Main Event Day 1a | 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online

02-21-2021 22:44 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Gomez Zapatero	Busted
Anthony Gardner	Busted
Yvonne Stiedl	Busted
Andrew Koprnicky	Busted
Ludovic Geilich	Busted
Jon Van Fleet	Busted
Claas Stoob	Busted
Simon Mattsson	Busted
Manig Loeser	Busted

Sergi Reixach	Busted
Maxim Mamonov	Busted
Christoph Vogelsang	Busted
Upeshka De Silva	Busted

Nick Petrangelo	Busted

Govert Metaal	Busted
Peter Jetten	Busted

Simon Deadman	Busted
Ronan Sweeney	Busted
Joao Mathias Baumgarten	Busted
Pavel Veksler	Busted
Benjamin Chalot	Busted
Artur Martirosian	Busted

Fabio Sperling	Busted
Joao Barbosa	Busted

Thomas Muehloecker	Busted

Nolet Jams Up Stack; Altkirch Doubles Twice

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

On a three-way flop of , Jason Koon bet 64,800 into 129,600 and Kevin Parkes called out of the big blind. Guillaume Nolet check-raised to 240,000 from under the gun and was called by both opponents.

The followed on the turn and Parkes was the only one to check-call a bet worth 448,000 by Nolet. Parkes also checked the river and folded to a jam by Nolet.

Markus Altkirch then doubled twice when his fours cracked the kings of Nolet and got there to beat the of Jon Ander Vallinas Santos. The board ran out for Altkirch to make kings and sevens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	4,013,424 560,120	560,120

Jason Koon	2,415,458 294,200	294,200

Guillaume Nolet	2,326,182 993,500	993,500
Jon Ander Vallinas Santos	1,533,385 927,100	927,100
Kevin Parkes	1,262,306
Markus Altkirch	1,180,600 874,200	874,200

02-21-2021 22:33 UTC

Can Matt Staples Win a 5-Way All-In Hand?

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Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

partypoker Twitch Team's Matt Staples will be entering this tournament on Day 1b but is playing loads of other events in the meantime. Here's a hand where a 5-way all-in took place:

Can @MattStaplesPKR win a @partypoker 5-way all-in with pocket aces? The Magic 8-Ball says "Maybe".
— PokerNews (@PokerNews)

02-21-2021 22:32 UTC

Badziakouski Catches Greenwood BVluffing

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Sam Greenwood opened to 44,000 and called a three-bet to 100,000 by Mikita Badziakouski. On a flop of , Greenwood opted to check-call a bet worth 60,000 and both players checked through on the turn.

Greenwood bet the river for 92,500 and Badziakouski tank-called to win the pot with , as Greenwood was caught bluffing with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	1,388,853 42,490	42,490

Sam Greenwood	417,310

02-21-2021 22:28 UTC

Ferreira Felted by Frank

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Rui Ferreira opened from under the gun and called a three-bet by Christopher Frank in the hijack. On a flop of , Ferreira check-jammed into a continuation bet worth 90,450, and Frank made the call with the superior stack.

Rui Ferreira:
Christopher Frank:

Frank hit magic on the turn and the river sent Ferreira to the rail with the inferior full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Frank	2,160,999 338,725	338,725

Jaime Staples	1,100,785 20,439	20,439

Rui Ferreira	Busted

02-21-2021 22:27 UTC

Leonard Reenters

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Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Patrick Leonard had busted with the details of that hand unknown but reentered immediately and took the same seat back when he returned in the field:

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennys Ramos	3,829,265 567,983	567,983
Jack Sinclair	2,357,418 1,357,418	1,357,418

Ivan Cutic	1,316,931 122,700	122,700
Sergei Koliakov	1,014,036

Patrick Leonard	1,000,000 416,738	416,738

Aaron Been	920,700 920,700	920,700
Jareth East	865,332

Level: 8

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,500

02-21-2021 22:25 UTC

Lalos Doubles Through Haxton

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Georgi Sandev raised to 35,200 from the hijack and Isaac Haxton three-bet to 104,000 from the button. Sasa Lalos four-bet shoved from the big blind for 302,352 for Sandev to fold but for Haxton to make the call.

Sasa Lalos:
Isaac Haxton:

The board ran out for Lalos to hold with the pocket pair of tens for two pair and the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sasa Lalos	663,904 336,096	336,096
Isaac Haxton	515,392 236,352	236,352

02-21-2021 22:22 UTC

Queens for Urbanovich

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Philipp Kampf raised to 36,000 from the early position and Dzmitry Urbanovich three-bet to 128,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Kampf who made the call.

They both checked through the flop and the on the turn to the on the river. They both took some time but both opted to check for Urbanovich to claim the pot with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Dzmitry Urbanovich	2,367,402 276,520	276,520

Philipp Kampf	1,665,858

02-21-2021 22:21 UTC

Koon Spikes the Nuts Against Altkirch

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Markus Altkirch raised to 33,600 from under the gun and Jason Koon elected to three-bet out of the big blind for 144,000 in total. Altkirch reluctantly called to see the flop which Koon checked. Altkirch used his time bank and checked behind after an additional 20 seconds of consideration.