2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$892,275
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$5,420,000
Entries
1,084
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
5,000,000 / 10,000,000
Ante
1,250,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
493
Players Left
74

7:05 PM GMT Start for Day 1b of the partypoker MILLIONS Online $5,300 Main Event

2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online
2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online

At 7:05 p.m. GMT, the second and last of two starting days for the 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online $5,300 Main Event will provide players their last chance of claiming a spot on Day 2 and a share of the $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Day 1a attracted 591 entries and 87 of them have advanced to the next stage.

Canada's Daniel Dvoress has already secured his seat for Day 2, as have other familiar players like Andras Nemeth, Dominykas Mikolaitis, Arnaud Enselme, Joshua Hoesel, Endrit Geci, and Espen Uhlen Jorstad who finished in the top ten at the end of Day 1a.

partypoker Team members Jaime Staples, Dzmitry Urbanovich, and Jason Koon have already bagged a stack for Day 2 while the rest will come into action (again) tonight to try and join them. Other notable players have been spotted in the registration list which includes Pavel Plesuv, Anthony Spinella, Justin Ouimette, and Gediminas Uselis.

Mary Pudmoreff convinced Kristen Bicknell with her story and won the free Main Event seat with her entry on Twitter:

When the action kicks off, players will start with 1,000,000 in their starting stacks. Level duration today will last 25 minutes throughout and players can reenter once if things go wrong during their first bullet. But this is only possible during the first nine levels of the day as registration will close after that.

Day 1b will end once 15% of the field is left before the surviving players can take a break and recharge for Day 2, Monday, March 1 at 7:05 p.m. GMT. On Day 2, the level duration will increase to 30 minutes and ten levels will be played before breaking for Day 3. From there onwards, the duration will be increased to 40 minutes each. On Day 3, play will continue until the final table has been reached which will play out on Wednesday, March 3.

partypoker will be streaming the action from Day 3 onwards on their Twitch channel with hole cards on a 30-minute security delay, but in the meantime, make sure to watch along with the trials and tribulations of any of the other partypoker Twitch Team members like Jeff Gross, Matt Staples, Courtney Gee, and Monika Zukowicz while they battle the online tournament fields.

PokerNews will be there from the first level until the Day 2 bubble has burst so make sure to follow along with the live updates over here.

Haxton Scores Big Double Through Watson

Level 2 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
Haxton vs Watson
Haxton vs Watson

The flop read {q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} with 264,000 in the middle already.

Isaac Haxton had checked from under the gun and Mike Watson bet 64,000 from the middle position. Haxton responded with a raise to 184,800 and was called by Watson.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and Haxton barreled a bet of 156,000 over the line which Watson called too.

The river completed the board with the p3s[ and Haxton opted to check. Watson shoved with the bigger stack for Haxton to snap-call. Watson showed the {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} for the full house but Haxton held the {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds} for the higher full house and double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
1,874,790
874,790
874,790
Profile photo of Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
454,520
-545,480
-545,480
WSOP 4X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
78,109
78,109
78,109
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner

Cheong Takes Staples Out

Level 5 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Cheong vs Staples
Cheong vs Staples

After a raise of 26,400, Matt Staples shoved from the small blind for 244,472 and was called by Joseph Cheong in the big blind while the initial raiser folded.

Matt Staples: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Joseph Cheong: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {k-Spades}{2-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs} to not help Staples as Cheong held with the higher kicker to bust the Twitch streamer.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
3,948,462
337,172
337,172
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Staples ca
Matt Staples
Busted

Pudmoreff Doubles Back to Starting Stack

Level 6 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
Pudmoreff vs Adams
Pudmoreff vs Adams

Mary Pudmoreff was all-in from the button and heads-up against Timothy Adams in the small blind with the slightly bigger stack.

Mary Pudmoreff: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Timothy Adams: {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

The board read {q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} when all the cards were dealt for Adams to have rivered the nut-flush but for Pudmoreff to double up with the full house she had hit.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mary Pudmoreff ca
Mary Pudmoreff
1,084,678
269,851
269,851
Profile photo of Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
91,628
-908,372
-908,372
WSOP 1X Winner

Nixon Loses All to Leonard

Level 7 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Leonard vs Nixon
Leonard vs Nixon

The board read {9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{9-Spades}{a-Spades} with 955,200 in the middle of the table.

Jamie Nixon had checked in the big blind and Patrick Leonard decided to bet 164,000 from the cutoff. Nixon responded with a shove for 743,276 which Leonard snap-called with the slightly bigger stack.

Jamie Nixon: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Patrick Leonard: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Nixon had turned two pair but Leonard was sitting on trip nines.

The river completed the board with the {7-Hearts} to not help Nixon as he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Patrick Leonard gb
Patrick Leonard
2,454,587
1,248,476
1,248,476
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Jamie Nixon gb
Jamie Nixon
Busted

Bicknell Doubles Through Warlich

Level 10 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante
Bicknell vs Warlich
Bicknell vs Warlich

The board read {3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} with 412,500 in the middle.

Niklas Warlich had bet 309,375 from the big blind and Kristen Bicknell decided to shove for 677,499 in total from the early position. Warlich took some time and then decided to make the call with the {j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for two pair but saw most of his stack go to Bicknell as she held the {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} for the full house.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
1,767,498
934,674
934,674
WSOP 4X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Niklas Warlich de
Niklas Warlich
406,305

Pudmoreff's Main Event Run is Over

Level 12 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Arsenie vs Pudmoreff
Arsenie vs Pudmoreff

The board read {8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} with 507,500 in the middle.

Mary Pudmoreff bet 455,000 from the early position and Dean Arsenie shoved with the bigger stack from the hijack. Pudmoreff snap-called for the 733,830 she had behind.

Mary Pudmoreff: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Dean Arsenie: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Pudmoreff had the overpair but Arsenie had turned a set.

The river completed the board with the {8-Clubs} for Arsenie to improve to a full house to send the Edmontonian to the rail in 215th place after having won her seat in a Twitter competition.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brunno Botteon br
Brunno Botteon
3,607,801
768,250
768,250
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
3,080,592
3,080,592
3,080,592
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dean Arsenie nl
Dean Arsenie
2,977,475
1,986,465
1,986,465
Profile photo of Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
2,461,089
270,800
270,800
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
2,395,210
-736,965
-736,965
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Peter Turmezy hu
Peter Turmezy
1,295,902
-617,020
-617,020
Profile photo of Antonio Rodriguez gb
Antonio Rodriguez
467,144
-99,550
-99,550
Profile photo of Mary Pudmoreff ca
Mary Pudmoreff
Busted

Wigan Whips Haxton Out of the Main

Level 13 : 25,000/50,000, 6,250 ante
Wigan vs Haxton
Wigan vs Haxton

Jesse Wigan raised to 110,000 from the button and Isaac Haxton three-bet shoved from the small blind for 881,812. The big blind folded and Wigan quickly called with the bigger stack.

Isaac Haxton: {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Jesse Wigan: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{5-Hearts} for Wigan to hold with the pair of fives and even improve to a set on the river to send Haxton to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jesse Wigan gb
Jesse Wigan
943,467
Profile photo of Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
736,625
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
Busted

Jouhkimainen Eliminated by Siden

Level 14 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante
Siden vs Jouhkimainen
Siden vs Jouhkimainen

The board read {6-Hearts}{9-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades} with 1,053,840 in the middle already.

Joni Jouhkimainen was sitting in the big blind and decided to shove the 683,658 he had behind. Anton Siden, on the button, tanked for a while and then opted to make the call with the bigger stack. Jouhkimainen tabled the {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for the bluff for Siden to claim the elimination to his name as he held the {k-Spades}{3-Spades} for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nino Ullmann de
Nino Ullmann
7,723,304
60,178
60,178
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Justin Ouimette ca
Justin Ouimette
6,839,195
244,499
244,499
Profile photo of Manfred Hermann at
Manfred Hermann
5,015,064
438,600
438,600
Profile photo of Adam Owen gb
Adam Owen
3,903,057
Profile photo of Anton Siden se
Anton Siden
3,708,297
-412,578
-412,578
Profile photo of Daniel Smyth ie
Daniel Smyth
2,840,043
66,000
66,000
Profile photo of Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once

Grafton Gone Thanks to Ruivo

Level 16 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Ruivo vs Grafton
Ruivo vs Grafton

Sam Grafton raised to 160,000 from under the gun and Manuel Ruivo defended his big blind.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, Ruivo check-called the 120,000 continuation-bet of Grafton.

They both checked through the {3-Spades} on the turn to the {k-Spades} on the river. Ruivo checked for the last time but snap-called when Grafton shoved for 747,592. Grafton tabled the {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} for Ruivo to knock him out as he held the {k-Hearts}{q-Spades} for the full house.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Manuel Ruivo pt
Manuel Ruivo
6,456,936
1,907,592
1,907,592
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
Busted