$10,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas @ Aria

06-29-2019 21:22 UTC-7

Paur Bags Overall Chip Lead After partypoker MILLIONS Vegas at Aria Day 1b

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The partypoker MILLIONS Vegas at Aria field continues to grow after 221 players joined on Day 1b with just 136 advancing to Day 2.

Registration is still open until the start of Level 11 and the re-entry policy is as follows: players who have bagged for Day 2 will be permitted one further re-entry should they bust during the first two levels of play; players are permitted one entry per day, therefore players who choose to enter at the start of Day 2 will not be able to re-enter should they bust during the first two levels of play.

Plenty of big names will be part of that Day 2 field including partypoker pro Sam Trickett who bought in late and managed to run up a stack of 161,500. Trickett has cashed in three partypoker MILLIONS Main Events, with his best finish being 30th place in the 2018 partypoker MILLIONS Grand Final in Barcelona.

partypoker pro Josip Simunic (342,000), as well as Team Online's Patrick Tardif (157,500) will also be advancing to Day 2 which starts on Sunday at 11 a.m, but fellow pro Jason Koon will have to re-enter having run into jacks late on. He flopped a flush draw but missed and was eliminated.

The chip leader after Day 1b appears to be Taylor Paur with 580,500. Close behind him is Spaniard Sergi Reixach who chipped up early and remained in control throughout the day to bag 488,500 as well as Jeremy Ausmus (456,500), Lin Kin (407,500).

Other notable stacks include Sosia Jiang (350,500), Michael Gathy (326,000), Niall Farrell (253,000), Olivier Busquet (251,500) and Johan Guilbert (248,000). Also through to Day 2 is Ryan Riess (183,000) and Ana Marquez (172,000).

Day 2 resumes here at the Aria Resort & Casino at 11 a.m. with live updates throughout the day right here on PokerNews

Tags: Ana Marquez Jason Koon Jeremy Ausmus Johan Guilbert Josip Simunic Michael Gathy Niall Farrell Olivier Busquet Patrick Tardif Ryan Riess Sam Trickett Sergi Reixach Sosia Jiang Taylor Paur

06-29-2019 20:19 UTC-7

Big Turn Card for Riess

Adam Lamers

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

There was a raise to 3,000 from under the gun and next to act was Erik Seidel who called. Ryan Riess in the hijack, the button, and Toby Lewis in the big blind also came along. The flop came and all five players knuckled the table.

The landed on the turn and the action checked to Seidel who bet 10,000. Riess called along with the button and Lewis. The river was the and both Lewis and Seidel checked. Riess flicked in a bet of 25,000 and it folded back to Seidel who instantly called.

Riess flipped over for the nut straight and Seidel's cards quickly hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Riess	171,600 71,600	71,600

Erik Seidel	100,000 10,000	10,000

Toby Lewis	43,000 -43,800	-43,800

Tags: Erik Seidel Ryan Riess Toby Lewis

06-29-2019 15:51 UTC-7

Aces vs Kings Sends Tsang and Marquez in Opposite Directions

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 400/800, 800 ante

Anson Tsang raised it up from under the gun and Ana Marquez three-bet to 9,000 just a couple of seats over. The action folded back to Tsang who stuck in a four-bet to 28,000. Marquez five-bet jammed all in and Tsang instantly called off his stack of 95,300.

Anson Tsang:
Ana Marquez:

It was a cooler hand in which both players were always getting their chips in the middle. The board ran out and Marquez sent a double up towards Tsang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anson Tsang	195,000 100,000	100,000

Ana Marquez	28,500 -96,500	-96,500

Tags: Ana Marquez Anson Tsang

06-29-2019 13:32 UTC-7

Simunic Makes a Big Call to Double Up

Adam Lamers

Level 2 : 300/600, 600 ante

Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , Josip Simunic led out for 11,000 from the big blind into a pot of around 12,000. His opponent called from the hijack and the completed the board.

Simunic tossed in another bet of 26,400 only to have his opponent move all in. Simunic was put to the test for his remaining stack and he thought for a minute before making the call for his stack of 64,200. His opponent turned over but it was no good against the of Simunic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josip Simunic	162,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Josip Simunic

06-29-2019 10:56 UTC-7

Welcome Back for Day 1b of partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas at Aria

Adam Lamers

It was a jam-packed opening day to the first-ever 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas at Aria that saw a total of 222 players take to the felt. It is expected to be an even busier Day 1b as tournament organizers hope to reach that large guaranteed prizepool of $5,000,000.

After the opening day drew to a close that saw 143 players put chips in a bag, it was Govert Metaal that topped the field with 482,500 chips. That alone is quite some feat as he was forced to battle with some of the greats at his table including David Peters and Manig Loeser. The Aria Resort and Casino was filled with familiar faces at each and every table throughout the day for this premiere event.

It was also a successful day for many of the partypoker pros with the majority of them bagging chips for Day 2. Leading the team is Bertrand Grospellier with 263,000 chips followed by Joao Simao with 239,000. For those that were not able to make it through the full eight levels, today is their second chance to do so.

The action will get underway at 12 p.m. local time and each player will start off with 100,000 chips. The blinds will begin at 200/500 with a 500 big blind ante. The levels will be 60 minutes in length with a 20-minute break after every two levels. There will only be eight levels played on Day 1 before the players bag and tag for the night. Late registration will remain open throughout the day and will officially close at the start of level 11 on Day 2.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as we bring you all of the updates throughout the entire tournament.