Welcome to Day 1c of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event
The final flight of the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event will kick-off at Noon local time today as players from all around the world get their final opportunity to build a stack before the start of Day 2 on Friday, August, 10.
The Main Event comes with a RUB300,000+18,000 (~$4,900) buy-in and features a massive guarantee of 300 Million Russian Rubles (approximately $4.7 Million). Yesterday saw 94 players progress from the 186 player field, with Maksim Pisarenko taking the chip lead after he bagged 5,375,000.
Other big stacks to advance from Day 1b included Alexandr Labunskiy (5,115,000), Alimbay Sultanov (5,110,000), Jessica Pilkington (4,900,000) and Dirk Bueker (4,510,000), as they join the 106 players who completed all eight levels on Day 1a, as well as the qualifiers from Sunday, August, 5's online flight.
Once again eight 60-minute levels will be played today, with players getting a break after every two levels, which includes a 45-minute dinner break after level six. When the players take their seats in the Sochi Casino Poker Room, they will be given a massive 1,000,000 in starting chips.
Day 1 Blind Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Button Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| 2 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 7,000 |
| 3 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 4 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 5 | 7,000 | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| 6 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 7 | 9,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 |
| 8 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Late registration will be open until the end of the first break in tomorrow's Day 2, so those who are unable to progress from any of the four live and online starting flights will have the opportunity to purchase a fresh 1,000,000 chip stack to play with on Day 2 if they so wish.
PokerNews will be providing live updates throughout Day 1c, as well as all the action from the final day of the Triton Super High Roller at 1 p.m. local time, when German Manig Loeser returns as chip leader from the nine players who progressed, so be sure to check back with us from Noon local time today!