Main Event Day 3 | 2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online

03-02-2021 16:53 UTC

28 Players Return to Battle for a Seat at the Final Table of the 2021 partypoker MILLIONS $5,300 Main Event

Shirley Ang

The penultimate day of the 2021 partypoker MILLIONS $5,300 Main Event is here and will kick off at 7:05 p.m. GMT with 28 remaining players returning out of 1,084 entries to battle it out for a bigger share of the $5,420,000 prize pool. They have all secured $27,724 but will all be eyeing that incredible first-place prize of $892,275.

Coming back with the Day 2 chip lead is Valentyn Kazantsev with 68,852,752 which is worth 86 big blinds at the start of the day. He is followed in the counts by Oliver Weis, Endrit Geci, Jerry Odeen, and Justin Ouimette who won the Mini Main last week for $184,507.

2021 partypoker MILLIONS $5,300 Main Event Day 3 Top Ten Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Valentyn Kazantsev	Ukraine	68,852,752	86
2	Oliver Weis	Germany	66,475,886	83
3	Endrit Geci	United Kingdom	62,331,105	78
4	Jerry Odeen	Sweden	60,600,259	76
5	Justin Ouimette	Canada	59,028,336	74
6	Timothy Ulmer	United States	56,275,337	70
7	Dominykas Mikolaitis	Lithuania	55,041,104	69
8	Richard Mullen	Canada	53,305,689	67
9	Martin Brinkmann	United Kingdom	48,994,828	61
10	Christopher Brice	United Kingdom	48,047,296	60

Two partypoker representatives are still in the running. Dzmitry Urbanovich and Jaime Staples both bagged chips at the end of Day 2 and are situated in the middle of the leaderboard with Urbanovich holding an above-average stack while Staples is floating just below. He will be streaming his run, so make sure to have a look there too!

But befitting to the stature of the event, the remaining field is chockful of familiar names from the poker world. Day 1a and Day 1b chip leaders Daniel Dvoress and Peter Jetten are also still in with a shot at grabbing a bigger prize. Dominykas Mikolaitis, Vitalijs Zavorotnijs, Jonathan Proudfoot, and Christian Rudolph are just some more of the notables names left.

Timothy Ulmer, Richard Mullen, Martin Brinkmann, Jiri Kocab, George McDonald, and Urbanovich all made it into the Main Event by winning a seat in one of the $530 satellites and are looking at an amazing return on investment already and will be aiming to only increase it even more. The next pay-jump will be reached once there are 23 players left.

This is what they are still playing for:

Place	Prize
1	$892,275
2	$614,523
3	$422,422
4	$276,128
5	$189,320
6	$146,300
7	$115,425
8	$91,542
9	$72,260
10-11	$54,542
12-15	$43,335
16-23	$35,084
24-28	$27,724

When play resumes, the first level of the day will feature a small blind of 400,000, a big blind of 800,000, and have a running ante of 100,000. Level duration will be increased to 40 minutes and play will continue until there are nine players left for the final table which will play out on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:05 p.m. GMT.

The partypoker Twitch streams will be live from 7:30 p.m. GMT today. On the English channel, James Dempsey and Henry Kilbane will be providing commentary with Joni Jouhkimainen joining them. But partypoker also has a Russian stream with commentary by Dmitry Shakhov and "LoremCDMX", a Brazilian stream with Marcos Sketch and Pedro Padilha, and a Latin-American stream commentated by Santi González and Pamela Balzano. So enough options to anyone's liking.

And PokerNews will be right here to bring you all the live updates as it happens so make sure to keep following along to see who will reach the final table.

03-02-2021 19:19 UTC

Rudolph Busts McDonald

Lyle Bateman

Level 29 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

All the money went in on the river when George McDonald shoved his remaining stack for 11,259,561 with almost 5M already in the middle.

George McDonald:
Christian Rudolph:

Board:

McDonald had top pair, but it wasn't enough to crack Rudolph's kings and McDonald was out in 28th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Ulmer	58,211,337 1,936,000	1,936,000
Jonathan Proudfoot	37,202,804 -2,100,000	-2,100,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	34,476,294 -4,900,000	-4,900,000

Juan Carlos Vecino	32,175,566 -1,300,000	-1,300,000
Christian Rudolph	28,038,947 12,259,561	12,259,561
Usman Ulhaq	17,414,946 6,100,000	6,100,000
George McDonald	Busted

03-02-2021 19:40 UTC

Staples Doubles

Lyle Bateman

Level 29 : 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante

Jonathan Proudfoot raised the button to 1.68M, and Jaime Staples shoved the small blind for 6,569,249. Proudfoot called it off with more.

Jonathan Proudfoot :
Jaime Staples:

Board:

It was a race situation, and Staples flopped a gutshot straight draw, getting there with a nine on the river for a much-needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentyn Kazantsev	70,934,352 2,610,400	2,610,400

Christian Rudolph	62,657,894 -400,000	-400,000
Jonathan Proudfoot	60,029,555 10,990,751	10,990,751
Richard Mullen	39,845,689 -9,460,000	-9,460,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	37,572,903 2,399,990	2,399,990

Timothy Ulmer	34,764,937 -2,560,000	-2,560,000
Usman Ulhaq	15,474,946 -2,400,000	-2,400,000
Jaime Staples	14,738,498 6,969,249	6,969,249

03-02-2021 19:51 UTC

Manuel Ruivo Eliminated in 24th Place ($27,724)

Lyle Bateman

Level 30 : 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante

Dominykas Mikolaitis raised the cutoff to 2M, and Manuel Ruivo called from the big blind to see a flop of . Ruivo check-shoved the flop over a bet of 2.4M and got the call.

Dominykas Mikolaitis:
Manuel Ruivo:

Board:

Ruivo flopped two pair, but Mikolaitis' straight draw came in on the turn, and the river was no help to the all in player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	90,503,886 24,028,000	24,028,000
Hermogenes Gelonezi	62,859,097 15,610,000	15,610,000
Daniel Dvoress	57,937,157 -4,961,600	-4,961,600

Dominykas Mikolaitis	57,781,889 2,740,785	2,740,785
Martin Brinkmann	45,905,428 -3,089,400	-3,089,400
Christopher Brice	36,221,392 -11,825,904	-11,825,904
Francisco Correia	35,500,401 6,608,000	6,608,000
Manuel Ruivo	Busted

03-02-2021 19:52 UTC

Christopher Brice Eliminated in 23rd Place ($35,084)

Shirley Ang

Level 30 : 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante

The flop read with 7,235,000 in the middle.

Dominykas Mikolaitis had bet 3,151,000 from the small blind and Martin Brinkmann had either called or raised from the big blind. Christopher Brice shoved on the button for 38,151,392 for Mikolaitis to fold and Brinkmann to make the call.

Christopher Brice:
Martin Brinkmann:

Brinkmann had flopped two pair while Brice had picked up the flush draw.

The turn was the for Brice to hit the flush to double up but the river completed the board with the for Brinkmann to improve to a full house to eliminate Brice in 23rd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Brinkmann	93,972,820 44,977,992	44,977,992
Oliver Weis	89,973,886 23,498,000	23,498,000
Daniel Dvoress	59,977,157 -2,921,600	-2,921,600

Hermogenes Gelonezi	58,934,097 11,685,000	11,685,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	56,765,889 1,724,785	1,724,785
Francisco Correia	27,085,401 -1,807,000	-1,807,000
Christopher Brice	Busted

03-02-2021 20:31 UTC

Peter Jetten Eliminated in 22nd Place ($35,084)

Shirley Ang

Level 30 : 500,000/1,000,000, 125,000 ante

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs raised to 2,250,000 from the button and was called by Endrit Geci and Peter Jetten in the blinds.

The flop came , they all checked to the on the turn. Geci checked and Jetten took some time before betting 4,262,500. Zavorotnijs folded but Geci decided to raise to put Jetten all-in who called for the 12,837,141 he had behind.

Peter Jetten:
Endrit Geci:

Jetten had top pair but Geci held the overpair.

The turn was the for Jetten to pick up the straight draw but the river completed the board with the for the Day 1b chip leader to bust in 22nd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Ouimette	87,858,655 6,506,002	6,506,002
Endrit Geci	72,462,246 25,271,140	25,271,140

Espen Uhlen Jorstad	62,598,369 -9,950,000	-9,950,000

Jerry Odeen	52,286,080 14,934,998	14,934,998

Douglas Ferreira	36,036,493 -2,750,000	-2,750,000
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	24,910,304 -15,638,555	-15,638,555

Kolja Luecking	24,328,061 1,963,556	1,963,556
Peter Jetten	Busted

03-02-2021 20:41 UTC

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs Eliminated in 21st Place ($35,084)

Lyle Bateman

Level 31 : 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs Eliminated in 21st Place ($35,084)

Espen Uhlen Jorstad raised the button to 2.4M and Vitalijs Zavorotnijs shoved the big blind for 24,135,304 and got the call.

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs:
Espen Uhlen Jorstad:

Board:

Jorstad was ahead from the start, sending Zavorotnijs to the rail in 21st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Ouimette	93,679,900 5,821,245	5,821,245
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	82,546,173 19,947,804	19,947,804

Endrit Geci	80,637,244 8,174,998	8,174,998

Douglas Ferreira	34,046,498 -1,989,995	-1,989,995
Kolja Luecking	22,053,061 -2,275,000	-2,275,000
Jerry Odeen	4,751,733 -47,534,347	-47,534,347

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	Busted

03-02-2021 20:43 UTC

Jaime Staples Eliminated in 20th Place ($35,084)

Shirley Ang

Level 31 : 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante

Jaime Staples shoved from the early position for 16,001,996 and Francisco Correia three-bet shoved for 26,677,901 from the button for the blinds to snap-fold.

Jaime Staples:
Francisco Correia:

The flop came for Staples to hit top pair but for Correia to make a set.

The turn was the for Staples to be left drawing dead while the completed the board for the Twitch streamer to bust in 20th place for $35,084.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Brinkmann	85,723,072 6,045,000	6,045,000
Hermogenes Gelonezi	82,750,097 -6,595,000	-6,595,000
Oliver Weis	79,428,386 -2,375,000	-2,375,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	70,940,889 4,800,000	4,800,000
Francisco Correia	45,529,897 16,476,996	16,476,996
Daniel Dvoress	34,875,407 -1,775,000	-1,775,000

Jaime Staples	Busted

03-02-2021 20:58 UTC

Espen Uhlen Jorstad Eliminated in 19th Place ($35,084)

Shirley Ang

Level 31 : 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante

Espen Uhlen Jorstad raised to 7,080,000 from the button, keeping 33,842 behind and was called by Endrit Geci in the big blind.

The flop came , Geci checked and then called when Jorstad pushed the remainder of his stack over the line.

Espen Uhlen Jorstad:
Endrit Geci:

Geci had flopped the flush to leave Jorstad drawing dead.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river to seal the deal.

Player	Chips	Progress
Endrit Geci	115,681,086 8,463,842	8,463,842

Justin Ouimette	100,024,901 -750,000	-750,000
Jerry Odeen	83,304,664 -150,000	-150,000

Douglas Ferreira	31,931,496 -150,000	-150,000
Kolja Luecking	29,538,061 -150,000	-150,000
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	Busted

03-02-2021 21:12 UTC

Kolja Luecking Eliminated in 18th Place ($35,084)

Shirley Ang

Level 31 : 600,000/1,200,000, 150,000 ante

Jerry Odeen raised to 2,712,000 from the cutoff and Kolja Luecking three-bet to 26,988,060 from the button, keeping 1 behind. The blinds folded and Odeen four-bet for Leucking to call for the last chip.

Kolja Luecking:
Jerry Odeen:

The board ran out for both of them to flop top pair but for Odeen to hold with the higher kicker to eliminate Luecking in 18th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Odeen	113,142,725 29,988,061	29,988,061

Endrit Geci	108,691,088 -4,319,999	-4,319,999

Justin Ouimette	100,024,901 2,669,999	2,669,999
Richard Mullen	39,949,434 3,250,000	3,250,000
Douglas Ferreira	36,371,494 800,000	800,000
Kolja Luecking	Busted