Main Event Day 1a | 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online

02-22-2021 03:17 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominykas Mikolaitis	10,037,145 3,689,389	3,689,389
Eugenio Peralta	Busted

Fewer Than 100 Remain

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Miha Travnik was the last player to depart when his short stack ride came to an end with . Jeremy Saderne looked him up with the and both players missed the flop and turn. Saderne rivered an ace for good measure to deal the final blow, as the field dipped below 100 remaining contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Saderne	5,053,361 2,213,157	2,213,157

Jonathon Wall	Busted
Tomas Jozonis	Busted
Dario Sammartino	Busted

Thomas Wing	Busted
Miha Travnik	Busted

Tom Vogelsang	Busted

Gustavo Mastelotto	Busted

02-22-2021 03:24 UTC

Dvoress Also Busts Filatov

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress min-raised to 240,000 from under the gun and was called by Jeremy Saderne. Anatoly Filatov then jammed the button for 1,082,678 and Dvoress reraised to 1,925,356, which got rid of Saderne.

Anatoly Filatov:
Daniel Dvoress:

Thanks to a board of , the pair held and Filatov was gone. Dvoress dragged in another big pot right after to cement his status as the chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	25,659,962 2,601,012	2,601,012

Jeremy Saderne	4,813,361 240,000	240,000

Anatoly Filatov	Busted

02-22-2021 03:29 UTC

O'Dwyer Builds Stack Further

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer raised it up and called a three-bet by Robert Heidorn to create a pot of 1.74 million to the flop. Both players checked and the turn paired the board.

O'Dwyer now turned up the aggression and that immediately shut down Heidorn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	8,679,030 433,000	433,000

Jaime Staples	8,600,112 962,500	962,500

Oleg Vasylchenko	6,456,600 705,000	705,000

Robert Heidorn	3,443,987 108,700	108,700
Christian Nolte	3,341,287 312,500	312,500
Stavros Kalfas	3,005,843 78,500	78,500
Blaz Zerjav	1,614,920 617,500	617,500

Jiri Kocab	802,951 642,500	642,500

02-22-2021 03:34 UTC

Meless Eliminated by Hoesel

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Joshua Hoesel raised to 264,000 and Aleksejs Meless three-bet to 1,080,000 out of the small blind. Hoesel made the call and came along when Meless continued for 600,000 on the flop. Meless had some 2 million behind and those went in after the turn, Hoesel called.

Meless tabled and Hoesel was ahead with the for the top two pair. A blank followed on the river and Meless departed not far away from the end of the night. Only 94 players currently remain and 89 will advance to Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Hoesel	17,339,740 2,759,549	2,759,549
Aleksejs Meless	Busted
Richard Jürgens	Busted
Diego Cuellar	Busted
Georgios Karakousis	Busted

02-22-2021 03:37 UTC

Closing in On the End of the Day

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Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Play has slowed down a bit as all 94 remaining players are trying to make Day 2 which also means that they will min-cash.

The board read with 2,900,000 in the middle.

Arnaud Enselme bet 2,320,000 from the big blind for Daniel Lazrus to consider his options for a bit from the button but he opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arnaud Enselme	17,650,932 3,669,392	3,669,392

Simon Deadman	9,568,357 1,302,000	1,302,000
Daniel Lazrus	3,494,580

Dzmitry Urbanovich	2,699,954

Philipp Kampf	1,027,880 240,000	240,000

02-22-2021 03:37 UTC

Kocab Catches a Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Down to 11 blinds, Jiri Kocab jammed it in from the under the gun position and was called by Steve O'Dwyer in the cutoff.

Kocab tabled the and was trailing against O'Dwyer's . However, he spiked top pair on the flop and made that top two pair on the turn. Only a ten could help O'Dwyer and the river was a blank .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaime Staples	8,777,112 177,000	177,000

Steve O'Dwyer	7,096,079 1,582,951	1,582,951

Oleg Vasylchenko	6,501,600 45,000	45,000

Christian Nolte	3,206,287 135,000	135,000
Robert Heidorn	3,056,987 387,000	387,000
Jiri Kocab	2,955,902 2,152,951	2,152,951
Stavros Kalfas	2,930,843 75,000	75,000
Blaz Zerjav	1,419,920 195,000	195,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 70,000/140,000

Ante: 17,500

02-22-2021 03:41 UTC

Triple Up for Selouan

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

Daniel Dvoress min-raised and picked up a call by Jeremy Saderne in the cutoff. Rodrigo Selouan jammed his short stack of around 1 million out of the small blind and was called by Dvoress and Saderne.

On the flop, Dvoress check-called a bet worth 753,192 by Saderne and did so again on the turn for 840,000. The river was checked by both active players and Selouan tabled the . That ended up securing a triple up, as Dvoress' was third-best, Selouan won the side pot against the Canadian with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	25,716,433 56,471	56,471

Jeremy Saderne	5,280,785 467,424	467,424

Rodrigo Selouan	3,138,301 2,509,074	2,509,074

02-22-2021 03:46 UTC

Vasylchenko Leaves Heidorn Short

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante

Joining the action on the turn with 1,232,000 in the middle, Robert Heidorn checked out of the big blind. Oleg Vasylchenko bet 776,160 on the button and Heidorn invested some precious seconds of his time bank before making the call.