Main Event
Jour 1a a débuté
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany
Main Event
Jours 1a
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,000,000
Entrants
1,022
Niveau
42
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
12,000,000
Welcome to Day 1a of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €5,300 Main Event
Today it’s Valentine’s Day and at noon local time, Day 1a of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €5,300 Main Event is set to start at the dazzling King’s Casino. The biggest event of the festival will take place in the biggest poker arena you can find in Europe. And it will be the stage for this €5 million guaranteed tournament.
Players were able to qualify online via the satellites on partypoker and the live satellites here in Rozvadov, the Czech Republic. All players will receive 1,000,000 in chips when they sit down. The tournament will kick off with the 5,000/10,000 blinds and a button ante. If there are six players or more, the full big blind is to be paid by the player on the button. Tables with five players or less will only have to pay the small blind.
In total there are four Day 1s, Day 1b starts later today at 5 pm local time. Day 1c takes place at noon and Day 1d will start at 5 pm tomorrow, Thursday February 15th. Each Day 1 will play twelve levels of 40 minutes in total before the field then combines for Day 2 on Friday February 15th at noon local time. Registration is open until approximately 16:30 local time (start of Level 7). Players can reenter once during each flight.
| Level | Minutes | Small Blind | Big Blind | Button Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| 2 | 40 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 3 | 40 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 4 | 40 | 7,000 | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| 5 | 40 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 6 | 40 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 7 | 40 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| 8 | 40 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 9 | 40 | 15,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| 10 | 40 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| 11 | 40 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 12 | 40 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to provide you with updates on all the action until a winner is crowned, so make sure you keep coming back to read all about it.
Delayed Start
The start of the tournament has been delayed by fifteen minutes to grant players some extra time to register and take their seats at the tables.
Action Underway Shortly
The first of four flights will get underway in eight minutes from now with a delay of 20 minutes while the registration is sorting out all live satellite and online qualifiers. Below is a list of players that will be taking part soon.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 5,000
More Familiar Faces Emerge
Niveau 1
: 5,000/10,000, 5,000 ante
The cards just got underway with some 60 players registered and more familiar faces entered the competition. This includes the first ever WSOP bracelet winner from Greece, Makarios Avramidis, along with Adrian Mateos, Martin Finger and Sander van Wesemael.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
Weiemann Crashes Out Early
Niveau 1
: 5,000/10,000, 5,000 ante
Not even 10 minutes were played and the first player was sent to the rail. With some 350,000 chips in the middle and the turn reading 
in a battle of the blinds on their four-handed table, Martin Weiemann checked out of the small blind. Daniel Nietrzebka bet 250,000 and Weiemann check-raised all in to pick up an instant call.
Martin Weiemann: 
Daniel Nietrzebka: 
The 
on the river was a blank and Weiemann was the first casualty of the day.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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2,050,000 | |
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Eliminé |
Fast of to a Fast Start
Niveau 1
: 5,000/10,000, 5,000 ante
Artur Wasek, in the cutoff, raised to 20,000 and was called by Dietrich Fast in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Fast check-called the 20,000 bet of Wasek.
The turn brought them the , now Fast check-called the 50,000 bet of Wasek.
The river completed the board with the 
, pairing the board up. Fast checked once more. Wasek continued with a bet of 125,000, Fast quickly called. Wasek showed 
for the pair on the board with the ace-kicker but he was beaten by Fast who tabled 
for two pair, kings and eights.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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Weiemann Back on Second Bullet
Niveau 1
: 5,000/10,000, 5,000 ante
Further notables have taken their seat with the screens showing 112 entries mid-way through the first level and among those are Niall Farrell, Michael Tureniec, partypoker sponsored pro Marcel Luske, and Kiryl Radzivonau, among others. Martin Weiemann, who was the first casualty of the day, has re-entered already.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
Mamouni "Loses the Minimum"
Niveau 1
: 5,000/10,000, 5,000 ante
Mohamed Mamouni raised to 25,000 from the hijack and Dermot Blain came along from the big blind. The duo headed to a flop of 
and both players checked. On the 
turn, Blain bet 50,000 and Mamouni called before doing so again for 160,000 on the 
river.
Blain turned over the 
for the flopped straight and Mamouni mucked 
face up. "You lost the minimum" Blain added while raking in the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,350,000
350,000
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350,000 |
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750,000 |