bustouts and New Entries

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy was among the early casualties and opted to re-enter right away, he now sits on just over the starting table. The same also applies for Anatoly Filonenko, while Mikhail Surin, Anton Yakuba, Gleb Kovtunov and Liya Novikova are on their first bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	1,200,000
Anatoly Filonenko	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Mikhail Surin	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Anton Yakuba	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Mikhail Galitskiy	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ming Juen Teoh	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Liliya Novikova	1,000,000
Gleb Kovtunov	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Pavel Zuev	Busted
Ivan Sheptytskyi	Busted
Kirill Morozov	Busted
Andrey Zakharov	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy Anton Yakuba Gleb Kovtunov Liya Novikova Mikhail Surin

08-07-2018 15:18 UTC+3

Shevelev Hits a House

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Aaron McBride

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With the completed board down , Aleksandr Shevelev bet 400,000 with Maksim Bura the player facing the decision. Bura was sat with around 475,000 and thought about his decision for a couple of minutes before he called.

Shevelev tabled for a full house as Bura sighed and mucked his hand. Bura was left short on around 75,000 as level three neared its conclusion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Shevelev	1,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Maksim Bura	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Aleksandr Shevelev Maksim Bura

08-07-2018 15:20 UTC+3

Lipovka Chops One Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After a raise by Vadim Lipovka and a cold call by the player in the small blind, Pavel Gavrish three-bet to 133,000 in the big blind. Lipovka called and the small blind got out of the way. On the flop, Gavrish continued for 101,000 and Lipovka called.

The turn and river ended without any further betting action and Gavrish turned over the , Lipovka had the equally strong and both chopped up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Gavrish	850,000
Vadim Lipovka	800,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Vadim Lipovka Pavel Gavrish

Level: 4

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

08-07-2018 15:30 UTC+3

Shevelev Sees Off Bura

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Aaron McBride

Level 4 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Maksim Bura was left very short on 75,000 just a few hands ago after he called a 400,000 river bet from Aleksandr Shevelev only to see his opponent hold a full house.

Bura was then able to get the rest of his chips into the middle and was in good shape up against his former nemesis Shevelev.

Maksim Bura:
Aleksandr Shevelev:

Board:

Bura saw a safe flop but the turn ace of hearts put Shevelev in front. The river was no help to Bura, and he made his way out of the tournament room at the Sochi Casino.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Shevelev	1,400,000 100,000	100,000
Maksim Bura	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Shevelev Maksim Bura

08-07-2018 15:33 UTC+3

Melnikov Cracks Lim's Kings

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Alexey Melnikov raised to 30,000 first to act and picked up one caller. Chin Wei Lim in middle position had other plans and three-bet to 125,000, which only Melnikov called. On the flop, Melnikov check-called a bet of 110,000 and check-raised all in after the turn.

Lim called for what appeared to be 725,000 and the following cards were turned over.

Chin Wei Lim:
Alexey Melnikov:

The on the river was a blank and Melnikov celebrated, while Lim quickly headed out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Melnikov	2,650,000
Chin Wei Lim	Busted

Tags: Chin Wei Lim Alexey Melnikov

08-07-2018 15:37 UTC+3

Recent Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Among those to bust in the current level was also Sergey Ananev, while Egor Evsin chipped up on his former table and moved to almost three times the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Egor Evsin	2,900,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Igor Kasyanov	Busted
Sergey Ananev	Busted
Vasiliy Kozlov	Busted
Andrey Berinov	Busted
Yesset Aimukhanov	Busted

Tags: Egor Evsin Sergey Ananev

08-07-2018 15:50 UTC+3

Logunov Busts to Ananev

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Sergey Ananev and Chin Wei Lim re-entered after busting on their first bullet for Day 1A and got seated on the same table along with Leonid Logunov, while Oleg Titov has entered for the first time one table over.

Logunov had been down to nine big blinds before scoring a quadruple up, however, the second time he tried to run up his short stack was not crowned by success. The cutoff raised to 35,000 and Ananev called on the button, Logunov then three-bet all in for his last 298,000. While the initial raiser folded after some consideration, Ananev quickly called and Logunov was in dire need of help.

Leonid Logunov:
Sergey Ananev:

The board ran out and Logunov was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Ananev	1,400,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Oleg Titov	1,000,000
Chin Wei Lim	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Leonid Logunov	Busted

Tags: Chin Wei Lim Leonid Logunov Oleg Titov Sergey Ananev

08-07-2018 16:00 UTC+3

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Yan Ezerskii raised and big stack Alexey Melnikov three-bet to 130,000 on the button. Ezerskii four-bet to 300,000 and Melnikov quickly moved all in. That eventually forced a fold from Ezerskii, who was shown the .

Further assorted counts from the fourth level of Day 1A can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Melnikov	2,750,000 100,000	100,000
Alexey Vandyshev	2,150,000 2,150,000	2,150,000
Andrey Kotelnikov	1,700,000 425,000	425,000
Dmitry Gromov	1,620,000 30,000	30,000

Yury Masliankou	1,500,000 770,000	770,000
Aleksandr Davydov	1,500,000 600,000	600,000
Aleksei Istomin	1,450,000 450,000	450,000
Jiri Horak	1,400,000 400,000	400,000
Liliya Novikova	800,000 200,000	200,000
Ivan Soshnikov	630,000 370,000	370,000
Alexander Lakhov	630,000 370,000	370,000

Aleksei Ivanov	520,000 70,000	70,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	320,000 880,000	880,000
Gennadiy Gevorkyan	200,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Alexey Melnikov Yan Ezerskii