Jetten Claims Day 1b Chip Lead in the partypoker MILLIONS Online $5,300 Main Event
Day 1b of the 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event has come to an end after more than nine hours of play. The second and last starting flight attracted 493 entries which can be added to the 591 entries which were collected on Day 1a to get to a total number of 1,084 buy-ins. The $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool was easily surpassed as a total prize purse of $5,420,000 had been created.
Out of all the Day 1b entries, 74 players made it through to Day 2 with Canada's Peter Jetten leading the pack with 26,423,338. Jetten is followed in the counts by Aleksei Barkov (18,158,570), Pavel Veksler (15,854,702), Viktor Zsemlye (14,593,338), and Sosia Jiang (14,323,488). Other familiar names in the top ten include Christian Jeppsson, Christopher Brewer, and Brock Wilson.
2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online $5,300 Main Event Day 1b Top 10 Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Jetten | Canada | 26,423,338 | 189 |
| 2 | Aleksei Barkov | Russia | 18,158,570 | 130 |
| 3 | Pavel Veksler | Ukraine | 15,854,702 | 113 |
| 4 | Viktor Zsemlye | Austria | 14,593,338 | 104 |
| 5 | Sosia Jiang | New Zealand | 14,323,488 | 102 |
| 6 | Yurii Senchylo | Ukraine | 13,885,380 | 99 |
| 7 | Christian Jeppsson | Sweden | 13,652,912 | 98 |
| 8 | Christopher Brewer | United States | 13,584,457 | 97 |
| 9 | Brock Wilson | United States | 12,256,520 | 88 |
| 10 | Andrei Chernokoz | Russia | 11,661,181 | 83 |
partypoker Ambassadors Mikita Badziakouski (5,716,808) and Kristen Bicknell (2,461,804) have made it through to Day 2 while things didn't go well for Matt Staples, John Duthie, Isaac Haxton, Joao Simao, Joni Jouhikimainen, and Patrick Leonard won't be returning to try and win their share of the prize pool.
Mary Pudmoreff won her Main Event seat when she was selected by Kristen Bicknell on Twitter and even though she took out Timothy Adams and stayed alive a few times, her run came to an end when her stack went in on the turn with pocket kings. Unfortunately for her, Dean Arsenie had hit a set of tens to send the Canadian out of the tournament without cashing either.
When play resumes on Day 2, the level duration will be increased to 30 minutes each. The first level of the day features a small blind of 70,000, a big blind of 140,000, and a running ante of 17,500. Ten levels of play are on the menu before the remaining players will break for Day 3.
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MILLIONS Online Main Event Prize Pool Details
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $892,275 | 10-11 | $54,542 | 72-87 | $13,931 | ||
| 2 | $614,523 | 12-15 | $43,335 | 88-103 | $12,872 | ||
| 3 | $422,422 | 16-23 | $35,084 | 104-119 | $12,131 | ||
| 4 | $276,128 | 24-31 | $27,724 | 120-135 | $11,490 | ||
| 5 | $189,320 | 32-39 | $22,796 | 136-151 | $10,912 | ||
| 6 | $146,300 | 40-55 | $18,818 | 152-160 | $10,695 | ||
| 7 | $115,425 | 56-71 | $15,864 | ||||
| 8 | $91,542 | ||||||
| 9 | $72,260 |
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, Pudmoreff got it in on a 
board with already a sizable pot brewing.
and after the 
river, Pudmoreff's Main Event dream was over in 215th place.
against chipleader Joseph Cheong's 
. The board ran out clean to eliminate Staples from contention, who has decided not to reenter as of yet.
