Main Event Day 1a | 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online

02-22-2021 00:03 UTC

Assorted Eliminations Part IV

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 17,500/35,000, 4,375 ante

Fewer than half of the field remains for Day 1a and the latest batch of eliminations contained the following notables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	Busted

Niko Koop	Busted
Pekka Ikonen	Busted
Joakim Andersson	Busted

Boris Angelov	Busted
Toby Joyce	Busted
Peter Traply	Busted

Ivan Sakharov	Busted
Stanislav Zegal	Busted

Julian Selinger	Busted
Aleksandr Nosov	Busted
Maxi Lehmanski	Busted

02-22-2021 00:01 UTC

Top Ten Chip Counts After the Break

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 17,500/35,000, 4,375 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilia Rusalimchik	9,129,900 2,656,345	2,656,345
Jonathan Proudfoot	7,594,460
Andras Nemeth	7,503,227 85,625	85,625
Christopher Frank	5,943,901 1,207,357	1,207,357

Christian Nolte	5,781,910
Ramon Kropmanns	5,584,171
Mantas Bulotas	5,547,231 1,163,151	1,163,151
Tibor Nagygyorgy	5,098,978 1,892,578	1,892,578
Maciej Gasior	5,059,700
Michael Sklenicka	5,000,452

02-21-2021 23:56 UTC

Fifth Break of the Day

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 17,500/35,000, 4,375 ante

The 275 remaining players have been sent for another 5-minute break.

02-21-2021 23:56 UTC

De Silva No More After Clash With Speiser

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 17,500/35,000, 4,375 ante

A short-stacked Upeshka De Silva jammed for just 149,759 in the hijack and was looked up by Hannes Speiser in the cutoff.

Upeshka De Silva:
Hannes Speiser:

The flop gave De Silva an open-ended straight draw to go with his two live cards but he missed on the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	4,965,650 348,250	348,250

Jason Koon	3,474,897 101,300	101,300

Guillaume Nolet	3,151,377 751,914	751,914
Simon Deadman	2,097,400 629,750	629,750
Kevin Parkes	1,516,221 51,000	51,000
Peter Chien	1,198,990 60,500	60,500
Hannes Speiser	940,919 338,541	338,541
Upeshka De Silva	Busted

02-21-2021 23:55 UTC

Leonard Loses Everything to Koliakov

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 17,500/35,000, 4,375 ante

Patrick Leonard was all-in from the button and called and covered by Sergei Koliakov in the small blind.

Patrick Leonard:
Sergei Koliakov:

The flop came for both of them to hit a pair but for Koliakov to stay ahead with the top one.

The turn was the which didn't help Leonard and neither did the on the river as the partypoker Ambassador was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Yurasov	4,185,331 356,470	356,470

Jack Sinclair	3,592,535 603,561	603,561

Dennys Ramos	3,468,967 305,450	305,450
Sergei Koliakov	3,037,521 263,120	263,120

Rodrigo Seiji	2,189,980 153,545	153,545

Juan Pardo Dominguez	2,107,089 329,475	329,475
James Rann	1,605,203
Patrick Leonard	Busted

02-21-2021 23:54 UTC

Rolle Melts Mullen's Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 17,500/35,000, 4,375 ante

Benjamin Rolle opened to 77,000 and then called the jam by Richard Mullen for the last 259,960 on the button.

Richard Mullen:
Benjamin Rolle:

The classic flip ran out in favor of Rolle thanks to the board.

On the same table, Joao Simao chipped up just prior to that with for an overpair on a six-high board as Dominik Nitsche bluffed with ace-ten high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamas Adamszki	3,479,045 3,479,045	3,479,045
Joao Simao	2,465,130 1,414,963	1,414,963

Benjamin Rolle	2,247,823 2,247,823	2,247,823

Daniel Peche	1,802,544 594,077	594,077
Dominik Nitsche	1,555,363 2,396,490	2,396,490

Richard Mullen	Busted

02-21-2021 23:49 UTC

Recent Eliminations Part III

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 17,500/35,000, 4,375 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	Busted
Niklas Astedt	Busted
Felipe Ketzer	Busted
Ivan Cutic	Busted
Gustavo Mastelotto	Busted

Rui Ferreira	Busted

Roberto Romanello	Busted

Pim Gieles	Busted
Philippe D'Auteuil	Busted
Rayan Chamas	Busted
Kelvin Kerber	Busted

Paul Klann	Busted

Sosia Jiang	Busted
Leonard Modder	Busted
Jelle Moene	Busted
William Arruda	Busted
Sergei Denisov	Busted
Stephen Woodhead	Busted
Marius Gierse	Busted
Bas de Laat	Busted
Brock Wilson	Busted
Bela Toth	Busted
Alexandros Theologis	Busted

Diego Ventura	Busted

Tomi Brouk	Busted

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02-21-2021 23:49 UTC

Watson Takes Kolinkovskyi Out

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 17,500/35,000, 4,375 ante

Mike Watson and Pavlo Kolinkovskyi were both all-in and heads-up with Watson holding the slightly bigger stack.

Pavlo Kolinkovskyi:
Mike Watson:

The board ran out for Watson to hold with the higher kicker and even improve to top pair on the river to eliminate Kolinkovskyi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	7,588,852
Laszlo Bujtas	3,712,262
Dimitrios Nanos	3,690,799 449,664	449,664
Vlad Darie	2,398,039

Mike Watson	838,013

Pavlo Kolinkovskyi	Busted

Level: 11

Blinds: 17,500/35,000

Ante: 4,375

02-21-2021 23:42 UTC

Badziakouski Busts Gathy

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Blaz Zerjav had raised to 64,000 and Mikita Badziakouski tagged along in the cutoff. Michael Gathy then jammed for 283,729 on the button to force out Zerjav, while Badziakouski snap-called.

Michael Gathy:
Mikita Badziakouski: