Welcome to Day 2 of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event
Over the last four days, the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event has seen three live, and one online starting flights take place with every player setting themselves the goal of progressing to Day 2 on Friday, August, 10 at Noon at the Sochi Resort and Casino.
Well, that day has finally arrived with 367 players from the 692 entrants having progressed. Late registration in Day 2 is open until the end of the second break of the day at approximately 4:30 pm local time with players given the opportunity to purchase a fresh 1,000,000 chip stack for RUB300,000+18,000 (~$4,900).
Hadi Khordbin (5,930,000) will start play as the chip leader after he made a late run in last night's final live flight. Maksim Pisarenko (5,375,000), Alexandr Labunskiy (5,115,000), Alimbay Sultanov (5,110,000) and Oleksii Kravchuk (5,055,000) complete the top five stacks, with Andrey Tkachenko also bagging 5,000,000.
The U.K.'s Jessica Pilkington (4,900,000), Tyler Goatcher (4,500,000) and Simon Gould (4,250,000) will also sit down at the start of play with healthy stacks.
Dirk Bueker (4,510,000) will be looking to continue the ultimate qualifier's story after he won not one, but two, promotions to bag a seat in the MILLIONS Main Event. The online qualifier won the Golden Chip last longer at the recent WSOPC event at the Sochi Casino and has used his opportunity to bag a big stack for Day 2.
Russia's defending champion Aleksandr Gofman had a very good Day 1c after he bagged 4,050,000 and has given himself a great chance of another deep run in the MILLIONS Main Event.
partypoker ambassadors Philipp Gruissem (2,980,000), Anatoly Filatov (2,000,000), and Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier (1,510,000) will also be in action.
The blinds will begin in level 9 at 10,000/20,000/25,0000 button ante with eight 60-minute levels being played, and a dinner break scheduled for the end of level 12.
Day 2 Blind Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Button Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 25,000 |
| 10 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| 11 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 12 | 15,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| 13 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| 14 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 15 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| 16 | 35,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 |
Full prize pool information will be posted at the end of the late registration period today.
Join us back here at Noon local time as the PokerNews team provide live updates on all the action in Day 2 of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event.