Main Event
Day 2 Started
2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$5,420,000
Entries
1,084
Level
43
Blinds
5,000,000 / 10,000,000
Ante
1,250,000
Entries
160
Players Left
28
160 Players Return for Day 2 of the 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event
At 7:05 p.m. GMT, Day 2 of the 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event restarts with 160 players returning to battle it out for a bigger share of the $5,420,000 prize pool. The tournament attracted 591 entries on Day 1a and 493 buy-ins on Day 1b to get to a total of 1,084 entries.
Coming back for Day 2 with the chip lead is Daniel Dvoress with 30,582,133. He is followed in the top five of the counts by Hermogenes Gelonezi, Andras Nemeth, Day 1b chip leader Peter Jetten, and Dominykas Mikolaitis.
2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online $5,300 Main Event Day 2 Top 10 Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 30,582,133 | 218 |
| 2 | Hermogenes Gelonezi | Brazil | 27,798,834 | 199 |
| 3 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | 27,371,860 | 196 |
| 4 | Peter Jetten | Canada | 26,423,338 | 189 |
| 5 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | 24,489,173 | 175 |
| 6 | Arnaud Enselme | France | 18,339,430 | 131 |
| 7 | Aleksei Barkov | Russia | 18,158,570 | 130 |
| 8 | Simon Nielsen | Denmark | 18,072,924 | 129 |
| 9 | Joshua Hoesel | United States | 17,591,055 | 126 |
| 10 | Endrit Geci | United Kingdom | 17,498,394 | 125 |
partypoker representatives Jaime Staples, Mikita Badziakouski, Kristen Bicknell, Dzmitry Urbanovich, and Jason Koon are still in the running together with a slew of players who qualified through one of the many satellites partypoker had on offer. Two of them even came through the $5 versions, Alan Ford (7,919,769) and Martin Bremner (2,167,427) both made Day 2 and are recording an incredible return on investment already.
This is what they are all playing for:
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $892,275 | 10-11 | $54,542 | 72-87 | $13,931 | ||
| 2 | $614,523 | 12-15 | $43,335 | 88-103 | $12,872 | ||
| 3 | $422,422 | 16-23 | $35,084 | 104-119 | $12,131 | ||
| 4 | $276,128 | 24-31 | $27,724 | 120-135 | $11,490 | ||
| 5 | $189,320 | 32-39 | $22,796 | 136-151 | $10,912 | ||
| 6 | $146,300 | 40-55 | $18,818 | 152-160 | $10,695 | ||
| 7 | $115,425 | 56-71 | $15,864 | ||||
| 8 | $91,542 | ||||||
| 9 | $72,260 |
When they return to play, the small blind will be 70,000, the big blind 140,000, and a running ante of 17,500 needs to be paid during each hand by each player. The level duration will be increased to 30 minutes each and ten levels of play are on the schedule for today. The day will then break for Day 3 on Tuesday, March 2 at 7:05 p.m. GMT and play will continue until the final table has been reached.
The final table will play down to a winner on Wednesday, March 3, and the partypoker Twitch stream will be following the action too from Day 3 onwards with hole cards on a 30-minute security delay.
PokerNews will be there from the first min-cash until Day 2 ends so make sure to follow along to see who will make it through to Day 3.
Level: 19
Blinds: 70,000/140,000
Ante: 17,500
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 19
: 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante
The 160 remaining players have returned to play ten levels of 30 minutes each and the tournament has just resumed.
"This is it, it's game time baby!"
Level 19
: 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante
Jaime Staples is ready for Day 2 and excited!
Helppi Eliminated by Mateos
Level 19
: 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante
Juha Helppi min-raised to 280,000 on the button and Sosia Jiang called out of the small blind. Adrian Mateos then jammed out of the big blind for more than 4.9 million and Helppi called all-in for 4.3 million, Jiang folded.
Juha Helppi: 
Adrian Mateos: 
The board ran out 
and that spelled the early end for Helppi on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,868,488 | -455,000 |
|
9,700,655 | 4,424,478 |
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Busted |
Nolet Eliminated by Rudolph
Level 19
: 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante
Following a cutoff raise by Christian Rudolph, Guillaume Nolet stuck his stack in from the small blind and Rudolph called to send them off to the races.
Guillaume Nolet: 
Christian Rudolph: 
The board ran out 
and Nolet hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,298,085 | 1,754,003 |
|
Busted |
Eger Eliminated by Smyth
Level 19
: 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante
Jonathan Eger qualified through one of the $530 satellites and came back for Day 2 with 2,016,021 in chips. He shoved from the hijack for 1,701,021 and Daniel Smyth three-bet shoved for 4,041,555 from the button. The blinds quickly folded for the two players to go heads-up.
Jonathan Eger: 
Daniel Smyth: 
The board ran out 
for Smyth to hold with the higher pocket pair for two pair to eliminate Eger in 155th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,075,076 | 1,181,481 |
|
Busted |
Mateos Takes Two Hits
Level 19
: 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante
Adrian Mateos raised to 280,000 and then called the jam by Jans Arends for 419,777 total.
Mateos tabled the 
and Arends was in dire shape with the 
.
However, on a board of 
, Arends flopped a set and earned the double.
Things for worse for Mateos right after when his ace-jack ended up second-best to Dzmitry Urbanovich, who held jacks and flopped a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,243,424 | -2,457,231 |
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3,899,908 | 1,914,954 |
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1,137,054 | 393,527 |
Latest Eliminations
Level 19
: 70,000/140,000, 17,500 ante
Adam Balog and Nikos Lampropoulos both qualified for the Main Event for $530 and just saw their hopes of running their min-cash up even further getting dashed.
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