"Everything's a Bonus!" for partypoker Qualifier Peter Smyth
Peter Smyth is sat with a below-average stack here on Day 3 of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event, but is in the money having qualified for just $500.
"I don't tend to play much live," he said to us, "I play a lot online, and the Phases on partypoker were great.
"The problem was that I qualified with only a week to go before the tournament, so because I live in the north of England, I had to rush down to London and apply for a visa. I had to spend two nights in a hotel!
"I'm more pleased now I'm here. Great flight via Istanbul; the hotel is marvellous, and Sochi is absolutely beautiful. I tend to use these trips as a bit of a holiday as I'm much better online!
"Because of how I played online, I came into Day 1 with around four million in chips so I could sit back and relax. I got up to seven million and thought to myself 'Ah, this will be easy.'
"Then I ran kings into aces and kings into queen-deuce, so everything after that has been a bonus!"