MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus

09-22-2021 12:32 UTC+3

Azar Takes It Down Preflop

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 300/600, 600 ante

Arunas Sapitavicius was spotted with a raise to 2,000 in the cutoff and Georgio Azar then four-bet to 6,100 on the button. The Lithuanian gave it some thought and opted to fold. The same table also features Viacheslav Balaev and Dimitrii Motorov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgio Azar	104,000 104,000	104,000
Viacheslav Balaev	100,000 100,000	100,000
Dimitrii Motorov	99,500 99,500	99,500
Arunas Sapitavicius	95,000 -5,000	-5,000

09-22-2021 12:36 UTC+3

Jabir Takes From Aido

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 300/600, 600 ante

Four ways to the flop, Sergio Aido checked out of the blinds and Ali Jabir made it 1,800 to go in the cutoff. Only Aido called and checked again the on the turn. Jabir now bet 3,800 and that was enough to claim the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Jabir	115,000 115,000	115,000
Sergio Aido	95,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Ali Jabir Sergio Aido

09-22-2021 12:45 UTC+3

Active Hanna Chips Up Early

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 300/600, 600 ante

Georges Hanna squeezed to 16,500 in the hijack and was called by the player on the button. The Lebanese then bet the flop for 11,000 to earn a call and fired another 36,000 on the turn. His opponent then folded and Hanna claimed the pot.

Also featured on the table is PLO cash game specialist Bogdan Capitan, among others.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georges Hanna	125,000 25,000	25,000
Bogdan Capitan	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Georges Hanna

09-22-2021 12:53 UTC+3

Azar First Casualty of the Day

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 300/600, 600 ante

Bertrand Grospellier and Arunas Sapitavicius

With plenty of chips already in the middle, the turn showed and that's when the chips went in between Arunas Sapitavicius and Georgio Azar.

Georgio Azar:
Arunas Sapitavicius:

The river was a blank and Azar vanished, as his remaining 51,100 were covered by the table neighbour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arunas Sapitavicius	205,000 110,000	110,000
Georgio Azar	Busted

Tags: Arunas Sapitavicius Georgio Azar

09-22-2021 13:00 UTC+3

Er Chips Up With Queens

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 300/600, 600 ante

Siarhei Chudapal raised to 1,500 and was called by Walid Bou Habib and Alessio Isaia. Out of the small blind, Zorlu Er reraised to 11,700 and earned three calls. None of the players bet anything on the and Er tabled the . One after the other, his opponents mucked and Er raked in the pot.

He has been running hot early on while Isaia saw his stack cut down to around one third already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zorlu Er	175,000 175,000	175,000
Siarhei Chudapal	105,000 105,000	105,000
Walid Bou Habib	95,000 -5,000	-5,000
Alessio Isaia	35,000 -65,000	-65,000

Tags: Alessio Isaia Siarhei Chudapal Walid Bou Habib Zorlu Er

09-22-2021 13:05 UTC+3

New Notables in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 300/600, 600 ante

The field has surpassed 130 entries and the following notables are now also in the mix.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Badulin	100,000 100,000	100,000

Garik Tamasian	100,000 100,000	100,000
Joseph Mouwad	100,000 100,000	100,000
Job Greben	100,000 100,000	100,000
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	100,000 100,000	100,000

Andrea Ricci	100,000
Ivan Sakharov	100,000 100,000	100,000
Dan Serban Borlan	100,000 100,000	100,000
Sergio Fernandez Bernal	100,000 100,000	100,000
Aleksandr Gofman	100,000 100,000	100,000
Nandor Solyom	100,000 100,000	100,000

09-22-2021 13:15 UTC+3

Six Early Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 300/600, 600 ante

Six players have already been eliminated and two of them re-entered including Georgio Azar. Mustafa Meryumoglu was also spotted on the way out after he could not beat the of Christoph Bruell and may take another shot at the action soon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Bruell	155,000
Georgio Azar	100,000 100,000	100,000
Mustafa Meryumoglu	Busted

Tags: Georgio Azar Mustafa Meryumoglu Christoph Bruell

Level: 2

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

09-22-2021 13:20 UTC+3

Er Jams the River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 400/800, 800 ante

With some 38,000 in the middle and the completed board showing , Zorlu Er moved all-in. His opponent Oleg Semionov was in the tank and eventually folded to award the pot to Er.

While Er had been the early chip leader, Tamer Abdelzaher and Paulius Vaitiekunas have chipped up significantly to topple him by now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulius Vaitiekunas	215,000 215,000	215,000

Tamer Abdelzaher	150,000 150,000	150,000
Zorlu Er	110,000 -65,000	-65,000
Stefan Fabian	57,200 -42,800	-42,800

Tags: Paulius Vaitiekunas Zorlu Er

09-22-2021 13:29 UTC+3

El-Kozah Takes From Duthie

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 400/800, 800 ante

A bet and a call for 15,600 was already pulled into the pot prior to the and John Duthie was facing a bet worth 26,500 by Joseph El-Kozah. He eventually let go and the pot was shipped to El-Kozah.

Duthie admitted in table chat that he had considered a shove previously while El-Kozah replied that he put him on queens with the queen of diamonds. The early profit has been canceled out as Duthie dropped back to around the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph El-Kozah	130,000 130,000	130,000
John Duthie	102,000 -28,000	-28,000

Tags: John Duthie