Main Event Jour 3 | 2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia

2017-09-12 19:08 UTC+3

Chip Counts from the Feature Table

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Will Shillibier

Niveau 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

We checked in on the Feature Table to see that the table has tilted in one direction since the bubble burst, with the vast majority of chips heading the way of Russian Andrey Pateychuk.

Also at his table is Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Steve O'Dwyer and Dzmitry Urbanovich.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Andrey Pateychuk	14,100,000 4,500,000	4,500,000

Daniel Clark	7,000,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	6,000,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	5,500,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Steve O'Dwyer	5,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

2017-09-12 19:09 UTC+3

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Andrey Chernokoz	Eliminé
Andrey Kaygorodtsev	Eliminé
Vyacheslav Ivanov	Eliminé
Aleksey Davidovich	Eliminé
Igor Abelmasov	Eliminé
Alexander Denisov	Eliminé
Matt Eardley	Eliminé

Kozlov Still In It

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Aleksei Kozlov was all in and at risk for 2.4 million with the and faced the of Mikhail Medvedev. The board ran out and Kozlov doubled, leaving his opponent short on seven big blinds.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Aleksei Kozlov	5,000,000 125,000	125,000
Mikhail Medvedev	1,400,000 725,000	725,000

Tags: Aleksei Kozlov Mikhail Medvedev

2017-09-12 19:25 UTC+3

"Everything's a Bonus!" for partypoker Qualifier Peter Smyth

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Will Shillibier

Niveau 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Peter Smyth is sat with a below-average stack here on Day 3 of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event, but is in the money having qualified for just $500.

"I don't tend to play much live," he said to us, "I play a lot online, and the Phases on partypoker were great.

"The problem was that I qualified with only a week to go before the tournament, so because I live in the north of England, I had to rush down to London and apply for a visa. I had to spend two nights in a hotel!

"I'm more pleased now I'm here. Great flight via Istanbul; the hotel is marvellous, and Sochi is absolutely beautiful. I tend to use these trips as a bit of a holiday as I'm much better online!

"Because of how I played online, I came into Day 1 with around four million in chips so I could sit back and relax. I got up to seven million and thought to myself 'Ah, this will be easy.'

"Then I ran kings into aces and kings into queen-deuce, so everything after that has been a bonus!"

Tags: Peter Smyth

2017-09-12 19:25 UTC+3

Steady Jackson; Kafelnikov No More

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The seat of Yevgeny Kafelnikov was empty and Paul Jackson confirmed that the former tennis star three-bet shoved with king-queen into the pocket aces of Gylbert Drolet. After an ace-jack high flop Kafelnikov needed a ten to stay in contention but two bricks followed.

Vadim Kim then defended his big blind against Jackson's raise to 450,000 and the flop fell . Kim checked and a continuation bet did the trick for Jackson.

"Oh that was him? I didn't know," Jackson said when he found out who had previously busted on his table.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Gylbert Drolet	14,500,000 11,000,000	11,000,000
Paul Jackson	7,000,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Eliminé

Tags: Paul Jackson Vadim Kim Yevgeny Kafelnikov

2017-09-12 19:29 UTC+3

partypoker Sponsored Pro Johnny Lodden Eliminated

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Will Shillibier

Niveau 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

We noticed Johnny Lodden walking away from the tournament area and we asked him how he had been eliminated.

"I ran a huge bluff first," he explained, "And that cost me more than half my stack.

"I then pushed with 15 big blinds from the button with and the big blind called with ."

Needless to say, his ace-queen did not hold up, and Lodden, who has more than $2 million in lifetime earnings, walks away with $7,500 and his first lifetime Russian cash.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Johnny Lodden	Eliminé

Tags: Johnny Lodden

2017-09-12 19:34 UTC+3

Chernikov Busts Karmanukyan and Hewitt; Gets One Round Penalty

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Aleksandr Chernikov raised from under the gun and was called by Arsen Karmanukyan on the button and Sylvia Hewitt in the big blind. On the flop of , things heated up as Hewitt check-raised all in after a continuation bet by Charnikov and a raise by Karmanukyan. Both remaining stacks went into the middle as well and the cards were turned over.

Hewitt:
Karmanukyan:
Chernikov:

Hewitt needed running outs while Karmanukyan was freerolling with the straight and flopped flush draw. However, the turn made the three-way all in even more spicy and Chernikov pointed to the diamond.

Sure enough, the river gave Chernikov the back door flush and he let out a scream that the entire upper floor of the casino could hear. With both opponents eliminated, Chernikov raked in the massive pot and was subsequently given a one-round penalty for excessive celebration.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Aleksandr Chernikov	35,000,000 15,500,000	15,500,000
Arsen Karmanukyan	Eliminé
Sylvia Hewitt	Eliminé

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Arsen Karmanukyan Sylvia Hewitt

2017-09-12 19:43 UTC+3

partypoker Qualifier Daniel Clark on Playing with O'Dwyer, Urbanovich, Troyanovskiy and Pateychuk, All At the Same Table!

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Will Shillibier

Niveau 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Daniel Clark After Busting the Main Event

Another partypoker qualifier Daniel Clark has just been eliminated from the Main Event whilst on the feature table, and we caught up with him to chat about his experience not only in the tournament as a whole, but playing with some of the world's top players.

"I got in through a $109 satellite," explained Clark. "Then on the $550 satellite I was one of the first 100 players to get through, so we all got our $550 back. So essentially I was free-rolling!

"It's an amazing place. A really lovely place. Honestly, my expectations of Russia weren't what Sochi is like. It's a beautiful place."

Russian players are notorious for being hyper-aggressive, and Clark's experience at the tables this week shows nothing to the contrary.

"It's been mostly fine! Some crazy players! But I only played from Day 2 onwards live, because I played an online Day 1, so I didn't have that much contact with them apart from on those two days."

Shortly before the bubble burst, Clark's table was awash with big names: home-favourites Andrey Pateychuk and Vladimir Troyanovskiy, High Roller regular Steve O'Dwyer and partypoker Sponsored Pro Dzmitry Urbanovich.

"I didn't get much pressure from Urbanovich or O'Dwyer, mainly because they were short but also because the cards fell in such a way that I sort of just avoided spots with them, so I didn't get into any difficulty with them.

"I had one big hand with Troyanovskiy which was a three-bet pot. I ended up getting there on the river, which tilted him I think, but I didn't play many pots with the others."

After the bubble burst, Clark's table was selected as the first feature table for the live stream. It would be Clark's first time ever playing on a livestreamed feature table.

"At first I thought that it would affect me, or that it would phase me a little. But because I got to move away from the main tournament room, it allowed me to focus a bit more on playing.

"I was pretty card dead, so they were easy decisions for the most part. I don't think I had any tough pressure decisions."

Supported by friends and family online, Clark said that it was exciting to know that everyone could see how he was getting on.

"It was also just nice not to have to update people on how my tournament was going!"

Tags: Daniel Clark

2017-09-12 19:48 UTC+3

Merzhvinskiy Dominates the Feature Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

There were many seats open, including several on the live-streamed feature table. Anatoliy Filonenko's seat also became empty after he five-bet jammed pocket jacks into the pocket queens of Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy.

The latter appears to be massive chip leader right now with the top 100 spots getting close.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	35,000,000 20,000,000	20,000,000
Daniel Clark	Eliminé
Anatoliy Filonenko	Eliminé
Sergey Nikiforov	Eliminé
Aleksey Opalikhin	Eliminé
Yevgeniy Kochetkov	Eliminé
Aleksey Makarov	Eliminé
Igor Mochalov	Eliminé
Jussi Siikaaho	Eliminé
Artem Babakhanyan	Eliminé
Ivan Borisov	Eliminé
Vasiliy Kurdin	Eliminé
Vyacheslav Stoyanov	Eliminé
Dmitriy Grishin	Eliminé
Leonid Sidelkovskiy	Eliminé

Tags: Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy Anatoly Filonenko

2017-09-12 19:57 UTC+3

A Big Double for Laka

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

After a raise by the player under the gun and a call by Andrey Razov, David Laka came along from the big blind. Laka check-raised the flop from 550,000 to 2.8 million. The initial raiser folded but Razov called to see the on the turn.