Farrell Takes Day 1c Chip Lead Into Final Day of the Finale
Day 1c of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona Finale was over after sixteen levels of 30 minutes each had been played. In total for Day 1c, there were 225 entries with 43 players through to Day 2, Sunday, April 15th. Claiming the chip lead for Day 1c is Ben Farrell with 13,000,000 in chips.
Farrell pulled the chip lead to himself in the very last hand of the day when he won a big pot against Thomas Winstone with pocket queens. The second player in the chip counts is no stranger in the partypoker events, Sander van Wesemael with 13,740,000 in chips. And closing the podium for Day 1c is French poker pro, Alexandre Reard with 11,315,000. Other notable players include Thi Nguyen (9,400,000), Antonio Merone (8,075,000), Duff Charette (7,185,000), Sylvain Naets (7,120,000), Louis Salter (7,120,000), Aylar Lie (3,300,000), Vojtech Ruzicka (4,925,000), and Leo Margets (2,510,000).
Unfortunately, none of the partypoker representatives made it through on Day 1a. Renato Nomura and Richard Dubini bit the dust. Others that tried and failed include Georgios Zisimopoulos, Walid Abdi Ali, Sonny Franco, Stoyan Obreshkov, Micky Blasi, Kalidou Sow, Antoine Saout, Anthony Spinella, Jeff Cormier, Will Givens, Vladimir Burstein , and many others.
The 43 remaining 1c players will come back on Sunday at noon local time together with the 94 other players to fight it out for a share of the prize pool. Make sure to follow all the updates as the PokerNews live reporting team will be there for all the action from start till end.
�1,100 Finale Event Structure
| Tournament Day | Date | Further Information |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1A | Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 12:00 | 45 players out of 258 entries advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1B | Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 17:00 | 49 players out of 275 entries advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1C | Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 12:00 | 43 players out of 225 entries advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1D | Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 17:00 | 30 min Levels, Unlimited Reentry, Late Registration 12 Levels approx. 23:45 |
| Day 2 | Sunday, April 15, 2018 @ 12:00 | Levels of 30 minutes each, Play down to a Winner |