2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK

£1,100 Open
Day: 2
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

£1,100 Open

Day 2 Completed

Haygarth Takes the Open Lead Into Day 3 as 46 Progress

Level 22 : 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante
Andrew Haygarth
Andrew Haygarth

An action-packed day of poker, hand-for-hand play that lasted over 60 minutes, and two brothers who have made it through to Day 3 is just part of the Day 2 story from the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK £1,100 Open.

An entrants total of 1,009 players over five starting flights created a prize pool worth £1,009,000 and 312 players returned on Day 2 to battle and put themselves within a chance of winning the £180,000 first-place prize.

After ten 50-minute levels took place, 46 were able to survive and return for Day 3 on Tuesday, October, 2 at Noon, with Andrew Haygarth taking the chip lead with 56,325,000. Haygarth, alongside Dean Wilson, who bagged 56,200,000 have a significant lead on the rest of the field with Gordon Huntly (35,550,000), Grant Kinnear (34,700,000), Rory Liffey (34,000,000) and Paul McTaggart (32,875,000) in the following pack.

In an interesting turn of events, two brothers from Austria have been able to progress to Day 3. Daniel Rezaei (31,875,000), who was among the chip leaders throughout the day will be joined by brother Armin, who made a late run to bag a very similar 31,300,000 stack.

Well-known faces Chris Da-Silva (32,700,000), Iaron Lightbourne (23,500,000), Benny Glaser (18,925,000), Andrew Hulme (12,275,000), Jack Sinclair (12,100,000) will also be in action alongside partypoker pros Natalia Breviglieri (6,825,000) and Anatoly Filatov (5,300,000), who will be looking to improve their stacks in the early stages of play.

Action of the day

Play got underway at 3pm local time after the fifth and final starting flight came to its conclusion just an hour before. The 10 am turbo flight gave players their last opportunity to get into Day 2, with 20-minute levels played out instead of the regular 40-minutes that had been played in the previous four flights.

There was a shock early on in the action when Lukasz Grossmann, who came into the day's play in the top five chip counts, departed the tournament shortly before the first break of the day.

The Open went hand-for-hand when 123 players remained, and just four eliminations were needed before the money bubble burst. Tensions were high in the room after over an hour past before Michael O'Sullivan was the final player to depart short of the money. Daniel Stanway, Tomas Fara, and Colin McTaggart departed before O'Sullivan ran ace-queen into the aces of Grant Kinnear. The Irishman paired his queen on the turn but there was no miracle river, and he departed in 120th place.

With the remaining 119 players all guaranteed a min-cash worth £2,700 the exits came thick and fast with Day 1a chip leader Kfir Ivgi and Day 1c chip leader Tsz Him Pun both departing in the first batch of players.

End-of-day chip leader Andrew Haygarth was able to propel himself up the counts during the final hour of play after he called a river raise worth 15m from Daniel Rezaei with pocket jacks on a ten-four-eight-eight-nine board and took the pot with a higher two pair.

Players such as Keith Cummins,Kelly Saxby, Charles Akadiri, Sebastian Pawlak, Matthew Eardley, Sylvia Hewitt, Kenny Hallaert and last year's partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event winner Maria Lampropulos all made the money places but were unable to last until the end of the day.

PokerNews will be back will all the Day 3 coverage from Noon on Tuesday, October, 2 so check back in with us then as the field is cut to a final table!

Tags: Anatoly FilatovAndrew HaygarthAndrew HulmeBenny GlaserCharles AkadiriChris Da SilvaColin McTaggartDaniel RezaeiGordon HuntlyGrant KinnearIaron LightbourneJack SinclairNatalia Breviglieripartypoker LIVE MILLIONS UKPaul Mctaggart

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 22 : 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Andrew Haygarth gb
Andrew Haygarth
Day 2 Chip Leader
56,325,000 2,325,000
Dean Wilson gb
Dean Wilson
56,200,000 33,200,000
Gordon Huntly gb
Gordon Huntly
35,550,000 -2,450,000
Grant Kinnear gb
Grant Kinnear
34,700,000 1,700,000
Rory Liffey ee
Rory Liffey
34,000,000 31,400,000
Paul McTaggart gb
Paul McTaggart
32,875,000 10,875,000
Chris Da-Silva gb
Chris Da-Silva
32,700,000 12,700,000
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
31,875,000 3,175,000
Joe Parsons gb
Joe Parsons
31,525,000 2,025,000
Armin Rezaei at
Armin Rezaei
31,300,000 6,300,000
Dean Hutchison gb
Dean Hutchison
31,300,000 14,300,000
Jurgen Brenner de
Jurgen Brenner
30,975,000 3,975,000
Justin Tsui gb
Justin Tsui
29,800,000 4,800,000
Brandon Sheils gb
Brandon Sheils
27,975,000 5,975,000
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
25,825,000 10,825,000
Nathan Watson gb
Nathan Watson
25,125,000 23,490,000
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
25,000,000 15,000,000
Stephen Ayres gb
Stephen Ayres
24,050,000 5,050,000
Mateo Mutti
Mateo Mutti
24,000,000
Iaron Lightbourne gb
Iaron Lightbourne
WPT 1X Winner
23,500,000 6,500,000
Catalin Geangos
Catalin Geangos
23,375,000 21,605,000
Bogdan Serea
Bogdan Serea
23,075,000 15,890,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
21,275,000 18,350,000
John Haigh gb
John Haigh
21,225,000 17,070,000
Clint Sammut mt
Clint Sammut
21,000,000 8,000,000

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Play Concludes

Level 22 : 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante

Day 2 has come to a finish with the players bagging their chips. A full list of chip counts will be posted shortly followed by a recap of the day's action.

Haygarth Wins Big Against Rezaei

Level 22 : 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante

The completed board was down {10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}{9-Clubs}, and a big pot was in the making. Daniel Rezaei had checked from the big blind on the river, and Andrew Haygarth bet 4.5m. It was a battle of the big stacks and Rezaei opted to raise to 15.5m.

Haygarth went into the tank and had to use a time bank card to whey up his options. With the clock counting down and the pressure mounting, he made the call. Rezaei tabled {j-Hearts}{9-Spades} for two pair, but was behind to Haygarth's higher two pair with pocket jacks.

Haygarth moved up to 54m and took the overall chip lead as Austria's Rezaei slipped down to 21m.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Haygarth gb
Andrew Haygarth
Day 2 Chip Leader
54,000,000 17,000,000
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
21,000,000 -24,600,000

Tags: Daniel RezaeiAndrew Haygarth

Level: 22

Blinds: 175,000/350,000

Ante: 350,000