2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus

MILLIONS North Cyprus $2,200 Warm-Up
Day: 1b
Event Info

2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
44
Prize
$210,912
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,370,800
Entries
745
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
1,250,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
332
Players Left
176

Hanna Runs Into a Straight

Level 5 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante

On the tail end of a bigger pot, Paulius Vaitiekunas bet 65,000 on the {q-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} river out of the big blind. Georges Hanna in early position gave it some thought and called.

Vaitiekunas rolled over the {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds} for the nut straight and Hanna mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Paulius Vaitiekunas lt
Paulius Vaitiekunas
WSOP 1X Winner
215,000 215,000
Georges Hanna lb
Georges Hanna
33,000 -112,000

Tags: Georges HannaPaulius Vaitiekunas

Akiki Wins Two Big Pots in a Row

Level 5 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante

Aleksei Psurtcev check-called for 20,000 on the {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop and then check-called all-in for 55,900 when Gabriel Akiki jammed the {a-Spades} turn.

Akiki tabled the {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades} and Psurtcev was drawing with the {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}, which made the {5-Spades} river a formality. One hand later, Nikolay Fal three-bet and then bet the {9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop for 17,000, picking up a call by Akiki. Fal also bet the {8-Spades} turn for 41,000 with 56,000 behind. Akiki jammed and Fal folded.

Player Chips Progress
Gabriel Akiki lb
Gabriel Akiki
300,000 300,000
Svitlana Ryha ua
Svitlana Ryha
120,000 60,000
Jacques Torbey lb
Jacques Torbey
110,000 110,000
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
56,000 -154,000
Aleksei Psurtcev
Aleksei Psurtcev
Busted

Tags: Nikolay Fal

Recent Casualties Part II

Level 5 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante

Paul Newey and Danut Chisu have recently been eliminated and subsequently re-entered. Below are other notables that ran out of chips as Day 2 continues to produce decent numbers with more than 270 total entries.

Player Chips Progress
Danut Chisu ro
Danut Chisu
100,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
100,000 10,000
Paulius Vaitiekunas lt
Paulius Vaitiekunas
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Vedat Yilmaz tr
Vedat Yilmaz
Busted
Yury Salikaev ru
Yury Salikaev
Busted
Erik Bauer sk
Erik Bauer
Busted
Elias Moukavem
Elias Moukavem
Busted
Osman Midik
Osman Midik
Busted
Meraj Mirzaei
Meraj Mirzaei
Busted
Rauf Avci
Rauf Avci
Busted
Furkan Beg tr
Furkan Beg
Day 1C Chip Leader
Busted

Jozonis Eliminated by Korkmaz

Level 5 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante
Tomas Jozonis
Tomas Jozonis

Heads-up to the {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades} flop, the chips between Koray Korkmaz and Tomas Jozonis went in with the latter at risk for 86,200.

Tomas Jozonis: {j-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Koray Korkmaz: {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

Jozonis had outs with to a full house but failed to get there on the {a-Clubs} turn and {3-Spades} river. He will, however, be back soon thanks to the re-entry format.

Player Chips Progress
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
230,000 230,000
Tomas Jozonis lt
Tomas Jozonis
Busted

Tags: Koray KorkmazTomas Jozonis

Triple Up for Abou Saleh

Level 5 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante

Bora Kurtulus raised and Elias Abou Saleh moved all in from the small blind for just 8,500. The big blind and Kurtulus called. On a flop of {8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}, the action was checked and the big blind bet the {q-Clubs} turn for 10,000, Kurtulus just called.

What followed was the {6-Spades} on the river and the big blind check-folded to Kurtulus's bet of 25,000. He tabled {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for the nut flush but Abou Saleh had that beat with {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} for a full house.

"My first hand today," the Lebanese joked after the triple up.

Player Chips Progress
Bora Kurtulus tr
Bora Kurtulus
145,000 145,000
Elias Abou Saleh lb
Elias Abou Saleh
28,000 -52,000

Tags: Elias Abou Saleh

Chouity Back in Action

Level 5 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante

Nicolas Chouity has been spotted back in the field and the second bullet appears to be much smoother, as he already doubled the stack. In a recent hand, Chouity bet the {q-Spades}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{8-Spades}{9-Spades} river for 22,000 and his sole remaining opponent check-folded.

Chouity has been one of 31 players to re-enter after they were out of chips on the first entry of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
EPT 1X Winner
200,000 200,000

Tags: Nicolas Chouity

Level: 5

Blinds: 700/1,400

Ante: 1,400