The first 15-minute break of break of Day 1f has just begun. The dealers have been asked to do a chip raise for the 25-denominated chips.
Blinds will go up to 400/800 with an ante of 100 when play resumes.
Level: 4
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Rehman Kassam was just noticed walking into the tournament area with the many other players coming back from the first break.
Kassam quickly made a detour to the media desk when we made sure he was re-entering the Main Event and not one of the side events.
He shared that it was indeed a re-entry for the Main Event and that, "I might have a double re-entry."
We reminded Kassam that he could only re-enter one time into each opening day. He smiled and said, "I meant that I will probably also re-enter tomorrow's final turbo opening day."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
The feature table is live and it should be a fun one. Head to the Live Streaming tab in our PokerNews coverage at 5 p.m. CEST to check it out.
Among the players at the table are two that we covered earlier today in Germany's The Talk and United Kingdom's Jonathan "Jonty" Willis. We won't be giving away any spoilers from that table other than both the aforementioned players began the feature table with slightly more than the 100,000 chip opening stack.
We are now on the feature table here @PokerroomKings for the @partypokerlive Million main event! Come check it out!… https://t.co/qxYCHgzJaf
— Jonty Willis (@jonty_willis)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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103,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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101,500
8,500
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8,500 |
Just before the first break in Day 1f of the Main Event ended, partypoker Ambassador Anatoly Filatov won the partypoker LIVE MILLION Germany €2,200 High Roller for €42,000. He made a three-way deal with Andre Haneberg (second place) and Aleksandar Tomovic (third place) guaranteeing each player €39,000 and leaving another €3,000 to play for.
Understandably, Filatov plans on taking a bit of a breather before late registering into the Main Event.
Filatov is now taking in his win and shared with PokerNews, "I will probably get into the Main Event in about two hours."
Fellow partypoker Ambassador Natalia Breviglieri has rebounded on her table she earlier termed "the table of death" with 135,300 in chips. On a nearby table, James Akenhead is quietly chipping up and now has a stack of 185,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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185,000
62,000
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62,000 |
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135,300
63,300
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63,300 |
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Level: 5
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Partypoker Ambassador Natalia Breviglieri dubbed the table in the back of the room she and Rehman Kassam were playing on together to start the day the "Table of Death" due to the wild play many of the players have been exhibiting.
While Breviglieri may not have minded a table change, she left the table unfortunately due to losing her hands against an opponent she shared has been bluffing all day except against her.
She shared with PokerNews that she plans to re-enter today's field. However, first, she will take a break to recharge her batteries.
Speaking of Kassam, on a different table, he won an uncontested pot preflop from the button and afterward said with excitement, "now things are going well."
He has run up his stack on his second bullet to about 120,000 thus far. Kassam not only tries to be funny and friendly but has also had some success on the poker felt. We earlier shared that he won the PokerStars Festival London earlier this year for £89,320. Additionally, he has had several close calls here at King's Casino including a 38th place finish in the partypoker Grand Prix Germany Main Event in April. He also had two final table finishes in side events at King's Casino this year during other poker festivals.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Busted | |
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The Day 1f field is now at 317 entrants. The tournament director will be updating shortly how many entrants have been eliminated.
With 291 entrants joining the fray on the first five Day 1s, the tournament has reached 608 entrants or 392 entrants shy of the huge €1 million guarantee being met. In addition to late registration remaining open for about five hours still on Day 1f, there will be a turbo Day 1g taking place tomorrow before the start of Day 2.
When you think of misclicks, you often think of online poker. Similar types of "misclicks" can also happen in live play if players aren't paying attention to the action in front of them or what chips they are tossing out.
Germany's Arkadiusz Peitsch got caught in what we will call a live misclick. He opened up the betting for 20,200 before claiming he meant to only bet 2,200.
The action then folded United Kingdom's Edwin Chun Man who jammed for a little more than 100,000 with pocket eights. Peitsch thought for a second before calling with ace-queen. The board was unable to improve Peitsch's hand and his first bullet is now history while his opponent's stack almost doubled. He shared he plans to re-enter today's field hoping for better success the second time around.
Meanwhile, to update two other British players' chip counts, James Akenhead's stack has grown to 255,000 while Rehman Kassam is at 130,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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255,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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190,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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130,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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Busted |
