King's Casino regular Fozzy is well-known for wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey while playing. He is also well-known for loud celebrations when he wins a hand.
He advanced from the Turbo Day 1g into Day 2 with about 10 big blinds. Very soon after Day 2 began, he jammed his stack with king-jack and was called by a player with ace-ten. The queen-ten-eight flop gave him a straight draw and two overcards.
After the nine completed his straight on the turn, Fozzy shouted loudly enough for everyone in the tournament area to hear, "Yeah!"
A seven completed the board on the river and Fozzy increased his stack to 137,000.
With around 80 players advancing from today's turbo heat and just 15 minutes between Day 1g ended and Day 2 restarted, there has been no time to compose a list with the players advancing.
What we do know is, that right around 80 players made it through and are now back at the felt after a quick stretching of legs. Among the notables advancing are partypoker Ambassador Natalia Breviglieri, partypoker streamer Jonty Willis, Philipp Gruissem, Andre Haneberg, Norbert Berent and Aleksandar Tomovic.
With players from Day 1a through Day 1g joining together, the Day 2 field of the €1M guaranteed partypoker LIVE MILLION Germany Main Event is sure to be a battle of the highest level. A lot of familiar faces are at the King's Casino in Rozvadov today, where qualifiers from both the online and live heats will be combined for a final showdown for the very first time.
Current chip leader going into Day 2 is German player Jung Dirg, who amassed an impressive 1,227,100 chips after 12 levels of play on Day 1a. He is still the only player to break into seven figures, but a lot of players are chasing his tail with Czech Josef Antoš as the closest contender with 950,000. Both men will have high hopes of making Day 3 with a chip count to challenge for the €200,000 top prize, but they'll have plenty of company in the chasing pack from their opening days at the felt.
Main Event Day 1 Details
Day
Entrants
Survivors
Day Chip Leader
Chips
Day 1a (Live)
28
5
Jung Dirg
1,227,100
Day 1b (Online)
22
7
Damien Collins
642,337
Day 1c (Online)
58
17
Lukasz Finkas
588,885
Day 1d (Live)
37
8
Yehuda Cohen
782,900
Day 1e (Live)
146
50
Josef Antoš
950,500
Day 1f (Live)
384
132
Prezes
810,000
Day 1g (Live)
139
~80
Christian Stoyanov
505,000
No-Shows (Online Qualifiers)
6
0
Total
820
~299
Other challengers will filter in the field today, including former EPT Grand Final champion Jan Bendik and partypoker Sponsored Pros Jan-Peter Jachtmann and Anatoly Filatov.
Blind levels are back to 45 minutes today after the Day 1g turbo heat that ended less than 20 minutes ago. The plan for today is to play to sooner of 13 levels are completed or the field narrowing down to 24 players. Cards should be in the air any minute now.
Day 2 Level structure
Level
Clock
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
13
45
3,000
6,000
500
14
45
4,000
8,000
1,000
15
45
5,000
10,000
1,000
16
45
6,000
12,000
2,000
17
45
8,000
16,000
2,000
18
45
10,000
20,000
3,000
19
45
12,000
24,000
3,000
20
45
15,000
30,000
3,000
21
45
20,000
40,000
4,000
22
45
25,000
50,000
5,000
23
45
30,000
60,000
5,000
24
45
40,000
80,000
10,000
25
45
50,000
100,000
10,000
The Pokernews live reporting team will be on the floor to bring you every bit of poker action. You don't want to miss what is sure to be an epic day of tournament poker.
