MILLIONS North Cyprus $2,200 Warm-Up
Day 2 Completed
Day 2 Completed
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Martirosian Leads 94 Survivors After Day 2 of the 2021 MILLIONS North Cyprus $2,200 Warm Up
The 2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus festival is in full swing and the first major highlight on the schedule is one step closer to crowning a champion. In the $2,200 Warm Up, the late registration was available for another four levels on Day 2 which boosted the field to 745 entries. That created a prize pool of $1,370,800, nearly tripling the initial guarantee, and the top 89 finishers are slated to receive a portion of it, though the bubble will be looming for the penultimate tournament day.
Only 94 players advanced after ten levels of 60 minutes each and none other than rising Russian star Artur Martirosian topped the leaderboard by some margin. Martirosian has sweet memories of the five-star Merit Crystal Cove Hotel Casino & Spa as he took down the $100,000 Super High Roller for $1.4 million a few weeks ago. He is on track for another major payday as he topped Day 2 with a stack of 3,226,000. His nearest followers Viktor Ustimov (2,400,000) and Muharrem Atsiz (2,370,000) are already trailing by more than 40 big blinds.
Other big stacks belong to Georgios Tsouloftas, Jim Sue Pan, Karolis Sareika, Jim Sue Pan, Fahredin Mustafov, Mustafa Biz, and Andreas Christoforou to name all but a few notables above the current average of 792,553. When the action resumes on Sunday, September 19 at noon local time, the blind will be 10,000-20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000. More than a dozen players are between seven and 15 big blinds, which may make for a tense start just five spots away from the money.
Top 10 Counts After Day 2
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 3,226,000 | 161 |
| 2 | Viktor Ustimov | Russia | 2,400,000 | 120 |
| 3 | Muharrem Atsiz | Turkey | 2,370,000 | 119 |
| 4 | Georgios Tsouloftas | Cyprus | 1,852,000 | 93 |
| 5 | Kush Vinod Kataria | United Arab Emirates | 1,787,000 | 89 |
| 6 | Jim Sue Pan | Netherlands | 1,615,000 | 81 |
| 7 | Basel Khabbazeh | Syria | 1,480,000 | 74 |
| 8 | Karolis Sereika | Lithuania | 1,450,000 | 73 |
| 9 | Karolis Ciudaras | Lithuania | 1,439,000 | 72 |
| 10 | Piotr Sowinski | Poland | 1,320,000 | 66 |
The Action of the Day
With the late registration available for the first four hours, there was a steady influx of new players and re-entries to boost the field size. More than 200 entries were recorded during these four levels and three players dominated the early stages, as Fahredin Mustafov, Nicolas Chouity, and Artur Martirosian were the first to reach a seven-figure stack. That number soon grew further with notables such as Alessio Isaia, Bart Lybaert, Danilo Velasevic, Arunas Sapitavicius and recent WSOP Circuit Main Event winner Andrea Ricci among the notable early casualties.
Selahaddin Bedir ran his pocket sevens into the kings of Lachezar Petkov and found no help to bust mid-way through the day.
Veselin Mareshki soared into the spotlight when he scored three double ups but the stack of the Bulgarian businessman then vanished in two massive pots in quick succession as he came up short against Milen Stefanov and Fadi Alakzam.
During the later stages, big names such as Stoyan Madanzhiev, Manig Loeser, Paul Newey, Milad Oghabian, Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy, Tomas Jozonis, and Niko Koop all departed. Oghabian fell victim to the hot run of Artur Martirosian when he jammed a jack-high turn with a gutshot and nut flush draw but bricked against the top two pair. From there on, Martirosian used his big stack near the looming money bubble to cement his status as the overnight chip leader.
Once the final hands of the night were completed, the money bubble was all but reached and five of the remaining 94 contenders will walk away empty-handed. The penultimate tournament day recommences at noon local time and will aim to play down to the nine-handed final table. Stay tuned to find out who makes it one step further then, as the PokerNews team will provide as many key hands as possible until a champion has been crowned.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Simeon Angelov Spasov | Bulgaria | 466,000 | 23 |
| 1 | 2 | Sakis Adrianopoulos | Greece | 1,109,000 | 55 |
| 1 | 3 | Ebrahim Ehghaghi | Iran | 637,000 | 32 |
| 1 | 4 | Muharrem Atsiz | Turkey | 2,370,000 | 119 |
| 1 | 5 | Gregoire Auzoux | France | 1,119,000 | 56 |
| 1 | 6 | Eimantas Adomavicius | Lithuania | 786,000 | 39 |
| 1 | 7 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 1,300,000 | 65 |
| 1 | 8 | Mantas Nanartavicius | Lithuania | 883,000 | 44 |
| 1 | 9 | Evangelos Charalambous | Cyprus | 284,000 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | Furkan Beg | Turkey | 705,000 | 35 |
| 2 | 2 | Miad Shakiba | Iran | 1,131,000 | 57 |
| 2 | 3 | Tony Aziz | Lebanon | 313,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 4 | Jim Sue Pan | Netherlands | 1,615,000 | 81 |
| 2 | 5 | Erdal Gulseven | Turkey | 1,073,000 | 54 |
| 2 | 6 | Milen Stefanov | Bulgaria | 1,031,000 | 52 |
| 2 | 7 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 625,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 8 | Elie Hage Youssef | Lebanon | 206,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | Arturas Randis | Lithuania | 905,000 | 45 |
| 3 | 1 | Umut Yukselir | Turkey | 170,000 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | Gurcan. Gungoren | Turkey | 575,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 3 | Walid Bou Habib | Lebanon | 650,000 | 33 |
| 3 | 4 | Lachezar Petkov | Bulgaria | 1,000,000 | 50 |
| 3 | 5 | Mateusz Szymanski | Poland | 339,000 | 17 |
| 3 | 6 | Elie Saade | Lebanon | 153,000 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | Farouk Al Gosaibi | Lebanon | 431,000 | 22 |
| 3 | 8 | Kasparas Klezys | Lithuania | 1,004,000 | 50 |
| 3 | 9 | Maksym Skripkin | Ukraine | 390,000 | 20 |
| 4 | 1 | Pierre Jreige | Lebanon | 509,000 | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | Robert Rbeiz | Lebanon | 708,000 | 35 |
| 4 | 3 | Georgio Azar | Lebanon | 426,000 | 21 |
| 4 | 4 | Andreas Christoforou | Cyprus | 1,200,000 | 60 |
| 4 | 5 | Piotr Sowinski | Poland | 1,320,000 | 66 |
| 4 | 6 | Dmitry Gromov | Russia | 239,000 | 12 |
| 4 | 7 | Koray Korkmaz | Turkey | 818,000 | 41 |
| 4 | 8 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 3,226,000 | 161 |
| 4 | 9 | Kaan Baser | Turkey | 318,000 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | Emir Aykurt | Turkey | 963,000 | 48 |
| 5 | 2 | Makram Saber | Lebanon | 700,000 | 35 |
| 5 | 3 | Zorlu Er | Turkey | 550,000 | 28 |
| 5 | 4 | Job Greben | Netherlands | 605,000 | 30 |
| 5 | 5 | Justas Vaiciulionis | Russia | 1,060,000 | 53 |
| 5 | 6 | Viktor Ustimov | Russia | 2,400,000 | 120 |
| 5 | 7 | Bassel Alanaz | Lebanon | 225,000 | 11 |
| 5 | 8 | Mehmet Kolgu | Turkey | 561,000 | 28 |
| 5 | 9 | Abdel Chadli | Morocco | 1,186,000 | 59 |
| 6 | 1 | Fadi Alakzam | Lebanon | 1,106,000 | 55 |
| 6 | 2 | Recep Aydemir | Turkey | 519,000 | 26 |
| 6 | 3 | Eli Saad | Lebanon | 709,000 | 35 |
| 6 | 4 | Alper Kerim | Turkey | 76,000 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | Kush Vinod Kataria | United Arab Emirates | 1,787,000 | 89 |
| 6 | 6 | Mikhail Ruslanov | Russia | 294,000 | 15 |
| 6 | 7 | Omid Mojaverian | Iran | 352,000 | 18 |
| 6 | 8 | Aleksandr Kinzhalov | Russia | 309,000 | 15 |
| 6 | 9 | Gabriel Akiki | Lebanon | 682,000 | 34 |
| 7 | 1 | Erdem Akmert | Turkey | 680,000 | 34 |
| 7 | 2 | Joseph Mouwad | Lebanon | 320,000 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | Mustafa Agzikara | Turkey | 1,032,000 | 52 |
| 7 | 4 | Saman Nakhjavani | Iran | 644,000 | 32 |
| 7 | 5 | Karolis Sereika | Lithuania | 1,450,000 | 73 |
| 7 | 6 | Nikolay Stankov | Bulgaria | 525,000 | 26 |
| 7 | 7 | Mustafa Biz | Turkey | 1,245,000 | 62 |
| 7 | 8 | Vladimir Dobrovolski | Russia | 700,000 | 35 |
| 8 | 1 | Johan Guilbert | France | 1,068,000 | 53 |
| 8 | 2 | Kacper Pyzara | Poland | 680,000 | 34 |
| 8 | 3 | Rokas Neiberka | Lithuania | 902,000 | 45 |
| 8 | 4 | Garik Tamasian | Russia | 300,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | Wael Sarkis | Lebanon | 380,000 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | Karolis Ciudaras | Lithuania | 1,439,000 | 72 |
| 8 | 7 | Georgios Tsouloftas | Cyprus | 1,852,000 | 93 |
| 8 | 8 | Engin Sezerer | Turkey | 353,000 | 18 |
| 9 | 1 | Georges Hanna | Lebanon | 1,224,000 | 61 |
| 9 | 2 | Nuri Hadioglu | Turkey | 770,000 | 39 |
| 9 | 3 | Sergio Fernandez Bernal | Spain | 1,175,000 | 59 |
| 9 | 4 | [Removed:324] | United Kingdom | 601,000 | 30 |
| 9 | 5 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russia | 200,000 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | Basel Khabbazeh | Syria | 1,480,000 | 74 |
| 9 | 7 | Michel Habib | Lebanon | 322,000 | 16 |
| 9 | 8 | Dmitrii Motorov | Russia | 232,000 | 12 |
| 10 | 1 | Nikola Minkov | Bulgaria | 1,230,000 | 62 |
| 10 | 2 | Nichan Khorchidian | Lebanon | 385,000 | 19 |
| 10 | 3 | Matthieu Chan | Mauritius | 1,129,000 | 56 |
| 10 | 4 | Alexander Lakhov | Russia | 667,000 | 33 |
| 10 | 5 | Ionel Anton | Romania | 916,000 | 46 |
| 10 | 6 | Navid Samavati | Iran | 1,040,000 | 52 |
| 10 | 7 | Hulya Seckin | Turkey | 400,000 | 20 |
| 10 | 8 | Stefan Fabian | Romania | 473,000 | 24 |
| 11 | 1 | Ghassan Khalil | Lebanon | 564,000 | 28 |
| 11 | 2 | Georges Sultanem | Lebanon | 294,000 | 15 |
| 11 | 3 | Mustafa Meryumoglu | Turkey | 577,000 | 29 |
| 11 | 4 | Viacheslav Balaev | Russia | 477,000 | 24 |
| 11 | 5 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 432,000 | 22 |
| 11 | 6 | Silma Macalou | France | 1,000,000 | 50 |
| 11 | 7 | Musa Barindik | Turkey | 687,000 | 34 |
| 11 | 8 | Bora Kurtulus | Turkey | 862,000 | 43 |
Assorted End-of-Day 2 Counts (full)
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3,226,000 | |||
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2,400,000 | 400,000 | ||
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2,370,000 | 120,000 | ||
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1,852,000 | 52,000 | ||
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1,787,000 | -13,000 | ||
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1,615,000 | 15,000 | ||
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1,480,000 | 1,480,000 | ||
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1,450,000 | -50,000 | ||
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1,439,000 | 39,000 | ||
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1,320,000 | -380,000 | ||
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1,300,000 | 560,000 | ||
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1,245,000 | 1,045,000 | ||
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1,230,000 | 916,100 | ||
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1,224,000 | 34,000 | ||
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1,200,000 | -50,000 | ||
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1,186,000 | 486,000 | ||
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1,175,000 | 25,000 | ||
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1,131,000 | 1,131,000 | |||
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1,129,000 | -21,000 | ||
|
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1,119,000 | 719,000 | ||
|
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1,109,000 | -291,000 | ||
|
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1,106,000 | -594,000 | ||
|
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1,073,000 | 23,000 | ||
|
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1,068,000 | 918,000 | ||
|
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1,060,000 | 490,000 |
Day 2 Completed
No further players busted and the 94 remaining contenders bagged their chips. Artur Martirosian soared to the lead with a stack of more than 3.2 million and is almost certainly the overnight chipleader. The full chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.
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3,226,000 | 926,000 |
Three More Hands to Go
The clock has been stopped with ten minutes left in the level and 94 players in contention. They will play another three hands and then bag their chips for the night.
Wyrzykiewicz Eliminated by Christoforou
Down to the final 129,000, Remi Wyrzykiewicz got his stack in from the button and found a caller in Andreas Christoforou in the small blind.
Remi Wyrzykiewicz: 
Andreas Christoforou: 
There was no help on the 
runout the high card ace played to eliminate Wyrzykiewicz not far away from the money bubble.
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1,250,000 | 275,000 | ||
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Busted |
Ciudaras Jams Into Adomavicius
On a completed board of 
, Eimantas Adomavicius bet 275,000 and then faced the shove of Karolis Ciudaras for 835,000 total. Adomavicius went deep into the tank and eventually folded.
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1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | ||
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610,000 | -290,000 |
Alanaz Doubles Once More
"Antoine" and Asaf Kibel departed while Bassel Alanaz was all-in once more, this time for 117,000 in the cutoff. Nikolay Stankov called in the small blind and Aleksandr Gofman flashed the 
in the big blind before letting go.
Bassel Alanaz: 
Nikolay Stankov: 
The board ran out 
and Alanaz doubled once more. There are currently 100 players remaining and only 89 of them will cash.
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630,000 | 507,500 | ||
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270,000 | 70,000 | ||
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250,000 | 10,000 | ||
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Busted | ||||
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Busted |
Triple Up for Rbeiz
The cards of Tony Aziz were in the muck already and he shuddered the words "wow, what a pot". Robert Rbeiz tripled up thanks to a turning a full house with 
on a board of 
.
Georges Hanna was also involved and escaped from elimination, as he doubled through Aziz with the 
for 595,000 after pushing on the flop and being called. According to the table chat, Aziz had ace-queen for trips aces and was sent well below the average.
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1,190,000 | -60,000 | ||
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800,000 | 771,800 | ||
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400,000 | 100,000 |