Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
₽3,000,000 Triton Poker High Roller
Day: 2
Hata Jams Up Stack Once More
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 11,500 with 
and Konstantin Uspenskii three-bet to 35,000 with the 
from early position. Aymon Hata in the big blind four-bet all in for 172,500 with 
.
Troyanovskiy quickly folded and Uspenskii used one time bank, asked for a count, before releasing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
512,000 | -40,000 |
|
226,500 | 49,000 |
|
182,000 | -11,500 |
Gruissem Chips Up
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Philipp Gruissem raised with the 
and Konstantin Uspenskii called from the big blind with the 
. On the 
flop, Uspenskii checked and was not interested at all to call Gruissem's continuation bet of 16,000.
Uspenskii then raised to 16,500 from the small blind with 
and Gruissem called in the big blind with the 
. The 
flop brought a continuation bet of 18,000 by the Russian and Gruissem folded.
Gruissem raised to 11,500 with the 
and Patrik Antonius defended the in the big blind. The flop came 
and Antonius checked, which prompted Gruissem to continued for 15,000. Antonius called and the 
as well as the 
river were checked through to award the pot to Gruissem.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
552,000 | 10,500 |
|
297,000 | 29,500 |
|
261,000 | -26,000 |
Cards Are Back in the Air
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
All remaining eight finalists are back in their seats and the action has recommenced with the following stack sizes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
702,000 | 38,500 |
|
|
541,500 | 16,500 |
|
|
287,000 | 36,000 |
|
|
267,500 | -500 |
|
|
193,500 | -34,500 |
|
|
177,500 | -2,500 |
|
163,500 | -76,500 |
|
53,000 | -7,000 |
Machon Eliminated by Gruissem
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Philipp Gruissem raised to 11,500 from early position and Bartlomiej Machon shoved for 110,500 in the hijack, Gruissem called with the dominating stack and superior hand.
Bartlomiej Machon: 
Philipp Gruissem:
The flop was the 
and Machon's kicker problem got even worse. After the 
turn changed nothing whatsoever, and the river sent Machon to the rail in 9th place. There will be a short break for the official final table shot, the action recommences shortly on the way to crown the Triton Poker High Roller tonight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
268,000 | 146,500 |
|
Busted |
Machon Involved in the Action
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 12,000 with the 
and Bartlomiej Machon three-bet all in with the on the button to force a fold from Troyanovskiy.
Machon then raised to 10,000 with the 
in the cutoff and Aymon Hata defended the 
in the big blind. The flop came 
to give Hata a pair and flush draw, and he checked. Machon continued for 8,000 and Hata called. Both checked the 
on the turn and the 
river improved Hata to a full house.
Hata bet 28,000 and
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 | 60,500 |
|
|
111,000 | 3,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Adams Survives With Split Pot
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Timothy Adams raised to 38,000 from middle position with and left himself with just 17,000 behind. When the action folded around to Bartlomiej Machon in the big blind, he moved all in for around 103,000 with , and Adams put his final chips into the middle.
The board came down 
, and Adams survived with the straight on the board as the players chopped up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
108,000 | -40,500 |
|
|
60,000 | -35,000 |
Antonius Rivers a Straight
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Patrik Antonius raised to 9,000 and saw Timothy Adams call in the cutoff and Philipp Gruissem call in the big blind. On the 
flop, Gruissem and Antonius checked to Adams who bet 10,000. Gruissem folded, and Antonius called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The river card was the , and Antonius bet 20,000. Adams needed to use two time cards to think through his decision before he called. Antonius showed for a straight while Adams had to muck his two pair with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
251,000 | 30,500 |
|
|
95,000 | -44,000 |
Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 200,500 | 50 |
| 2 | Aymon Hata | United Kingdom | 119,500 | 30 |
| 3 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 139,000 | 35 |
| 4 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 228,000 | 57 |
| 5 | Konstantin Uspenskii | Russia | 525,000 | 131 |
| 6 | Philipp Gruissem | Germany | 121,500 | 30 |
| 7 | Paul Phua | Malaysia | 240,000 | 60 |
| 8 | Bartlomiej Machon | Poland | 148,500 | 37 |
| 9 | Ivan Leow | Malaysia | 663,500 | 166 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
663,500 | -15,500 |
|
|
525,000 | |
|
|
240,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
228,000 | 32,000 |
|
|
220,500 | 500 |
|
|
148,500 | -15,500 |
|
|
139,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
121,500 | 1,500 |
|
|
119,500 |