Christoph Vogelsang moved all in for his last 413,000 from middle position and the action folded to Marco Leonzio in the big blind. The Italian called and the cards were tabled.
Christoph Vogelsang:
Marco Leonzio:
The board came and the German doubled up his short stack.
Will Kassouf Loses Pot Without Saying a Word
In a weird turn of events, Will Kassouf lost a pot without saying a single word. Kassouf minraised preflop and made the call after an opponent made it 210,000 to go. The flop was checked through before Kassouf check-folded to a bet of 300,000 on the turn.
Soderstrom Squanders Big Stack
Tomas Soderstrom had one of the biggest stacks when play started today, but the Swede busted in the previous level. Other casualties include Dominik Nitsche, Sam Grafton, Dominik Panka, Vojtech Ruzicka and Christopher Brammer.
Sam Trickett Moving his Shortstack
Sam Trickett has been hovering around a million for a while. A few minutes ago he got a shove in from the small blind over the top of a button raise from Per Christian Jeppsson, and that was enough to win the pot.
Five tables in the main room and all tables of the Marquee room have been sent into a 75-dinner break, while the other tables in the main room continue with the next level and blinds of 20,000/40,000 and a running ante of 4,000. At the end of the level, the roles will be reversed with the remainder of the Day 2 field.
After a three-bet preflop, Gerald Karlic in the hijack and his table neighbor in late position headed to a flop of . It was checked to Karlic and the Austrian bet 135,000, which was called. A second barrel worth 280,000 on the turn did the trick, as the opponent of Karlic folded.
One table over, Cathal Shine three-bet an open raise by Igor Kurganov in the cutoff to 210,000 on the button and Kurganov called. The flop fell and Kurganov called, Shine bet 200,000 and was called. After two checks on the turn, Kurganov also checked the river and Shine made it 400,000 to go. Kurganov check-raised to 1,400,000 and that won the pot without further resistance.
It wasn't an easy route to Day 2 for partypoker ambassador Natalia Breviglieri, but after a couple of stalled attempts at a Day 1 stack, getting ahead on Day 2 seems to be a bit easier.
Breviglieri (pictured, left) bet 325,000 into a pot of 640,000 on a board showing and she managed to get overnight live chip leader Neel Murthy to lay it down. Murthy is still incredibly strong in the chipcounts, but Breviglieri now has a foothold on the ladder.
Hong Kong's Ho Yin Lee made it 65,000 to go from early position and wasted no time calling when Johnny Lodden moved in a few seats behind him.
Lee had picked up the mother of all poker hands, , and Lodden was in dire straits with the . The flop brought no help whatsoever for the partypoker Ambassador, but the on the turn offered the Norwegian a glimmer of hope.
It was not to be as the river brought a , and Lodden gave his best to fellow ambassador Mike Sexton before heading for the exit.
Sexton stayed put and won the very next pot in convincing fashion as he check-raised opponent Marius Torbereren on a board of , and followed up with a 700,000 bullet on the river. That got the fold, and Sexton surged to 2.35 million.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann has been eliminated after walking into a very cold deck here on Day of the MILLIONS Main Event. The partypoker ambassador is out after two hands against Daniel Merrilees did for him in two deals.
First, Jachtmann got it all-in with against Merrilees' and couldn't catch him across the board. That was a three million chip pot, but the final hand was for just ten big blinds.
Jachtmann moved in for half of that in early position with and was called by the same opponent, with Merrilees holding this time. The board of saw Jachtmann hit the rail and propels Merrilees into real contention.
After a raise to 60,000, Viliyan Petleshkov shoved for his last 410,000 and Neil Whitby also moved all in from one seat over for another 300,000 on top. The initial raiser folded and the cards were tabled.
Viliyan Petleshkov:
Neil Whitby:
The flop gave Petleshkov a freeroll and backdoor flush draw, and sure enough, the turn and river gave the Bulgarian the nut flush.
Soon after, a raising war broke out between Stephen Malone and Paul-Francois Tedeschi. The former opened from the hijack, Tedeschi three-bet to 220,000 in the small blind and Malone then four-bet to 575,000 with 1.1m behind. Tedeschi folded and Malone raked in the pot. Koray Aldemir remains the biggest stack on that very table.
It's not only the poker room in Dusk Till Dawn Nottingham that is filled to the brim with poker players from all corners of the world. The partypokerLIVE Millions 2017 have drawn so many players, that the adjacent marquee is also buzzing with action. More than 22 tables of the main event are being played out in the marquee at this point in time and with the 4pm start of Day 1A of the £2,700 8-max tournament with £1 million guaranteed, even more players are getting their daily poker fix in the alternate tournament room.
The £2,700 8-max tournament will have three starting days (1B tomorrow and a turbo edition 1C Saturday at midday) before the fields are combined Saturday at 4pm. The final table of that one will be played alongside the conclusion of the Main Event Sunday afternoon.
and the German doubled up his short stack.
flop was checked through before Kassouf check-folded to a bet of 300,000 on the 
turn.
. It was checked to Karlic and the Austrian bet 135,000, which was called. A second barrel worth 280,000 on the 
turn did the trick, as the opponent of Karlic folded.
and Kurganov called, Shine bet 200,000 and was called. After two checks on the 
turn, Kurganov also checked the 
river and Shine made it 400,000 to go. Kurganov check-raised to 1,400,000 and that won the pot without further resistance.
and she managed to get overnight live chip leader Neel Murthy to lay it down. Murthy is still incredibly strong in the chipcounts, but Breviglieri now has a foothold on the ladder.
, and Lodden was in dire straits with the 
. The 
flop brought no help whatsoever for the partypoker Ambassador, but the 
on the turn offered the Norwegian a glimmer of hope.
, and followed up with a 700,000 bullet on the river. That got the fold, and Sexton surged to 2.35 million.
this time. The board of 
saw Jachtmann hit the rail and propels Merrilees into real contention.
turn and 
