Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
Buy-in
5,300 CU
Prize Pool
5,000,000 CU
Entries
999
Level
33
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Day 1B of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event attracted 313 players, slightly more than the 262 that Day 1A attracted.
That figure of 313 includes both players that qualified through Phase satellites on partypoker, as well as direct entries here at the Sochi Casino & Resort in the Krasnaya Polyana region of Russia.
After eight 60-minute levels it is Dmitriy Kopyl who is the clear chip leader with 5,924,000 leading the 204 advancing to Day 2.
Other big stacks include Gary Banks (3,560,000), Gerald Karlic (3,446,000), Konstantin Generalov (3,267,000) and Aleksei Kozlov (3,201,000).
Other notables advancing include Konstantin Puchkov (2,750,000), Bertrand Grospellier (2,240,000), Martin Kabrhel (1,936,000), Jeff Hakim (1,761,000), Vitaly Lunkin (1,450,000), Sergey Lebedev (1,330,000), Eugene Katchalov (1,301,000) and Philipp Zukernik (1,030,000).
Another big stack advancing to Day 2 is 2015 WSOP November Niner Pierre Neuville (pictured above). The 74-year-old was active throughout the day, and appeared to never be out of a pot in the early goings. Despite a rollercoaster day at times, he bagged a healthy 3,470,000.
partypoker Sponsored Pro Jan-Peter Jachtmann was among the players to bust and re-enter. He paid off the Aces of Martin Kabrhel for most of his chips, and then got it in with top-pair and a flush draw against a flopped straight. His second bullet went slightly better, and he will be taking through 1,680,000 in chips to Day 2.
Another partypoker Sponsored Pro who will be joining him in Day 2 is Johnny Lodden who bagged up a healthy 2,866,000 at the end of today’s eight levels of play.
Lodden secured a huge double up through Vladimiar Karakiyan on a 
flop. Lodden moved all in with pocket Kings, and managed to get called by the King-Jack of Karakiyan. The turn and river were both blanks, and that was enough to get him up over the two million chip mark.
Day 2 starts tomorrow at 4 p.m., but not before a special Turbo Day 1C has been played and the final list of players advancing to Day 2 confirmed. Day 1C will start at 12 p.m. and has special 20-minute levels.
Stay tuned to 7h1.shop for all your live updates from the Sochi Casino & Resort as we get closer to finding out who will take down the latest partypoker MILLIONS tournament.
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Below are assorted counts for the day, the full chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,924,000
724,000
|
724,000 |
|
||
|
4,101,000
1,901,000
|
1,901,000 |
|
3,562,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
3,503,000
-397,000
|
-397,000 |
|
3,470,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
|
3,446,000
-654,000
|
-654,000 |
|
3,267,000
-133,000
|
-133,000 |
|
|
3,201,000
-349,000
|
-349,000 |
|
|
3,190,000
-710,000
|
-710,000 |
|
3,180,000 | |
|
2,866,000
666,000
|
666,000 |
|
||
|
2,777,000
1,777,000
|
1,777,000 |
|
2,438,000
2,438,000
|
2,438,000 |
|
2,243,000
-157,000
|
-157,000 |
|
||
|
2,199,000
1,274,000
|
1,274,000 |
|
1,936,000
-344,000
|
-344,000 |
|
||
|
1,866,000
366,000
|
366,000 |
|
1,847,000
907,000
|
907,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,787,000
-263,000
|
-263,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,761,000
561,000
|
561,000 |
|
1,678,000
938,000
|
938,000 |
|
||
|
1,677,000
1,677,000
|
1,677,000 |
|
|
1,613,000
413,000
|
413,000 |
|
|
1,583,000
1,583,000
|
1,583,000 |
|
1,527,000
627,000
|
627,000 |
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
In the last hand of the night, Boris Kotleba scored a big double through table neighbor Sergey Kan. On the 
flop, Kotleba checked and shoved over the top of a Kan bet worth 325,000. The latter called after some consideration and showed 
, while Kotleba only had 
for a gutshot.
The turn was a blank, but the 
river gave Kotleba a straight to double for 1,201,000. "I think they hate me here, I did the same thing before," Kotleba said while he was bagging up the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,180,000
1,380,000
|
1,380,000 |
|
|
313,000
313,000
|
313,000 |
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
There will be four more hands played in Day 1B, tournament officials have announced.
Stay tuned for a full recap from the day's action.
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer doubled up one player all-in preflop when his failed to catch up to his opponent's 
. That left him with around 260,000 and that went in the next hand.
One player limped, another three bet and O'Dwyer moved all in. The initial limper folded and the other player called with 
. O'Dwyer held 
.
The flop was a good one for O'Dwyer coming 
. The turn was the 
, but the river was the 
which eliminated O'Dwyer.
"Oh well," he said, "I'll try again."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The big stack of Gerald Karlic was the result of a big double against Alexandru Papazian when the former turned a straight with five-six and the latter's flopped set of nines could not improve to a full house. The stacks went in after the river, though, and Papazian was left with just one million.
Those chips then went to Pierre Neuville, who cracked the kings of the Romanian with 
after a 
flop. Another queen fell on the turn to spell the end for Papazian. He left the table with a smile and said "I didn't spew this time, at least I think so," and Karlic also admitted that both hands were coolers.
Mikhail Shalamov was also among those to bust. He three-bet his last 20 big blinds with pocket jacks and initial raiser Aleksei Kozlov called with queens to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,550,000
3,550,000
|
3,550,000 |
|
|
2,700,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
There were several players that were gunning for the lead, but the corner table four boasts a monster stack in Dmitriy Kopyl with massive 5.2 million. That appears to be the current chip lead with the belopw big stacks in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,200,000
5,200,000
|
5,200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,100,000
980,000
|
980,000 |
|
|
3,900,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
3,900,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
3,600,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
3,400,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Murat Ganeev raised and four-bet all in for what appeared to be 295,000, picking up a quick call by Vladimir Geshkenbein.
Murat Ganeev: 
Vladimir Geshkenbein: 
The flop left Ganeev drawing very thing, and he was done for the day on the turn. A meaningless river was just a formality.
Johnny Lodden doubled up in a big pot against Vladimir Karakiyan. On the three-way flop of 
, Lodden bet out of the small blind for 155,000 and Karakiyan raised to 500,000 in the big blind. A third player in the hand folded and Lodden moved all in, Karakiyan sighed and called.
Johnny Lodden: 
Vladimir Karakiyan:
The 
turn and 
river were blanks and Lodden doubled for 1,006,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,900,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Pierre Neuville raised to 40,000 from the hijack and Moritz Dietrich three-bet to 140,000 out of the small blind.
The flop came 
and Dietrich continued for 80,000. Neuville then raised his young German opponent to 180,000.
Dietrich went deep into the tank but eventually brushed the cards towards the muck.
"Do you want to see?" asked Neuville.
"No!" replied Dietrich, but Neuville turned over and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
300,000
-460,000
|
-460,000 |
|
|
||