Hand #140: Viktor Blom raised to 21,000,000 from the button. Joao Simao called in the big blind.
The flop came , Simao shoved all in for 31,500,000 and Blom snap-called.
Joao Simao:
Viktor Blom:
The rest of the board was filled with the on the turn and the on the river. No help from the board for Simao and he was eliminated in 4th place. The partypoker Ambassador had an amazing ten days here in Rozvadov finishing in 2nd place in the first €25,000 Super High Roller, 4th place in the second €25,000 Super High Roller and now this result for €280,000.
Hand #163: Pavel Plesuv limped in on the button with , Rickie Silcock opted to check his big blind with .
The flop came , Silcock check-called the 10,000,000 bet of Plesuv.
The turn brought them the and they both checked even though Silcock had hit trip fours.
The river completed the board with the . Silcock bet 35,000,000 and Plesuv considered his options and then decided to shove as he had hit a straight on the river. Silcock thought about it for a while and then decided to call with the shorter stack.
When the cards were tabled, Silcock saw he was eliminated in 3rd place. His rail applauded loudly for his achievements and he made his way to the payout desk to collect his €400,000 cash. He will be happy enough to take the biggest career cash of his life home with him.
Plesuv and Viktor Blom are now heads-up and will take a quick break while the table is being set up for the heads-up, blinds will decrease to 30 minutes after this level.
Hand #242: Blom raised to 35,000,000 with and Plesuv called with .
The flop came , Plesuv checked, Blom bet 45,000,000. Plesuv asked how much it was and then called.
The turn brought them the , Plesuv checked again and Blom bet 105,000,000. Plesuv called.
The river completed the board with the , Plesuv shoved and Blom asked for how much it was. Blom considered all his options, shook his head, looked at the board again, counted his chips, tanked and then decided to call. Blom saw that he had won the hand with a pair of kings.
The chip stacks needed to be verified and once they were counted, the tournament was determined to be over. Plesuv finished in 2nd place for €750,000 (after the deal) and shook Blom's hand to congratulate him.
Viktor Bom Wins the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany Main Event
The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany festival at Europe's biggest poker arena, the King's Casino in Rozvadov, has come to a fitting end.
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom took down the event in stunning fashion.
Out of 1,022 entries total, only 13 hopefuls remained on the final day of play and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom took down the event in stunning fashion; overcoming a nine-to-one chip disadvantage heads-up, and hero-calling in the final hand.
The 27-year-old online legend from Sweden can usually be found grinding long sessions at the high stakes cash tables online, this time he lifted a live trophy after some 14 hours on the final day.
Final Result partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €5,300 Main Event
Place
Winner
Country
Prize
1
Viktor Blom
Sweden
€850,000*
2
Pavel Plesuv
Moldova
€750,000*
3
Rickie Silcock
United Kingdom
€400,000
4
Joao Simao
Brazil
€280,000
5
Radoslaw Wesierski
Poland
€200,000
6
Ondrej Drozd
Czech Republic
€140,000
7
Aristeidis Moschonas
Greece
€100,000
8
Niko Wieland
Germany
€70,000
*denotes a deal of the last two players
The highlight of the festival with €12.5 million guaranteed prize pools saw a total of 1,014 entries emerge throughout four starting days. Eight no-shows boosted the field to 1,022 entries.
Action of the final day
The day started with thirteen players remaining and Adrian Mateos was the shortest coming back. He scored an early double up on the outer table while Neil Ryder was unable to do so on the feature table and became the first casualty. Despite doubling up, Mateos got short again and his ace-jack suited found no help against the pocket queens of Ondrej Drozd. Mateos was sent to the rail in twelfth place for €40,000.
Despite doubling up early, Mateos was sent to the rail in twelfth place for €40,000.
Yoann Vu-Van picked up plenty of outs with seven-six suited against the pocket aces of Pavel Plesuv, but the Frenchman failed to get there and bowed out in eleventh place.
Gianluca Speranza then lost most of his stack against the pocket aces of Viktor Blom and had to settle for the tenth place soon after. When the remaining nine hopefuls combined to one table, several double ups followed but Yiannis Liperis eventually saw his aces cracked by the pocket kings of Plesuv to set up the official eight-handed final table.
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Niko Wieland
Germany
73,900,000
25
2
Pavel Plesuv
Moldova
143,100,000
48
3
Viktor Blom
Sweden
144,800,000
48
4
Rickie Silcock
United Kingdom
93,400,000
31
5
Radoslaw Wesierski
Poland
67,200,000
22
6
Joao Simao
Brazil
59,200,000
20
7
Aristeidis Moschonas
Greece
170,600,000
57
8
Ondrej Drozd
Czech Republic
258,600,000
86
Niko Wieland's queen-jack ended up second-best to the pocket aces of Viktor Blom and Ondrej Drozd took a commanding lead when he looked through the bluff of Aristeidis Moschonas to reduce the field to the last seven.
However, the fortune of the Czech all but changed the very next hand when a triple barrel bluff with ten-high went wrong against Pavel Plesuv, and Drozd eventually had to settle for sixth place.
In a battle of the short stacks, Radoslaw Wesierski called the shove of Rickie Silcock with ace-nine of spades and faced the jack-four of diamonds of the partypoker online qualifier. Two diamonds on the flop and a third diamond on the river sealed the fate for the Pole, who had just over $9,000 in cashes prior to this event.
Three Final Tables and more than €640,000 in cashes for partypoker ambassador Joao Simao in Rozvadov
Simao racked up more than €640,000 in cashes during the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany.
Joao Simao endured a roller coaster ride throughout the final day and eventually had to settle for fourth place. In the final hand, his jack-nine suited found no help against the ace-eight of Viktor Blom. Earlier this partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany, Simao had topped his career-best score with a second place in the first €25,500 Super High Roller (€251,250) and followed that up with another strong showing in the second edition in which he finished fourth (€110,000). Simao ended up in the very same place in the Main Event; his €280,000 score saw him rack up more than €640,000 in cashes during the festival at the King's Casino.
Half an hour later, the heads-up duel was set after the elimination of Rockie Silcock. The Brit turned trips fours only for Pavel Plesuv to river a wheel. Silcock had qualified for the event in a $109 satellite on partypoker and turned that into a payday of an astonishing €400,000, his British rail was cheering him on for the duration of the final table.
Blom and Plesuv cut a deal to secure €750,000 each and play for the trophy, bragging rights, and additional €100,000 to the winner.
The fireworks started soon after. Plesuv doubled into a commanding lead when flopping a queen-high straight with Blom holding top set, and the Moldovan established a 9-1 lead. However, Blom fought back and doubled three times in total to even out the stacks once more.
Blom shook his head, looked at the board again, and then decided to call with second-pair and no kicker.
The final hand of the tournament was a special one. Blom opened king-six off, and Plesuv called with queen-seven suited. Plesuv check-called a bet with second pair on queen-nine-king with two hearts and one diamons. The ace of diamonds on the turn gave Plesuv a flush draw, and he check-called a bet again. The river came the five of hearts, making for three hearts on the table. Plesuv, stuck with what was now third pair and a missed flush draw, shoved as a bluff. Blom considered all his options, shook his head, looked at the board again, counted his chips, tanked, and then decided to call with second-pair and no kicker.
The chip stacks needed to be verified and once they were counted, the tournament was determined to be over. Plesuv finished in 2nd place for €750,000 and shook Blom's hand to congratulate him.
The partypoker LIVE team confirmed their next big festival on European soil in Barcelona for April 2018 with €23 million in guaranteed prize pools. Qualifiers will kick off shortly.
, Simao shoved all in for 31,500,000 and Blom snap-called.
on the turn and the 
on the river. No help from the board for Simao and he was eliminated in 4th place. The partypoker Ambassador had an amazing ten days here in Rozvadov finishing in 2nd place in the first €25,000 Super High Roller, 4th place in the second €25,000 Super High Roller and now this result for €280,000.
, Rickie Silcock opted to check his big blind with 
. 
, Silcock check-called the 10,000,000 bet of Plesuv. 
and they both checked even though Silcock had hit trip fours.
and Plesuv called with 
. 
, Plesuv checked, Blom bet 45,000,000. Plesuv asked how much it was and then called. 
, Plesuv shoved and Blom asked for how much it was. Blom considered all his options, shook his head, looked at the board again, counted his chips, tanked and then decided to call. Blom saw that he had won the hand with a pair of kings.
