Main Event Day 1b | 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online

03-01-2021 02:35 UTC

Moorman's Aces Get Cracked by Ouimette

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Markus Prinz raised to 176,000 from the early position and Justin Ouimette three-bet to 440,000 from the button. Chris Moorman four-bet to 1,160,000 from the big blind. Prinz quickly folded but Ouimette five-bet shoved for Moorman to call for the 7,017,406 he had behind.

Chris Moorman:
Justin Ouimette:

The board ran out for Ouimette to flop the set to eliminate Moorman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Ouimette	15,614,758 8,775,563	8,775,563
Robert White	9,065,208 1,482,233	1,482,233
Mikita Badziakouski	9,015,930 6,277,628	6,277,628

Luke Reeves	3,393,473 -271,992	-271,992
Gavin Cochrane	2,220,667 2,220,667	2,220,667
Daniel Reijmer	1,936,531 -3,164,160	-3,164,160
Markus Prinz	1,630,885 1,630,885	1,630,885
Chris Moorman	Busted

03-01-2021 03:37 UTC

Leonard Loses All Before End of the Day

Shirley Ang

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

Patrick Leonard raised to 1,260,000 from the small blind, keeping 154,891 behind. Aki Virtanen in the big blind took some time and then decided to shove with the slightly bigger stack for Leonard to call for the rest.

Patrick Leonard:
Aki Virtanen:

The board ran out for Virtanen to hold with the ace-kicker to send the partypoker Ambassador to the rail before the end of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Veksler	16,122,035 -678,000	-678,000
Timothy Ulmer	15,171,677 805,500	805,500
Andreas Christoforou	8,989,025 1,539,000	1,539,000
Manfred Hermann	7,726,102 -478,500	-478,500
Viktor Zsemlye	7,471,832
Aki Virtanen	3,211,795 1,444,891	1,444,891
Ali Imsirovic	930,223 -414,000	-414,000
Markus Prinz	Busted
Patrick Leonard	Busted

03-01-2021 03:51 UTC

Jetten Scores Big Double Through Badziakouski

Shirley Ang

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

Peter Jetten raised to 308,000 from under the gun and Robert White called in the hijack. Mikita Badziakouski three-bet from the big blind for Jetten to respond with a four-bet which only Badziakouski called to get to a pot in the middle of 7,098,000.

The flop came , Badziakouski check-raised the 1,428,000 continuation-bet of Jetten to 3,500,000. Jetten responded with a shove for 8,723,539 which Badziakouski snap-called.

Peter Jetten:
Mikita Badziakouski:

The rest of the board was completed with the and for Jetten to hold with the higher two pair to double up while Jack Sinclair busted on one of the other tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Jetten	24,545,078 11,957,539	11,957,539

Mikita Badziakouski	6,068,058 -9,955,539	-9,955,539

Jack Sinclair	Busted

03-01-2021 04:22 UTC

Imsirovic Bubbles Day 2

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Ali Imsirovic limped in from under the gun and Timothy Ulmer raised to 544,000 from the early position. The action folded back to Imsirovic who made the call for his last chips.

Ali Imsirovic:
Timothy Ulmer:

The board ran out for Ulmer to turn two pair and improve to a full house on the river to signal the end of the day while Imsirovic bubbled the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Ulmer	10,801,726 -4,369,951	-4,369,951
Ali Imsirovic	Busted

03-01-2021 05:23 UTC

Jetten Claims Day 1b Chip Lead in the partypoker MILLIONS Online $5,300 Main Event

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Day 1b of the 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event has come to an end after more than nine hours of play. The second and last starting flight attracted 493 entries which can be added to the 591 entries which were collected on Day 1a to get to a total number of 1,084 buy-ins. The $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool was easily surpassed as a total prize purse of $5,420,000 had been created.

Out of all the Day 1b entries, 74 players made it through to Day 2 with Canada's Peter Jetten leading the pack with 26,423,338. He earned most of those chips when he scored a big double through partypoker's own Mikita Badziakouski during the bubble for Day 2. Jetten's four-bet got called by the partypoker Ambassador. On the trey-seven-seven flop, Badziakouski check-raised the continuation-bet of Jetten who then decided to shove and got called. They both held a pocket pair but Jetten was ahead with the higher one to jump into the lead during the latter stages of the day,

Jetten is followed in the counts by Aleksei Barkov (18,158,570), Pavel Veksler (15,854,702), Viktor Zsemlye (14,593,338), and Sosia Jiang (14,323,488). Other familiar names in the top ten include Christian Jeppsson, Christopher Brewer, and Brock Wilson.

2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online $5,300 Main Event Day 1b Top 10 Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Peter Jetten	Canada	26,423,338	189
2	Aleksei Barkov	Russia	18,158,570	130
3	Pavel Veksler	Ukraine	15,854,702	113
4	Viktor Zsemlye	Austria	14,593,338	104
5	Sosia Jiang	New Zealand	14,323,488	102
6	Yurii Senchylo	Ukraine	13,885,380	99
7	Christian Jeppsson	Sweden	13,652,912	98
8	Christopher Brewer	United States	13,584,457	97
9	Brock Wilson	United States	12,256,520	88
10	Andrei Chernokoz	Russia	11,661,181	83

partypoker Twitch Streamer Matt Staples bricked the sats today and had to enter the tournament with a direct buy-in but things didn't fare well for the Canadian. He steadily lost chips and in the end, he had to hand the ones he had left to Joseph Cheong who held the higher kicker. John Duthie didn't do much better and kept it to one bullet today which he busted before the end of the late registration period.

Mary Pudmoreff won her Main Event seat when she was selected by Kristen Bicknell on Twitter and even though she took out Timothy Adams and stayed alive a few times, her run came to an end when her stack went in on the turn with pocket kings. Unfortunately for her, Dean Arsenie had hit a set of tens to send the Canadian out of the tournament without cashing. Joao Simao busted twice, Isaac Haxton was taken out by Jesse Wigan with Joni Jouhkimainen falling to Anton Siden.

Patrick Leonard ended up finishing in 80th place when he effectively shoved from the small blind to then call for the remainder of his stack against Aki Virtanen who outkicked him. The bubble for Day 2 lasted around 30 minutes before Ali Imsirovic finally got his short stack in with ace-king suited but couldn't beat the king-jack of Timothy Ulmer who turned two pair and rivered a full house for a prettier picture for the end of the day.

Zbigniew Gorzycki is the only player who made it through Day 1a and Day 1b so his shortest stack from Day 1a will be forfeited and 160 players will return for Day 2 on Monday, March 1, at 7:05 p.m. GMT to battle it out. They have all secured at least $10,695 but will all be eyeing up that first-place prize of $892,273.

When play resumes, the level duration will be increased to 30 minutes each. The first level of the day features a small blind of 70,000, a big blind of 140,000, and a running ante of 17,500. Ten levels of play are on the menu before the remaining players will break for Day 3.

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