On the direct money bubble it folded to Markus Ross in the small blind who moved all in for his last 1,625,000. Pavel Frolov was in the big blind with a stack of around five million and called.
Ross:
Frolov:
The board ran out with Ross dead by the turn, and he would be our Main Event bubble boy. The remaining 161 players are all guaranteed 5,800 Casino Sochi Units (CSU) or approximately $5,000.
Moritz Dietrich and Kenny Hallaert have been eliminated before the money bubble. In the case of Hallaert, he got his last 10 big blinds in out of the big blind and Aleksandr Plyatsok in the small blind looked him up with the superior stack.
Kenny Hallaert:
Aleksandr Plyatsok:
The board ran out and the queen on the flop spelled the end for Hallaert fewer than 15 spots off the money.
It's been a good few hands for WSOP Main Event final tablist Jack Sinclair and we caught up with him and explained how he called in the big blind with after partypoker Sponsored Pro Richard Dubini opened from the button.
The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and Sinclair bet out and Dubini called. The river was the and Sinclair checked to Dubini who jammed for around twice the size of the pot. Sinclair called. Dubini showed and Sinclair scooped a monster double up.
The next hand, he said, he flopped a set of jacks and got two streets of value.
With that, Sinclair moves up to over seven million in chips leaving Dubini with under a million.
Well, that was a good 5 minutes. 2M -> 7.5M in 2 hands #MILLIONSRussia https://t.co/j5cxjzineK
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Johny Lodden among the big stacks heading into Day 3
Welcome to Day 3 of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event!
Today 227 players will come back to the Sochi Casino & Resort to continue on their quest to secure a slice of the $5m guaranteed prizepool, and they will be lead by Sergey Verkhoturov, who is the only player over 11 million in chips.
The money bubble is expected to burst in the first or second level of the day, and a min-cash in this record-breaking tournament, the largest in Russian poker history, will earn players 5,800 Casino Sochi Units (CSU) or approximately $5,000.
If they were to go on to take down this monster 999-man tournament, they would walk away with 1,160,000 CSU or $1,000,000.
Here are the full list of payouts:
Place
Prize in Casino Units
~ Prize in USD
1
1,160,000
$1,000,000
2
696,000
$600,000
3
464,000
$400,000
4
348,000
$300,000
5
232,000
$200,000
6
174,000
$150,000
7
121,800
$105,000
8
81,200
$70,000
9
58,000
$50,000
10-12
46,400
$40,000
13-15
40,600
$35,000
16-18
34,800
$30,000
19-27
29,000
$25,000
28-36
26,100
$22,500
37-45
23,200
$20,000
46-54
20,300
$17,500
55-63
17,400
$15,000
64-72
14,500
$12,500
73-99
11,600
$10,000
100-126
8,700
$7,500
127-161
5,800
$5,000
The plan for today is to play seven levels, and here is the structure:
Level
Clock (mins)
Small Blind
Big Blind
Button Ante
15
75
40,000
80,000
80,000
16
75
50,000
100,000
100,000
17
75
60,000
120,000
120,000
18
75
80,000
160,000
160,000
19
75
100,000
200,000
200,000
20
75
125,000
250,000
250,000
21
75
150,000
300,000
300,000
As well as the Main Event there is also a $1m guaranteed 8-Max side event with starting days at noon 6 p.m. local time for players to try their hand at for only $2,500+200.
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the live updates as the Main Event continues.
with Ross dead by the turn, and he would be our Main Event bubble boy. The remaining 161 players are all guaranteed 5,800 Casino Sochi Units (CSU) or approximately $5,000.
and it checked to Ahrafenin who bet 500,000. Chernikov then moved all in for 10,850,000. The big blind folded and Ahrafenin called.
meaning Chernikov scooped a huge double up.
and the queen on the flop spelled the end for Hallaert fewer than 15 spots off the money.
after partypoker Sponsored Pro Richard Dubini opened from the button.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Sinclair bet out and Dubini called. The river was the 
and Sinclair checked to Dubini who jammed for around twice the size of the pot. Sinclair called. Dubini showed 
