Niveau: 2
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
Main Event
Jours 1a
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
Buy-in
5,300 CU
Prize Pool
5,000,000 CU
Entrants
999
Niveau
33
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Level One Chip Counts
Niveau 1
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
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.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
1,270,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
1,250,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
1,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
920,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
||
|
860,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
||
|
850,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
440,000
-560,000
|
-560,000 |
Pidun on Board; Titov Takes One Down
Niveau 1
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
The table of Jeff Lisandro has seen the addition of yet another international poker player, and that is Thomer Pidun. The German got involved into a three-way hand to the 
flop and checked from under the gun. The player in one seat over checked as well and both got out of the way when the third player in the hand bet 35,000.
One table over, Ilya Gorodetskiy has taken a seat and the Russian is well known for doing the commentary on live poker events in their native language. He faces the likes of Oleg Titov, who just claimed a pot against two opponents. Titov called a bet of 17,000 on the 
flop, and when checked to him on the 
turn, Titov bet 60,000 to force two folds.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
975,000
975,000
|
975,000 |
|
|
||
Yury Gulyy Doubles Up
Niveau 1
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
Vitaliy Lee came into the day with a healthy 2.8m chips and he opened from under the gun and the player in the next position called. Yury Gulyy was in the next position to that and three-bet to 26,500. Li four-bet to 80,000 and the third player in the hand folded.
Gulyy five-bet to 175,000 and Li six-bet jammed putting Gulyy at risk. Gulyy snap-called all in for around 650,000.
Gulyy: 
Li: 
The board ran out 
and Gulyy doubled up. Li still sits on over two million chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Mike Sexton Represents Team partypoker
Niveau 1
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
The chairman of partypoker, Mike Sexton, has just sat down with a fresh stack of 1,000,000. The American, always friendly at the table, sat down with a smile and we will keep an eye on his progress.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
||
Grinenko Busts Prylev
Niveau 1
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
Jeff Lisandro limped in and Dmitry Grinenko raised to 17,000. The cutoff called before Maxim Prylev on the button moved all in for 375,000. Lisandro folded and Grinenko asked for a count, then called to force out the player in the cutoff.
Maxim Prylev: 
Dmitry Grinenko:
The board ran out 
and Prylev became the first casualty of the day.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,350,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Two Bullets for Le Floch
Niveau 1
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
Nicolas Le Floch qualified twice on partypoker and starts into Day 1a with a stack of 450,000, while he already has 700,000 locked up for tomorrow. Should he bag chips on both starting days, they will be carried forward with the bigger of the two as starting stack and the second stack as backup in case he busts during the re-entry period.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
First Set of Familiar Faces
Niveau 1
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
Among those to have taken their seats on Day 1a of the Main Event are Oleg Egorov, Said Butba, Mikhail Korotkikh, Marc Goeschel, Josef Snejberg, Oleg Titov, Lika Gerasimova, Yury Gulyy and Aussie poker legend Jeff Lisandro.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
||
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Preparations Underway
Day 2 of the $10,300 High Roller is about to start with plenty of familiar faces all in the Grand Ballroom.
According to the screens, there are 68 players out of 87 entries remaining and such big names as Dmitry Chop, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Philipp Zukernik, Philipp Gruissem, Vitaliy Lunkin, Martin Kabrhel, Pierre Neuville, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Alexandru Papazian, Jack Sinclair, Kenny Hallaert, Manig Loeser, Govert Metaal and Steve O'Dwyer are all seated.
The PokerNews live reporting will focus on Day 1a of the Main Event, however, and those tables are currently prepared as well. Plenty of players are waiting outside for their seat assignments and the action is expected to get underway in a few minutes.