Main Event
Day 3 Started
Main Event
Day 3 Started
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 |
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.
Level: 17
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
Leonid Orman opened the action with a raise to 175,000 from middle position, and Konstantin Nikulin called in the big blind. The flop came down , and Nikulin check-called a 140,000 bet. Both players checked on the turn, and when the river card was revealed to be the , Nikulin led for 175,000.
Orman thought for a minute before he made the call. Nikulin flipped over for a missed gutshot straight draw, and Orman picked up the pot after he made a good call with fourth pair pocket nines.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Leonid Orman | 10,050,000 | 505,000 |
Konstantin Nikulin
|
3,000,000 | -560,000 |
Boris Yanpolskiy was all in and at risk for 3.22 million before the flop with the and start-of-the-day chip leader Aleksandr Denisov looked him up with the . The flop gave Yanpolskiy a gutshot and he improved to a pair with the turn.
The river changed nothing anymore and Yanpolskiy put a small dent into the big wall of chips in front of Denisov.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aleksandr Denisov
|
16,000,000 | -3,035,000 |
Boris Yanpolskiy | 6,500,000 | 6,500,000 |