MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 Main Event
Day 1b Started
MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 Main Event
Day 1b Started
After a very successful first starting day with 281 entries in the flagship $5,300 Main Event, the crown jewel of the 2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus festival has its eyes set on smashing the $3 million guarantee. As a matter of fact, it may already be surpassed on Day 1b which is slated to kick off at 12 pm local time in the conference centre of the five-star Merit Crystal Cove Hotel Casino & Spa in Girne, North Cyprus.
Nine levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled for today and all participants receive 100,000 in chips with the action kicking off at blinds of 300-600 and a big blind ante of 600. There will be a short break every two levels and Day 1b will conclude at approximately 9.30 pm local time, giving all participants enough time to take advantage of the free buffet at Merit thereafter.
Day 1 Blind Structure
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
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1 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
2 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
3 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
4 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
5 | 700 | 1,400 | 1,400 |
6 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
7 | 900 | 1,800 | 1,800 |
8 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
9 | 1,200 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
French online casino games streamer Killian Desnos holds the lead so far and topping his stack of 796,500 may be quite a challenge to say the least. Poker enthusiasts from near and far will certainly do so during the return to major international live poker events in Europe.
The High Roller action at Merit has also concluded for now as the $10,500 High Roller and $25,500 Super High Roller both played down to a winner tonight. All results from those will be published soon in a separate update. Poker fans can also look forward to more live stream action as the $5,300 Main Event will be covered as of Day 2 on Saturday, September 25 until the conclusion two days later.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide as many key hands as possible en route to crowning a champion in the first partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Main Event in more than one and a half years.
Level: 1
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
There are 41 players registered so far and they are spread over six tables. Many more are expected to join the action for the second of four possible starting days.
Day 1b is starting slower than the first flight and six tables are currently in play with the following notables signed up thus far.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Vytautas Semaska | 100,000 | |
Garik Tamasian | 100,000 | |
John Duthie | 100,000 | |
Antonio Failla | 100,000 | |
Omid Mojaverian | 100,000 | |
Rinat Dinmukhametov
|
100,000 | |
Saar Wilf | 100,000 | |
Amjad Nader | 100,000 | |
Alexandras Rusinovas | 100,000 | |
Andrew Martin | 100,000 | |
Thom Greben | 100,000 | |
Sebastian Veghinas | 100,000 | |
Sercan Okten
|
100,000 | |
Karzan Hamarash | 100,000 | |
Lukas Zaskodny | 100,000 | |
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Mete Ustuay | 100,000 | |
Sofia Lovgren | 100,000 | |
Harpreet Gill | 100,000 |
Bassel Alanaz made some waves in the $2,200 Warm Up and cashed after surviving numerous short stack all-ins. He is also in the mix in the Main Event now and wanted to raise but called first to act. Three other players limped to the flop and Alanaz bet 2,000 to win the pot uncontested.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Bassel Alanaz |
102,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
Nicodemo Tylman and Florian Duta created a pot of 9,000 to the flop on which Tylman in the cutoff checked. Duta made it 4,000 to go and was then check-raised to 14,000, tossing in the calling chips after a short period of consideration. The on the turn was checked by Tylman once more and Duta bet 10,000 to win the pot uncontested.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Florian Duta | 120,000 | |
Nicodemo Tylman
|
80,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Andrea Ricci | 100,000 | |
Alexander Lakhov | 100,000 | |
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Tomas Jozonis | 100,000 | |
Sergio Aido | 100,000 | |
Piotr Nurzynski | 100,000 | |
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Nuri Hadioglu | 100,000 |
Joining the action on the flop, Lukas Zaskodny opted to check and Kamil Sokol bet 3,500 for the Czech to call. On the turn, Zaskodny checked once more and Sokol now bet 7,700. Zaskodny then check-raised to 20,000 and that shut down his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Lukas Zaskodny |
114,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
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Kamil Sokol
|
90,000 |
"Seat open on table four" the dealer announced and Mete Ustuay was spotted on his way out of the tournament area. His for two pair were still visible on the table and the board showed , which had given Ustuay two pair. Lukas Zaskodny was busy stacking the chips and he was the one to deal the final blow, having flopped the nut straight with .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Lukas Zaskodny |
215,000
101,000
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101,000 |
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Mete Ustuay | Busted |