The full board of 
was out between Olivier Busquet and Samuel Vousden.
Vousden had put a pot-sized bet of 40,000 out and Busquet was thinking. He eventually called, but mucked when shown 
for a pair of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
310,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,440,000
479,000
|
479,000 |
|
||
|
1,370,000
740,000
|
740,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,290,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
||
|
1,285,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
||
|
1,130,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
796,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
||
|
625,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
||
|
580,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
454,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
323,000
502,000
|
502,000 |
|
|
||
A completed board of 
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 
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
1,008,000
421,000
|
421,000 |
|
|
||
|
875,000
273,000
|
273,000 |
|
|
||
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,560,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
1,748,000
1,748,000
|
1,748,000 |
|
|
1,590,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,385,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,344,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,324,000
764,000
|
764,000 |
|
1,304,000
394,000
|
394,000 |
|
1,300,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,269,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,250,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
||
|
1,215,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
1,170,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,167,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
1,160,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
|
1,130,000
797,000
|
797,000 |
|
1,112,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
1,099,000
254,000
|
254,000 |
|
|
970,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
927,000
855,500
|
855,500 |
|
|
886,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
876,000
811,000
|
811,000 |
|
|
||
|
870,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
805,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
||
|
797,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
|
795,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
||
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)
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.
$10,300 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
