Here are some counts from players seated in Day 1A of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Sochi. They include number one on the all-time Latvian money list Mihails Morozovs and partypoker chairman Mike Sexton.
Aleksandr Lebedev defended his big blind against a raise by Mike Sexton and check-called a bet of 30,000 on the turn. Lebedev also checked the river and Sexton tossed in a blue T-100,000 chip, which got the job done as Lebedev folded.
More tables are opening in the Main Event to accommodate the growing field and one such table features World Series of Poker bracelet winner Michael Wang, Daria Feshchenko and Robin Hegele. The latter finished 27th in the 2017 WSOP Main Event and several other German players were also spotted in the tournament area.
The players in the high roller are going on a short break, their first of the day.
Spilling over into the break was a hand between Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who checked a flop to his opponent who bet 13,000. ElkY then moved all in for 34,300.
"You go flush?" asked his opponent.
"I can't tell you," replied the Frenchman.
His opponent eventually called but winced when ElkY showed for top pair and his opponent tabled . The turn and river didn't help him and ElkY doubled up.
Other players still in the tournament include Steve O'Dwyer, Pierre Neuville, Martin Kabrhel, Vitaly Lunkin, and Leon Tsoukernik. It looks like David Laka is the chipleader with over 425,000 in chips, but with over 60 players left it's still anyone's tournament.
Josef Gulas won his entry to the Main Event in a satellite and quickly bumped up his stack by half a million. His table also features Yury Gulyy and Vitaliy Li, and those two were just involved in a small pot.
Gulyy raised to 10,000 from under the gun and Li called in the small blind. On the flop, Li checked and called a bet of 10,000 before the turn was checked through. Li's bet on the river forced a fold and that brought nis stack to around two million once again.
Andreas Klatt and Christian Nolte were among the last to take their seats and happened to be on the same table, which also features Natalia Panchenko. Martin Weiemann was about to get there, too, but is currently waiting for a new table to open.
The players have been sent in a 15-minute break, the first of the day. Six levels of 60 minutes each remain before everyone gets to bag and tag their chips.
The $10,300 High Roller is back underway and the penultimate level to register has kicked in with 96 entries, of which 64 remain. Felix Schulze doubled up his short stack with against the of Aleksandar Tomovic after spiking the [10d on the flop.
Yair Bitoun joked "finally the first hand I win today, after three levels," when he got it in with against on a flop of . Both the turn and river were blanks and Bitoun doubled to what appears to be 290,000.
The live stream feature table has also started and features Diego Zeiter, Vitaly Lunkin, Andrey Pateychuk and Alexandru Papazian amongst others.
turn. Lebedev also checked the 
river and Sexton tossed in a blue T-100,000 chip, which got the job done as Lebedev folded.
flop to his opponent who bet 13,000. ElkY then moved all in for 34,300.
for top pair and his opponent tabled 
. The turn 
and river 
didn't help him and ElkY doubled up.
flop, Li checked and called a bet of 10,000 before the 
turn was checked through. Li's bet on the 
river forced a fold and that brought nis stack to around two million once again.
of Aleksandar Tomovic after spiking the [10d on the flop.
against 
on a flop of 
turn and 
river were blanks and Bitoun doubled to what appears to be 290,000.
