Lee Egan raised to 51,000 and John Bonadies three-bet to 155,000 from two seats over, which Egan called. On the flop, Egan checked and Bonadies continued for 130,000, which Egan called. The Irishman then led the turn for 190,000 and was called before firing the river for 350,000.
Bonadies reluctantly called and Egan turned over for a turned straight and rivered flush.
296 players still remain on this day 1E of the partypokerLIVE Millions Dusk Till Dawn Main Event. With seven levels completed, they are awarded their second to last 20-minute break of the day.
It's evident. Filippo Lazzaretto will not be the partypokerLIVE Millions Main Event winner this time around. Lazzaretto had qualified online for today's heat but failed to show up at his seat. His last ante was just now devoured by his tablemates.
Another player that - despite a stack of 119,000 - will probably not lift the trophy in five days time, is Domingo Javier. His empty chip bag is still on his chair, but his starting stack of 616,700 has slowly dwindled as he too seems to have failed to make it to Nottingham. With two levels still to go, it's a safe bet he neither will be making it through to tomorrow's Day 2.
Chris Da Silva in determined mode before a double dose of disaster sent him to the rail
Chris Da Silva was eliminated from Day 1e here at Dusk Till Dawn just as it looked like he might be one to watch. Having worked his way around 400,000 above average chips, he lost a massive all-in pre-flop when his pocket kings were crushed by pocket aces.
Da Silva's elimination came a short time later when he was unable after getting his chips into the middle pre-flop again. This time he had but when his opponent called him with , two aces on the flop and no help thereafter ended Da Silva's tournament.
A raising war broke out between Christoffer Stahle on the button and Bogdan Serea in the small blind and the latter eventually five-bet all in with the former quickly calling.
Christoffer Stahle:
Bogdan Serea:
The board came and Stahle scored a massive double for 1,792,500 to join the big stacks, while Serea had around 700,000 left.
Natalia Breviglieri shares a joke at the felt during the partypokerLIVE MILLIONS Main Event
While taking on the massive fields and £6 million guarantee at Nottingham’s Dusk Till Dawn Casino, we cornered everyone’s favourite pint-sized partypoker pro, the ambassador who always spoils us here on the live reporting team.
Natalia Breviglieri has had some fantastic results since turning partypoker ambassador and her online profile is rising in time with her live tournament reputation.
Breviglieri is on the brink of special things in the poker industry, so we thought we’d put here to the test with a few questions designed to polarise her preferences.
Would you rather be freerolled into the Big One for One Drop this summer or be 21 again for a whole year?
That’s a really hard one! If I’m 21 for a year, do I know everything I know now or am I turning back the clock? Because if so, I’d be freerolled into the One Drop. If I knew the what I knew now, I’d quite like that… but I’d still play poker. I love the game.
Would you rather…have a WSOP bracelet and be flat broke or retain your bankroll and never win a bracelet?
I’d never win a bracelet, because it’s more about the game. I can finish second. It’s about playing; if I’ve still got the funds to play and I’m not going broke and having to build it all back up, I’d choose that. It’s tough building a roll - it took me six years or so, a very long time. I don’t want to do that again at my age!
Would you rather play only online or live for six months?
Kelly Saxby and Natalia Breviglieri
Online. It’s only six months, right? I could do with a break, I’ve been on a lot of flights this year. I’ve been to Prague, Rozvadov, Cork, Vienna and there are definitely more. I flew from the United Kingdom to Prague, then Rozvadov, it was a lot of flights in a week.
After the partypokerLIVE MILLIONS Main Event, I’m heading to Rozvadov for the Grand Prix where there’s a 500,000 guarantee, then when the rest of the partypoker team go to Montreal, I’m taking a week off before Powerfest. A full fortnight of Powerfest, I can’t wait for that.
Straight after Powerfest, I’m heading back to Rozvadov for the Millions. From there, I’ll probably have five days to get my clothes ready for the summer in Vegas.
Would you rather have an entourage or rely on yourself for your poker career - who does the washing, cleaning and packing before trips or between long flights?
I do it all and I’m fine with it. I do all the repacking, the washing, the lot. I have absolutely no entourage yet! I have two cases containing hot wear and winter wear; I try to be really organised.
Sometimes I have less than 24 hours to get ready to go to play poker in a new country. From the partypoker Dusk Till Dawn Caribbean Poker Adventure in Punta Cana, I landed at 11.00pm then flew at 9pm the next night to Belgium. It was just crazy. From Belgium I went to Prague then wasn’t back until Christmas.
Would you rather play the World Series of Poker or… actually, you’re 100% playing in Vegas this summer. What’s your schedule?
I’m going to be out there for around a month. When I first arrive, I realistically need three or four days to acclimatise, adjust my body clock, get some sun and maybe play a couple of nights of cash games. Then I’ll jump straight back in. The Monster Stack will probably be the first WSOP event I’ll play but then I’ll be selective.
I’ll definitely play the Main Event. I played it last year and of course played the Ladies Event before it, which I’ll do again this year. Last time it went well and I finished fourth, so that’s what I have to beat this year!
Martin Kabrhel opened to 40,000 and Christian Nilles in the cutoff, Masud "Doc" Prodhan in the small blind and Tamer Kamel in the big blind opted to call.
The flop was checked around, and Kamel came out swinging with a bet of 105,000 on the turn. Both Nilles and Prodhan called.
The river saw Prodhan check a third time before Kamel bet 280,000. Nilles quickly got out of the way, and back on Prodhan he mulled it over before revealing and mucking his hand.
"I give you the benefit of the doubt", Prodhan said just to instantly find Kamel turning over for the stone cold bluff.
That didn't bring Prodhan down, however, who instead told the story of Boris Beckers recent double. With the words Let's gamble, Becker had gotten his chips in on the turn with on a jack-high board only to be up against two aces. The river was another jack, and Becker scored the double.
Miguel Riera opened from the button and snap-called the shove of short stack Fabio Esposito with . Esposito only had and failed to get there on the board. Andrew Seden is the other big stack on the table, but they are all trailing Steve O'Dwyer and Florian Duta.
O'Dwyer got moved to the table of Marvin Rettenmaier, who just built his stack slightly after being paid off a 265,000 bet on the river by Thomas Somerville. Rettenmaier showed and that claimed the pot.
Padraig Parkinson all-in and at risk for his tournament life on Day 1e
Padraig Parkinson found the ideal spot to get his stack of 466,500 into the middle, which was over the top of a Mahmood Rashed three-bet to 131,000.
Rashed called it off from a stack of well over two million chips and there was a classic race on our hands.
Padraig Parkinson:
Mahmood Rashed:
The board was a low-yet-timid and saw Parkinson double-up with just the thinnest sheen of sweat breaking out across his forehead. He's back to almost having starting stack, while Rashed still has a couple of three-bets in his armoury before even considering dropping back to average.
flop, Egan checked and Bonadies continued for 130,000, which Egan called. The Irishman then led the 
turn for 190,000 and was called before firing the 
river for 350,000.
for a turned straight and rivered flush.
but when his opponent called him with 
and Stahle scored a massive double for 1,792,500 to join the big stacks, while Serea had around 700,000 left.
flop was checked around, and Kamel came out swinging with a bet of 105,000 on the 
turn. Both Nilles and Prodhan called.
saw Prodhan check a third time before Kamel bet 280,000. Nilles quickly got out of the way, and back on Prodhan he mulled it over before revealing 
and mucking his hand. 
for the stone cold bluff.
on a jack-high board only to be up against two aces. The river was another jack, and Becker scored the double.
. Esposito only had 
and failed to get there on the 
board. Andrew Seden is the other big stack on the table, but they are all trailing Steve O'Dwyer and Florian Duta.
