Level: 22
Blinds: 175,000/350,000
Ante: 350,000
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€11,397,500
Entries
1,175
Level
42
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
12,000,000
Bailey Busts Vrakas, Perederejevs Doubles
Level 21
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Joris Ruijs and Georgios Vrakas were eliminated, the only players to run out of chips for some time since the most recent double knockout.
Vrakas was all in with his short stack and pocket tens, Michael Bailey looked him up with the 
and the board came 
. "It was an easy day, I was short most of the time and didn't have to think about much."
Andrejs Perederejevs scored a double up from behind when his 
ended up defeating Stephen Chidwick's 
on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000,000 | -10,000,000 |
|
15,000,000 | -3,000,000 |
|
7,500,000 | 5,035,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Blom is Back
Level 21
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
The last few levels had been rather quiet for Viktor Blom and he just helped himself to some profit in a battle of the blinds against David Laka in a battle of former partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Main Event champion and runner up.
On a flop of 
, Blom bet 750,000 and Laka raised to 1.85 million, which Blom called. The 
turn and Jd] river brought no action and Blom won the pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,800,000 | -200,000 |
|
7,000,000 | -5,500,000 |
Price Doubles; Lefrancois has a Good Day
Level 21
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
The cards of Jan-Eric Schwippert were already in the muck and Oliver Price had doubled up in style for his last 5.5 million with 
after improving to a straight flush on the board 
.
Pascal Lefrancois started the day as one of the shortest stacks with a mere 1.2 million, but a lot has changed since. After defending his big blind against fellow Canadian Michael Bailey, he check-called a bet on the 
fllop and another for 2.0 million on the turn. The 
river was checked and Lefrancois showed to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000,000 | 12,000,000 |
|
25,000,000 | -7,000,000 |
|
21,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
|
|
12,000,000 | -6,000,000 |
|
11,500,000 | 4,500,000 |
Bruel Knocks Out Albertini and Bechrakis
Level 21
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Stephane Albertini moved all in for 1.6 million with pocket sixes and Patrick Bruel just called, Evangelos Bechrakis then moved all in over the fop for 6.5 million with the 
and Bruel quickly called with 
.
The board came 
and Bruel hit a second set within fewer than 15 minutes to now score a double knockout and jump up to two times the average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Bruel Doubles Once More
Level 21
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Preben Stokkan lost quite a few chips to Jan-Eric Schwippert before bowing out to Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu in a coin flip with pocket fives versus ace-king.
Robert Heidorn and Tapio Vihakas followed before Patrick Bruel scored a double for 9.3 million against Teun Meulder. Both clashed preflop with the former tabling 
, and Mulder was in trouble with the 
. After a board of 
, Bruel's aces were not cracked but he even hit a set to take a big chunk out of Meulder's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
|
5,100,000 | -14,400,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Stuer Takes from Calamusa
Level 21
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Pierre Calamusa raised from the button and called a three-bet to 1.9 million by Julian Stuer out of the small blind to see a flop of 
. Stuer bet 1.3 million and Calamusa raised to 4.0 million, which Stuer called.
After the 
turn both players checked and Stuer also checked the river. Calamusa's bet of 5.0 million saw Stuer use one time bank extension and he then called to get shown 
for a bluff, which he had beat with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
|
19,000,000 | 1,200,000 |
Updated Counts
Level 21
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
|
|
23,000,000 | 14,500,000 |
|
23,000,000 | 14,500,000 |
|
19,000,000 | 8,300,000 |
|
|
18,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
|
16,000,000 | 15,720,000 |
|
15,000,000 | |
|
9,500,000 | -5,000,000 |
|
9,000,000 | 3,550,000 |
|
8,200,000 | -2,500,000 |
|
7,500,000 | 1,900,000 |
|
7,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
|
5,000,000 | -11,500,000 |
|
10,000 | -11,990,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
83 Players Remain in the Final Break of Day 2
Level 20
: 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The last 83 hopefuls have been sent into a 15-minute break and two further levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled for tonight.