2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK

£1,100 Open
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
54
Prize
£180,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£1,009,000
Entries
1,009
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000

Kfir Ivgi Takes Day 1a Chip Lead; Liperis, Boatman, Pilkington, and Lampropulos Also Through

Level 12 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Kfir Ivgi
Kfir Ivgi

After twelve levels of 40 minutes each, 47 players bagged at the end of the day out of 142 entries in total. Those entries also include 15 reentries. Taking the chip lead honors for Day 1a of the £1,100 Open is Kfir Ivgi with 7,060,000.

The Israeli player, currently residing in England, has over $300,000 in recorded live tournament cashes and will be looking to add more to that by winning the Open here in Nottingham. Trailing him by only 60,000 in chips is the UK’s James Walker with 7,000,000 exactly. Walker reached the final table of the Finale at the 2017 partypoker Caribbean Poker Party and finished in eighth place for $35,000. He will be aiming for a win this time.

Closing the podium in third place in the chip counts is David L’Honore with 6,290,000. L’Honore also played the 2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK here in Nottingham and cashed for £15,000 in the Main Event. Other notable players making it through to Day 2 include Yiannis Liperis (5,720,000), Andrew Hulme (4,420,000), Terrance Green (4,235,000), Dean Hutchison (2,875,000), Barny Boatman (2,735,000), and Jessica Pilkington (2,260,000).

2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event winner, Maria Lampropulos also made it through but has quite a long road ahead of her as she bagged 1,720,000 in chips. Unfortunately, not everyone was lucky enough to find a bag to put their chips in. Ioannis Angelou-Konstas lost his last chips to Ivgi in one of the last hands of the night. Andy Hills, Mark Smith, Robert Heidorn, Tom Hall, and Michal Lubas fell at the many hurdles of the day.

Players will return for Day 2 on Monday, October 1, at 3 PM local time. Players that aren’t happy with their current stack can choose to reenter on any of the other starting flights. Their biggest stack will go forward and their other stacks will be taken out of play. There are three more flights to come starting with Day 1c at noon tomorrow, Sunday, September 30.

The Open Schedule

DateDaysStart TimeLate RegLevelsNumber of EntriesPlayers Left
Saturday, September 29, 2018Day 1a12:0016:3040 minutes14247
Saturday, September 29, 2018Day 1b17:0023:4540 minutes--
Sunday, September 30, 2018Day 1c12:0016:3040 minutes--
Sunday, September 30, 2018Day 1d17:0023:4540 minutes--
Monday, October 1, 2018Day 1e10:0013:1520 minutes--
Monday, October 1, 2018Day 215:00-50 minutes--
Tuesday, October 2, 2018Day 312:00-50 minutes--
Wednesday, October 3, 2018Day 412:00-60 minutes--

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Tags: Andrew HulmeAndy HillsBarny BoatmanDean HutchisonIoannis Angelou KonstasJames WalkerJessica PilkingtonKfir IvgiMaria LampropulosMark SmithMichal LubasRobert HeidornTerrance GreenTom HallYiannis Liperis