The winner of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona Warm Up will be crowned today and the player with the best starting papers is currently Francois Billard with 80,800,000 in chips. The winner today will take €385,000 and the trophy home with them so everybody will be aiming to finish in first place!
Following Billard in the chip counts are Evangelos Beichrakis with 74,700,000 and Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault with 69,500,000 in chips. Also keep an eye on Bartlomiej Machon (68,900,000), Christopher Andler (61,400,000), Frederic Delval (39,800,000), Martin Weiemann (39,100,000), and Chris Moorman (38,400,000).
The remaining players return at noon local time and continue on Level 28 with a small blind of 500,000, big blind of 1,000,000 and a button ante of 1,000,000. When there are 16 players left, a redraw for the final two tables will take place. Once there are nine players left, the unofficial final table will have been reached. The levels will continue to last for 40 minutes until heads-up play, the level duration will then reduce to 20 minutes each.
The winner will be crowned today and the PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide you with all the action!
Francisco Olivera raised from the hijack and Richard Dromzee shoved for around 14,000,000 from the button. Olivera called with a slightly bigger stack.
Richard Dromzee:
Francisco Olivera:
The board ran out to give Dromzee top pair on the flop and Olivera middle pair but the nine on the river meant the end of Dromzee's tournament life.
Aylar Lie raised to 2,400,000 from mid-position and was called by Evangelos Beichrakis on the button. Anthony Andreou shoved all in for 14,700,000 in the small blind, Lie folded and Beichrakis called.
Anthony Andreou:
Evangelos Beichrakis:
The board ran out - no help for Andreou as Beichrakis hit an ace on the turn and Andreou was sent to the rail in 15th place.
In a battle of the blinds, Anders Bisgaard limped in and big stack Francois Billard moved all in, the Dane called instantly.
Anders Bisgaard:
Francois Billard:
Billard immediately improved to a pair of aces with the flop, and the turn and river failed to keep Bisgaard’s hopes alive. The Dane exited in 13th place and takes home €17,500.
Martin Weiemann raised to 3,000,000 in the cutoff with an effective stack of 40,000,000 and Francois Billard moved all in out of the big blind, having his opponent comfortable covered. Weiemann called and the cards were turned over.
Martin Weiemann:
Francois Billard:
The board came and Weiemann bowed out in 12th place for €20,000.
Matan Bakrat raised to 3,500,000 from the hijack, Chris Moorman three-bet to 10,000,000 from the cutoff. Aylar Lie shoved all in for about 30,000,000 in the small blind. Bakrat folded and Moorman called.
Aylar Lie:
Chris Moorman:
The board ran out - no help for Lie and she has been sent to the payout desk to pick up her cash of €20,000.
Francisco Olivera shoved all in for about 45,000,000 from early position and Joonas Helin also shoved with the slightly bigger stack in late position. The rest of the players folded.
Francisco Olivera:
Joonas Helin:
The board ran out to eliminate Olivera in ninth place for €25,000. The official final table has now been reached and a photo is to follow.