2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas @ Aria

$10,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas @ Aria

Final Results
Winner
Tom Marchese
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$5,360,000
Entries
536
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
175,000 / 350,000
Ante
350,000

$10,300 Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Pekarek Leads as Bubble Approaches in partypoker MILLIONS Vegas at Aria

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Jeremy Pekarek
Jeremy Pekarek

Who wants to win $1,000,000? Well, one thing's for certain it will be one of the 83 remaining in the $10,300 partypoker MILLIONS Vegas at Aria.

Registration closed two levels into today, with 93 further entrants on Day 2. This meant the tournament attracted a total of 536 entrants generating a prize pool of $5,360,000. Just 79 players will be in the money, securing themselves a min-cash of $20,000.

In pole position for that min-cash is chip leader Jeremy Pekarek. Pekarek is having a strong summer, and has already racked up over $400,000 in cashes including winning his first bracelet. He doubled through Goran Mandic in the penultimate level of the night when his pocket queens held against ace-king to move over 1.5 million.

He then finished off the Croatian and added more chips to his stack to bag 2,560,000 ahead of Day 2.

Other players over a million in chips include Ran Ilani (1,748,000), Sergio Aido (1,590,000), Freddy Deeb (1,385,000), Conor Beresford (1,304,000), Taylor Paur (1,269,000), Rainer Kempe (1,170,000), Julien Stuer (1,130,000), Ana Marquez (1,099,000), Jeremy Ausmus (1,160,000) and Sam Grafton (1,112,000).

Day 1a chip leader Govert Metaal also bagged with 470,000 along with notables Kitty Kuo (320,000), Joe Cada (283,000), Chris Moneymaker (207,000), Olivier Busquet (341,000), and Sergi Reixach (555,000)

Kristen Bicknell was among the partypoker pros eliminated on Day 2
Kristen Bicknell was among the partypoker pros eliminated on Day 2

partypoker pros Joao Simao (701,000) and Josip Simunic (970,000) are the remaining team members left in the field ahead of Day 2 after other partypoker pros such as Patrick Tardif, Mike Sexton, Bertrand Grospellier, Kristen Bicknell, Sam Trickett, Mikita Badziakouski and Anatoly Filatov were all eliminated. Also sent to the rail was Ludovic Geilich who got it in on a flop three-ways with both flush and straight draws but was drawing dead by the turn.

The remaining field will resume play at 12 p.m. on Monday and play a further ten levels. PokerNews will be on hand to provide all the live updates, including coverage of the money bubble and beyond as we get closer to crowning the first partypoker MILLIONS champion on American soil.

Tags: Anatoly FilatovBertrand GrospellierGoran MandicJeremy PekarekKristen BicknellLudovic GeilichMikita BadziakouskiPatrick TardifSam Trickett

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Pekarek us
Jeremy Pekarek
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
2,560,000 -90,000
Ran Ilani il
Ran Ilani
1,748,000 1,748,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
1,590,000 150,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,385,000 15,000
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
1,344,000 119,000
Tobias Duthweiler de
Tobias Duthweiler
1,324,000 764,000
Conor Beresford gb
Conor Beresford
1,304,000 394,000
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
WSOP 1X Winner
1,300,000 600,000
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,269,000 -21,000
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,250,000 120,000
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
1,215,000 -235,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
1,170,000 -115,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
1,167,000 37,000
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
WSOP 6X Winner
1,160,000 -125,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
1,130,000 797,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
1,112,000 172,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
1,099,000 254,000
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
970,000 -38,000
Martin Mathis us
Martin Mathis
927,000 855,500
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
886,000 11,000
Dennis Blieden us
Dennis Blieden
WPT 1X Winner
876,000 811,000
Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
870,000 550,000
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
805,000 225,000
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
797,000 354,000
Gal Yifrach us
Gal Yifrach
WSOP 1X Winner
795,000 165,000

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Final Four Hands

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With play just seven eliminations off the money, tournament director Paul Campbell has taken the decision that the final four hands will be played in soft hand-for-hand format.

Tables will be balanced and a table broken should we reach 80 players. Dealers are dealing two hands and holding up, followed by two further hands.

Simunic Joins the Seven-Figure Club

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Josip Simunic
Josip Simunic

A completed board of {a-}{6-}{4-}{2-}{a-} was spread across the felt and Orpen Kisacikoglu knuckled the table. Josip Simunic had other plans as splashed in a bet of 139,000. Kisacikoglu asked for a count and then flicked in a single chip to make the call.

Simunic revealed the {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} for trip aces and Kisacikoglu looked none-too-pleased with his crying call. Simunic collected the pot to climb over 1,000,000 chips for the first time today.

Player Chips Progress
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
1,008,000 421,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
875,000 -273,000

Tags: Josip SimunicOrpen Kisacikoglu

Pekarek Extends Chip Lead

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

A player opened and Jeremy Pekarek three-bet to 75,000. A motormouth opponent called and the initial raiser folded.

Pekarek check-called 100,000 on the {8-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{10-Diamonds} flop. "I got the nuts," said his opponent as the turn brought the {8-Clubs}.

Pekarek bet 155,000 and his opponent quickly called.

The river was the {a-Hearts} and Pekarek bet 160,000. His opponent tanked.

"You're not going to do all that tanking and then fold on me?" asked Pekarek.

"Why God why?" said his opponent. "You look so comfortable...you flop a set of nines?"

"What are you slow-rolling me?" asked Pekarek.

Eventually, Kitty Kuo called the clock and his hand was counted down and declared dead.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Pekarek us
Jeremy Pekarek
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
2,650,000 550,000

Tags: Jeremy PekarekKitty Kuo

Pekarek Finishes Off Mandic, Climbs Over 2 Million

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Goran Mandic was down to just 85,000 chips after losing a massive coin flip to Jeremy Pekarek. Mandic raised to 80,000 in middle position and Pekarek dropped in a call from the small blind. Before the flop even hit the felt, the two players quickly got the last 5,000 chips in the middle.

Jeremy Pekarek: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Goran Mandic: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

The flop of {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts} gave Mandic some outs and the {10-Hearts} on the turn increased those outs with a flush draw. Unfortunately, the {6-Clubs} bricked everything and Pekarek eliminated Mandic to climb over 2,000,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Pekarek us
Jeremy Pekarek
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
2,100,000 360,000
Goran Mandic hr
Goran Mandic
Busted

Tags: Goran MandicJeremy Pekarek

Mustafov's Top Pair Earns a Pot

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading {q-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{k-Spades}, Mustapha Kanit checked from the big blind. Fahredin Mustafov tossed in a bet of 68,000 into a pot of around 90,000. Kanit called and the {2-Hearts} landed on the river.

Kanit checked again and Mustafov splashed in another bet of 145,000. Kanit thought for a couple of minutes and eventually made the call. Mustafov turned over {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for top pair and Kanit ditched his cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
880,000 448,000
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
443,000 -522,000

Tags: Fahredin MustafovMustapha Kanit