Welcome to Day 2 of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event
Over the last four days, the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event has seen three live, and one online starting flights take place with every player setting themselves the goal of progressing to Day 2 on Friday, August, 10 at Noon at the Sochi Resort and Casino.
Well, that day has finally arrived with 367 players from the 692 entrants having progressed. Late registration in Day 2 is open until the end of the second break of the day at approximately 4:30 pm local time with players given the opportunity to purchase a fresh 1,000,000 chip stack for RUB300,000+18,000 (~$4,900).
Hadi Khordbin (5,930,000) will start play as the chip leader after he made a late run in last night's final live flight. Maksim Pisarenko (5,375,000), Alexandr Labunskiy (5,115,000), Alimbay Sultanov (5,110,000) and Oleksii Kravchuk (5,055,000) complete the top five stacks, with Andrey Tkachenko also bagging 5,000,000.
The U.K.'s Jessica Pilkington (4,900,000), Tyler Goatcher (4,500,000) and Simon Gould (4,250,000) will also sit down at the start of play with healthy stacks.
Dirk Bueker (4,510,000) will be looking to continue the ultimate qualifier's story after he won not one, but two, promotions to bag a seat in the MILLIONS Main Event. The online qualifier won the Golden Chip last longer at the recent WSOPC event at the Sochi Casino and has used his opportunity to bag a big stack for Day 2.
Russia's defending champion Aleksandr Gofman had a very good Day 1c after he bagged 4,050,000 and has given himself a great chance of another deep run in the MILLIONS Main Event.
partypoker ambassadors Philipp Gruissem (2,980,000), Anatoly Filatov (2,000,000), and Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier (1,510,000) will also be in action.
The blinds will begin in level 9 at 10,000/20,000/25,0000 button ante with eight 60-minute levels being played, and a dinner break scheduled for the end of level 12.
Day 2 Blind Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Button Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 25,000 |
| 10 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| 11 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 12 | 15,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| 13 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| 14 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 15 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| 16 | 35,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 |
Full prize pool information will be posted at the end of the late registration period today.
Join us back here at Noon local time as the PokerNews team provide live updates on all the action in Day 2 of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event.
and Denis Pavlenko bet 335,000 to pick up a call from his sole opponent Iosif Beskrovniy. Pavlenko tabled the 
for the nut flush and his opponent only had 
for top pair.
turn for 125,000 and Jack Sinclair called on the button. Feshchenko then shoved the 
river for 350,000 and Sinclair folded with a very similar stack size behind.
and Shevelev was eliminated for now, but may re-enter until the end of the fourth level of the day, still.
turn, Ananev checked once more and a second barrel of Lykov for 275,000 did the trick to claim the pot uncontested.
. Nemtsov checked and Kozlenko continued for 145,000, Yurasov was the only caller this time around.
turn, Kozlenko checked and called a bet of 320,000 by Yurasov to see the 
for the flopped straight, and Tuzov's pocket fours went into the muck as he exited from the table. 
for a flush and took down the pot after Chesnokov mucked. The Scot is now up to 3.3m in chips after previously having a slow start to the Main Event in yesterday's Day 1c when he fired two bullets unsuccessfully.
for 575,000 and Jack Sinclair called in the big blind with 
flop brought some chop outs, but the 
, and Gytis Lazauninkas had checked from early position to Waheed Ashraf on the button, who bet 225,000. Ashraf had about 1.3m behind him and Lazauninkas, who had him covered, moved all in. Ashraf needed a minute to think before he decided to call. 
