On the heads-up turn of , Remi Wyrzykiewicz bet 3,600 in the small blind and Saman Nakhjavani splashed in a raise to 16,000 on the button which ended up getting called. The river was checked by Wyrzykiewicz and Nakhjavani immediately made it 35,000 to go.
That forced a fold by his opponent who revealed the for the nut flush. "Good fold," Nakhjavani replied and flashed the .
While Day 1a of the $5,300 Main Event unfolded in the conference centre at Merit, the $10,500 High Roller was taking over the main stage over on the live stream feature table. Out of a field of 107 unique entries and 50-entries, only nine contenders were battling for the lion's share of the $1,444,400 prize pool.
In a short-lived heads-up duel, Timur Ercan came out on top against Tobias Duthweiler and earned applause aplenty from local players. Ercan first had to win a flip with ace-jack versus pocket eights and spiked a jack to take the lead in heads-up play. He then faced pocket eights once more and had the best of it with pocket nines to emerge victoriously.
The first player to bust was Boris Kolev after losing a flip with ace-king against the pocket queens of Halil Kezen. The next to depart was Askar Bekbayev against Tobias Duthweiler and the German then also straightened out the two pair of Kezen to score the next elimination. Iakov Onuchin departed in sixth place and Fahredin Mustafov got there with against the of James Romero thanks to a queen on the flop.
The fortune of Mustafov ran out soon thereafter and he had to settle for fourth place, two days after finishing as the runner-up in the $2,200 Warm Up. Christophe Panetti recorded the best result of his poker career so far and earned the first spot on the podium before Ercan had the best of it in the heads-up duel with Duthweiler.
Final Table Result $10,500 High Roller
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in USD)
1
Timur Ercan
Turkey
$377,115
2
Tobias Duthweiler
Germany
$265,995
3
Christophe Panetti
Switzerland
$173,120
4
Fahredin Mustafov
Bulgaria
$124,075
5
James Romero
United States
$93,020
6
Iakov Onuchin
Russia
$74,385
7
Halil Kezen
Turkey
$61,820
8
Askar Bekbayev
Kazakhstan
$49,545
9
Boris Kolev
Bulgaria
$37,120
During the final stages of the $10,500 High Roller, the 11 hopefuls out of a 19-entry strong field in the $25,500 Super High Roller returned to their seats at 6pm local time. The registration was still open and the tournament ultimately attracted 21 unique players and 13 re-entries.
Steve O'Dwyer was the chip leader after Day 1 and rode that all the way to victory. Viktor Ustimov finished in second place while Laszlo Bujtas and Johan Guilbert also took home a slice of the $782,000 prize pool as well.
"Seat open on table four" the dealer announced and Mete Ustuay was spotted on his way out of the tournament area. His for two pair were still visible on the table and the board showed , which had given Ustuay two pair. Lukas Zaskodny was busy stacking the chips and he was the one to deal the final blow, having flopped the nut straight with .
After a very successful first starting day with 281 entries in the flagship $5,300 Main Event, the crown jewel of the 2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus festival has its eyes set on smashing the $3 million guarantee. As a matter of fact, it may already be surpassed on Day 1b which is slated to kick off at 12 pm local time in the conference centre of the five-star Merit Crystal Cove Hotel Casino & Spa in Girne, North Cyprus.
Nine levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled for today and all participants receive 100,000 in chips with the action kicking off at blinds of 300-600 and a big blind ante of 600. There will be a short break every two levels and Day 1b will conclude at approximately 9.30 pm local time, giving all participants enough time to take advantage of the free buffet at Merit thereafter.
Day 1 Blind Structure
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Big Blind Ante
1
300
600
600
2
400
800
800
3
500
1,000
1,000
4
600
1,200
1,200
5
700
1,400
1,400
6
800
1,600
1,600
7
900
1,800
1,800
8
1,000
2,000
2,000
9
1,200
2,500
2,500
French online casino games streamer Killian Desnos holds the lead so far and topping his stack of 796,500 may be quite a challenge to say the least. Poker enthusiasts from near and far will certainly do so during the return to major international live poker events in Europe.
The High Roller action at Merit has also concluded for now as the $10,500 High Roller and $25,500 Super High Roller both played down to a winner tonight. All results from those will be published soon in a separate update. Poker fans can also look forward to more live stream action as the $5,300 Main Event will be covered as of Day 2 on Saturday, September 25 until the conclusion two days later.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide as many key hands as possible en route to crowning a champion in the first partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Main Event in more than one and a half years.
, Remi Wyrzykiewicz bet 3,600 in the small blind and Saman Nakhjavani splashed in a raise to 16,000 on the button which ended up getting called. The 
river was checked by Wyrzykiewicz and Nakhjavani immediately made it 35,000 to go.
for the nut flush. "Good fold," Nakhjavani replied and flashed the 
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against the 
of James Romero thanks to a queen on the flop.
for two pair were still visible on the table and the board showed 
, which had given Ustuay two pair. Lukas Zaskodny was busy stacking the chips and he was the one to deal the final blow, having flopped the nut straight with 
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