Main Event Day 3 | 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia

08-11-2018 12:20 UTC+3

Tuzov Doubles Through Hata; Melnikov Builds Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Aymon Hata raised first to act and Yury Tuzov moved all in from the big blind for 1,395,000, which Hata called.

Yury Tuzov:
Aymon Hata:

The board of gave Tuzov a set on the flop and a full house on the turn to secure the double up.

One table over, Aleksandr Levashov, who started the day with 7.4 million, raised to 175,000. Table neighbor Alexey Melnikov three-bet to 525,000 and Levashov called. On the flop, Levashov check-called a bet of 450,000 and did so again for 725,000 on the turn. The river was checked and Levashov showed , which Melnikov had beat with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Melnikov	11,500,000	1,825,000
Aleksandr Levashov	5,700,000	4,960,000
Aymon Hata	3,500,000	-425,000
Yury Tuzov	2,850,000	1,455,000

Tags: Aleksandr Levashov Alexey Melnikov Aymon Hata Yury Tuzov

08-11-2018 12:15 UTC+3

Kuznik Busts Khamidullin

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The stacks were already in the middle and it became apparent when the cards were turned over, as Timur Khamidullin ended up all un and at risk against Jonas Kuznik.

Timur Khamidullin:
Jonas Kuznik:

The board came and the superior pocket pair held up to eliminate Khamidullin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Kuznik	8,000,000	3,605,000
Timur Khamidullin	Busted

Tags: Timur Khamidullin Jonas Kuznik

08-11-2018 12:08 UTC+3

Shuffle Up and Deal

AaronMcBride

Level 17 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The remaining 200 players have taken their seats and the tournament director has got the action on Day 3 underway in the Sochi Casino and Resort.

08-11-2018 12:08 UTC+3

The FIrst Two Feature Tables on Day 3

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The live stream kicks off with a delay of 30 minutes and the two feature table nine ups for the first two levels can be found below.

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
3	1	Vitaliy Volov	Russia	1,400,000	18
3	2	Dmitriy Ponomarev	Russia	3,700,000	46
3	3	Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	Russia	4,850,000	61
3	4	Ekaterina Vorobieva	Russia	6,100,000	76
3	5	Maxim Lykov	Russia	6,750,000	84
3	6	Konstantin Puchkov	Russia	2,865,000	36
3	7	Andrey Chernokoz	Russia	5,080,000	64
3	8	Rinat Enkov	Russia	6,500,000	81

44	1	Dmitry Gromov	Russia	3,245,000	41
44	2	Anatoliy Shershnev	Russia	5,100,000	64
44	3	Aleksei Gorodnichev	Russia	1,430,000	18
44	4	Alexey Vandyshev	Russia	1,825,000	23
44	5	Oleksii Kravchuk	Ukraine	7,980,000	100
44	6	Anatoly Filatov	Russia	8,240,000	103
44	7	Nikolay Evdokimov	Russia	1,205,000	15
44	8	Gennadiy Ozhigin	Russia	1,745,000	22

Level: 17

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

08-11-2018 11:15 UTC+3

The Money Bubble Will Burst on Day 3 in Sochi

Christian Zetzsche

Anatoly Filatov among big stacks heading into Day 3

After three live and one online starting days and yesterday's Day 2 of the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia RUB318,000 Main Event, a field of 916 entries emerged at the Sochi Casino and Resort and 200 hopefuls remain in contention for the top prize of RUB60,000,000 and trophy that comes along with it.

Almost half of the remaining field will be left without anything to show for, as just 119 players will take home a portion of the prize pool. At the top of the counts is Russia's Aleksandr Denisov with an impressive 19,035,000, followed by fellow countrymen Aleksei Istomin with 15,355,000 and Oleg Netaliev with 14,630,000. The top 12 in the counts are all from Russia while 2017 MILLIONS Russia Main Event finalist Michael Sklenicka is the first non-Russian speaking player with a decent stack of 9,335,000.

Two partypoker ambassadors are still in contention on Day 3 in Anatoly Filatov (8,240,000) and Philipp Gruissem (4,280,000), and defending champion Aleksandr Gofman is also in the middle of the pack with 4,800,000. Not even one big blind ahead of Gofman is last year's third-place finisher Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy (4,850,000), Vadim Lipovka (7,600,000), and Anatolii Zyrin (3,790,000) is also looking for back-to-back final tables here in Sochi.

Some other notables still in contention include Andrey Kotelnikov (10,280,000), Denis Pisarev (8,800,000), Andrey Pateychuk (8,725,000), Day 1A chip leader Oleksii Kravchuk (7,980,000), Maxim Lykov (6,750,000), Vladimir Shchemelev (6,740,000), Igor Yaroshevskyy (6,535,000), Ionut-Flavius Voinea (5,975,000), and MILLIONS Nottingham champion Maria Lampropulos (3,800,000).

The action resumes with level 17 and blinds of 40,000/80,000 with a button ante of 80,000. A total of eight levels of one hour each are scheduled for Day 3 and the money bubble is expected to burst today. One table off the money, the 30-second shot clock will be introduced and all players will receive an additional six time banks. The live stream of the two feature tables will be available on a security delay of 30 minutes with hole cards displayed and the PokerNews team will be right there to provide all the action of money day in Sochi.

Tags: Aleksandr Denisov Aleksandr Gofman Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy Aleksei Istomin Anatolii Zyrin Anatoly Filatov Andrey Kotelnikov Andrey Pateychuk Denis Pisarev Igor Yaroshevskyy Maria Lampropulos Maxim Lykov Michael Sklenicka Oleksii Kravchuk partypoker LIVE Philipp Gruissem Sochi Casino and Resort Vadim Lipovka Vladimir Shchemelev

08-11-2018 11:03 UTC+3

Day 3 Seat Draw

Christian Zetzsche

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Vladimir Shchemelev	Russia	6,740,000	84
1	2	Ivan Kruglov	Russia	2,515,000	31
1	3	Ramin Boyazitov	Russia	6,830,000	85
1	4	Aliaksei Militsa	Belarus	2,070,000	26
1	5	Vyacheslav Nikulin	Russia	4,260,000	53
1	6	Rustem Muratov	Russia	6,120,000	77
1	7	Artem Metalidi	Ukraine	5,275,000	66
1	8	Yunus Tuguz	Russia	1,420,000	18

2	1	Vitaliy Gusak	Russia	1,850,000	23
2	2	Koray Aldemir	Germany	3,925,000	49
2	3	Garri Tevosov	Russia	8,000,000	100
2	4	Konstantin Nikulin	Russia	3,560,000	45
2	5	Vojtech Skalak	Czech Republic	4,040,000	51
2	6	Artem Vezhenkov	Russia	2,100,000	26
2	7	Leonid Orman	Russia	9,545,000	119
2	8	Mikhail Ruslanov	Russia	2,290,000	29

3	1	Vitaliy Volov	Russia	1,400,000	18
3	2	Dmitriy Ponomarev	Russia	3,700,000	46
3	3	Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	Russia	4,850,000	61
3	4	Ekaterina Vorobieva	Russia	6,100,000	76
3	5	Maxim Lykov	Russia	6,750,000	84
3	6	Konstantin Puchkov	Russia	2,865,000	36
3	7	Andrey Chernokoz	Russia	5,080,000	64
3	8	Rinat Enkov	Russia	6,500,000	81

4	1	Saar Wilf	Israel	1,750,000	22
4	2	Richard Hasnir	United Kingdom	5,350,000	67
4	3	Boris Bruskin	Russia	4,805,000	60
4	4	Aleksandr Chernikov	Russia	11,145,000	139
4	5	Andrey Razov	Russia	3,030,000	38
4	6	Vladimir Skubko	Russia	4,225,000	53
4	7	Sergey Zybin	Russia	4,430,000	55
4	8	Arseniy Karmatskiy	Russia	1,760,000	22

5	1	Ilyaz Dosikov	Russia	2,800,000	35
5	2	Nikolay Fal	Russia	2,675,000	33
5	3	Mikhail Galitskiy	Russia	5,910,000	74
5	4	Martin Hogarty	United Kingdom	2,300,000	29
5	5	Matous Houzvicek	Czech Republic	2,680,000	34
5	6	Andrey Pateychuk	Russia	8,725,000	109
5	7	Vage Melikyan	Armenia	2,755,000	34
5	8	Egor Evsin	Russia	9,740,000	122

6	1	Aleksey Shaburov	Russia	6,820,000	85
6	2	Anton Petrov	Russia	1,240,000	16
6	3	Oleg Semenov	Russia	7,875,000	98
6	4	Evgeniy Sboev	Russia	2,705,000	34
6	5	Viktor Mukhin	Russia	7,060,000	88
6	6	Natalya Yakovleva	Russia	1,675,000	21
6	7	Vahe Martirosyan	Armenia	1,630,000	20
6	8	Roman Verenko	Ukraine	6,915,000	86

7	1	Dmitriy Agafonov	Russia	3,065,000	38
7	2	Sergey Aristov	Russia	6,275,000	78
7	3	Vladimir Martinov	Russia	1,695,000	21
7	4	Vlada Stojanovic	Serbia	885,000	11
7	5	Konstantin Maslak	Russia	6,715,000	84
7	6	Svyatoslav Topala	Russia	2,770,000	35
7	7	Stanislav Voskresenskiy	Russia	7,840,000	98
7	8	Pavel Gavrish	Russia	4,125,000	52

8	1	Tyler Goatcher	United Kingdom	1,945,000	24
8	2	Anton Pronin	Russia	4,050,000	51
8	3	Viktor Kudinov	Russia	7,300,000	91
8	4	Shukhrat Salikhov	Uzbekistan	3,555,000	44
8	5	Dmitry Yurasov	Russia	4,125,000	52
8	6	Armen Khachatryan	Russia	2,735,000	34
8	7	Timothy Adams	Canada	2,015,000	25
8	8	Oleg Vasylchenko	Ukraine	1,775,000	22

9	1	Colin Mctaggart	United Kingdom	4,700,000	59
9	2	Alexsandr Gukov	Russia	7,200,000	90
9	3	Jessica Pilkington	United Kingdom	3,030,000	38
9	4	Evgeniy Nekrasov	Russia	2,545,000	32
9	5	Grigory Chaus	Russia	2,455,000	31
9	6	Andrey Litvinov	Russia	1,400,000	18
9	7	Aleksandr Ilin	Russia	3,525,000	44
9	8	Maksim Skripkin	Russia	2,130,000	27

38	1	Aibek Lekerov	Kazakhstan	2,005,000	25
38	2	Brandon Sheils	United Kingdom	2,535,000	32
38	3	Aliaksandr Hirs	Belarus	7,220,000	90
38	4	Vyacheslav Goryachev	Russia	7,670,000	96
38	5	Manig Loeser	Germany	995,000	12
38	6	Pavel Zuev	Russia	12,300,000	154
38	7	Andrii Novak	Ukraine	4,135,000	52
38	8	Mikhail Aleksandrov	Russia	5,780,000	72

39	1	Ramil Mavletyanov	Russia	1,695,000	21
39	2	Alexandr Shuvalov	Russia	925,000	12
39	3	Joshua Jones	United Kingdom	6,350,000	79
39	4	Liliya Novikova	Russia	1,175,000	15
39	5	Alexandr Labunskiy	Russia	6,235,000	78
39	6	Gleb Tremzin	Russia	4,080,000	51
39	7	Maksim Panyak	Russia	5,850,000	73
39	8	Nikita Bochkin	Russia	2,000,000	25

40	1	Aleksandr Gofman	Russia	4,800,000	60
40	2	Michael Sklenicka	Czech Republic	9,335,000	117
40	3	Vladimir Pilyavskiy	Ukraine	5,655,000	71
40	4	Maksim Haitsiukevich	Belarus	1,625,000	20
40	5	Aleksandr Babich	Russia	710,000	9
40	6	Sergei Zvorygin	Russia	1,020,000	13
40	7	Mikhail Surin	Russia	4,150,000	52
40	8	Pavel Kireev	Russia	11,750,000	147

41	1	Ionut-Flavius Voinea	Romania	5,975,000	75
41	2	Konstantin Uspenskii	Russia	3,970,000	50
41	3	Vitaliy Li	Russia	2,550,000	32
41	4	Chin Wei Lim	Malaysia	8,430,000	105
41	5	Oleg Pavlyuchuk	Russia	4,325,000	54
41	6	Viktor Khodorenko	Belarus	8,835,000	110
41	7	Kirill Kruglov	Russia	1,530,000	19
41	8	Arkadiy Stekolshchikov	Russia	9,775,000	122

42	1	Sergey Blagodarniy	Russia	7,000,000	88
42	2	Grigoriy Rodin	Russia	2,090,000	26
42	3	Vladislav Solovyev	Russia	6,810,000	85
42	4	Aliaksei Boika	Belarus	3,755,000	47
42	5	Hadi Khordbin	Iran	6,160,000	77
42	6	Maria Lampropulos	Argentina	3,800,000	48
42	7	Maksin Misura	Russia	4,365,000	55
42	8	Ivan Adamenka	Belarus	3,385,000	42

43	1	Niall Farrell	Scotland	4,310,000	54
43	2	Ivan Arbatskiy	Russia	6,230,000	78
43	3	Petr Bartagov	Russia	5,150,000	64
43	4	Igor Ovcharenko	Russia	7,055,000	88
43	5	Sedrak Bagdasaryan	Russia	1,115,000	14
43	6	Igor Devkin	Russia	2,850,000	36
43	7	Oleg Netaliev	Russia	14,630,000	183
43	8	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Ukraine	6,535,000	82

44	1	Dmitry Gromov	Russia	3,245,000	41
44	2	Anatoliy Shershnev	Russia	5,100,000	64
44	3	Aleksei Gorodnichev	Russia	1,430,000	18
44	4	Alexey Vandyshev	Russia	1,825,000	23
44	5	Oleksii Kravchuk	Ukraine	7,980,000	100
44	6	Anatoly Filatov	Russia	8,240,000	103
44	7	Nikolay Evdokimov	Russia	1,205,000	15
44	8	Gennadiy Ozhigin	Russia	1,745,000	22

45	1	Vladislav Vinagradov	Russia	2,195,000	27
45	2	Jack Sinclair	United Kingdom	5,780,000	72
45	3	Dirk Bueker	Germany	3,050,000	38
45	4	Marius Kudzmanas	Lithuania	5,000,000	63
45	5	Roman Zhuravlev	Russia	5,000,000	63
45	6	Andrey Ivlev	Russia	3,285,000	41
45	7	Said Butba	Russia	4,745,000	59
45	8	Viktor Ustimov	Russia	6,400,000	80

46	1	Nikita Kalinin	Russia	3,310,000	41
46	2	Maksim Pak	Russia	4,280,000	54
46	3	Philipp Gruissem	Germany	4,280,000	54
46	4	Robbie Robinson	United Kingdom	3,685,000	46
46	5	Sergey Kerzhakov	Russia	4,685,000	59
46	6	Oleg Titov	Russia	4,970,000	62
46	7	Alexander Zubov	Russia	7,000,000	88
46	8	Gytis Lazauninkas	Lithuania	6,930,000	87

47	1	Gor Kazaryan	Russia	5,760,000	72
47	2	Igor Kozhevnikov	Russia	1,800,000	23
47	3	Victor Shener	Russia	3,100,000	39
47	4	Vitaliy Avanesyan	Russia	2,000,000	25
47	5	Aleksandr Levashov	Russia	740,000	9
47	6	Alexey Melnikov	Russia	9,675,000	121
47	7	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	2,350,000	29
47	8	Jeff Hakim	United States	1,700,000	21

48	1	Andrey Malyshev	Russia	1,840,000	23
48	2	Aleksandr Mikhalev	Russia	7,895,000	99
48	3	Viacheslav Zhukov	Russia	7,100,000	89
48	4	Boris Yanpolskiy	Russia	3,730,000	47
48	5	Aleksandr Denisov	Russia	19,035,000	238
48	6	Maksim Reshetov	Russia	3,000,000	38
48	7	Robert Faizrakhmanov	Russia	5,935,000	74
48	8	Joseph Parsons	United Kingdom	5,745,000	72

49	1	Lavrentiy Ni	Kazakhstan	3,505,000	44
49	2	Teodor Evrastiev	Bulgaria	4,065,000	51
49	3	Thomas Williams	United Kingdom	2,275,000	28
49	4	Pavel Veksler	Ukraine	1,730,000	22
49	5	Denis Pisarev	Russia	8,800,000	110
49	6	Ivan Miheev	Russia	855,000	11
49	7	Maksim Bura	Russia	3,920,000	49
49	8	Andrejs Perederjevs	Latvia	230,000	3

50	1	Iliya Iliyaguev	Russia	5,480,000	69
50	2	Sergey Chaban	Russia	4,840,000	61
50	3	Alimbay Sultanov	Kazakhstan	8,660,000	108
50	4	Andrey Kozlov	Russia	3,505,000	44
50	5	Aben Zholgaliev	Kazakhstan	2,105,000	26
50	6	Jiri Horak	Czech Republic	1,220,000	15
50	7	Ekaterina Fedyaeva	Russia	9,560,000	120
50	8	Asker Aloev	Russia	1,570,000	20

51	1	Andrey Kotelnikov	Russia	10,280,000	129
51	2	Shyngis Satubayev	Kazakhstan	5,760,000	72
51	3	Yury Tuzov	Belarus	1,395,000	17
51	4	Aymon Hata	United Kingdom	3,925,000	49
51	5	Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Russia	4,110,000	51
51	6	Sergey Terentyev	Russia	4,350,000	54
51	7	Diego Zeiter	Switzerland	1,420,000	18
51	8	Roman Timergazin	Russia	1,255,000	16

52	1	Gleb Kovtunov	Ukraine	1,565,000	20
52	2	Anton Sazonau	Belarus	8,000,000	100
52	3	Aleksandr Kuzmin	Russia	1,845,000	23
52	4	Vladimir Drokin	Ukraine	1,820,000	23
52	5	Sergey Pichugin	Russia	4,665,000	58
52	6	Ivan Utemov	Russia	3,605,000	45
52	7	Sergey Lomakin	Russia	1,655,000	21
52	8	Aleksey Istomin	Russia	15,355,000	192

53	1	Andrey Bondar	Russia	2,385,000	30
53	2	Beka Iordanishvili	Ukraine	3,200,000	40
53	3	Anatolii Zyrin	Russia	3,790,000	47
53	4	Daniyar Aubakirov	Kazakhstan	4,970,000	62
53	5	Timur Khamidullin	Russia	3,305,000	41
53	6	Vadim Lipovka	Belarus	7,600,000	95
53	7	Luke Thursfield	United Kingdom	7,000,000	88
53	8	Jonas Kuznik	Czech Republic	4,395,000	55

Main Event

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