On a flop of , Chris Moorman check-shoved out of the big blind for 575,000 with the and was called by Paul Berende with for the open-ended straight draw. The turn and river were blanks and Moorman doubled.
However, that fortune was just short-lived as the Brit three-bet shoved out of the small blind the next hand and ran with into the of Zhong Chen. Only a ten appeared and Moorman was sent to the rail.
Asker Aloev had a rough exit when he got it in with against and only for the to appear on the river.
Not long ago Carlo Alteri had doubled through Anthony Zinno only to feel the wrath of the American poker pro shortly after. On a flop of , Claudio di Giacomo bet 180,000 and Zinno called one seat over in late position. Alteri pushed for 1.64 million in the cutoff and di Giacomo folded, Zinno snap-called.
Carlo Alteri:
Anthony Zinno:
The turn and river run out failed to give Alteri a miracle, while di Giacomo celebrated and said he had folded pocket kings.
Felix Trau bet the turn and called the shove of Craig McCorkell with . McCorkell showed for the better kicker, and the river was of no help for Trau and he exited.
Michael Mizrachi was all in for just 350,000 with the and Laurynas Levinskas looked him up with the . The board of saw Mizrachi drawing dead on the turn already.
Dominykas Karmazinas spiked a lucky triple up with against and the of Omer Yoruk thanks to a board of , but busted soon after along with plenty of other big names.
A big pot was brewing between Yiannis Liperis in the big blind and Teun Mulder on the button. Liperis bet the turn for hefty 1.325 million with more than 2.0 million in the middle already. The river paired the board and both players checked.
Liperis turned over and Mulder had that beat with to become a contender for the Day 1d lead.
Only 88 players out of 304 entries remain and the latest casualty just after the last hands of the night were announced was Paul Newey. All other players have another four hands to go before bagging and tagging.
In a preflop raising war, Salvatore Camarda got his stack of 2.19 million in preflop with and Tom-Aksel Bedell looked him up with the . The board came and Camarda doubled.
In the very last hand of the day three players limped in and Krzysztof Dulowski jammed for 1.56 million. Omer Yoruk asked for a count and folded, as did Ronny Kaiser. Bedell called for more than half of his stack and tabled . Dulowski was well ahead with and the board of gave both players a straight, Dulowski doubled.
Only 86 players out of 304 entries bagged up and the full chip counts will be published when PokerNews receives them. A recap of today's action is to follow.
By the time the registration for Day 1c had closed and level four was underway for Day 1d, it was clear that the ambitious guaranteed prize pool of €10,000,000 for the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona €10,300 Main Event was surpassed. What followed was the confirmation of Casino Barcelona as one of the hotbeds of tournament poker in Europe, and the fourth and final starting day closed with 304 entries to boost the field to 1,175 entries in total. This has created a prize pool of €11,397,500 and the payouts will be announced when play for Day 2 gets back underway as of 1 p.m. local time on Friday, April 13th, 2018.
After 12 levels of play on Day 1d, only 86 players bagged up chips and a very familiar face of the international poker circuit claimed the overnight spotlight in Anthony Zinno. The American poker pro advanced with 8,95 million, while fellow countryman Kenneth Smaron follows not far behind with 8.525 million, narrowly ahead of Marco Fontanella (8.48 million), Teun Meulder (8.37 million) and Zhong Chen (8.285 million).
Sam Trickett among big stacks after Day 1d
Sam Trickett advanced with very healthy 7.8 million and Dominik Nitsche turned his fifth bullet into 7.275 million. Besides Trickett, partypoker sponsored pro Roberto Romanello (3.6 million) also made it through while team online's Renato Nomura and Dayane Kotoviezy, Jason Koon and Joni Jouhkimainen were not fortunate enough to advance.
A plethora of well-known names of the international poker circuit took to the tables and same of those that were sent to the rail throughout Day 1d included Reiner Kempe, Steve O'Dwyer, Bryn Kenney, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Chino Rheem, Dario Sammartino, Jake Cody, Chris Moorman, William Kassouf, Felipe Ramos, €1,100 Open Event champion Ludovic Geilich and Michael Gathy. Said El Yousfi only played two hands after sitting down and busted with top pair and the nut flush draw against Roberto Duek's ace-queen suited for top pair.
The early eliminations weren't quite pouring in, especially compared to the consistent flow of new entries that emerged in the first nine levels. Only in the last third of the day the chips went flying and the pots became significantly bigger.
Michael ("The Grinder)" Mizrachi
Jack Salter's turned straight was good enough to beat the trips tens of Michael Mizrachi and "The Grinder" bowed out after a roller coaster day. Pavel Plesuv was all in and at risk with pocket kings but failed to hold up against pocket jacks and a risky move by Farid Jattin all but paid off if it wasn't for running hearts in back-to-back hands with Bryan Ruiter and partypoker ambassador Sam Trickett.
In the last two levels of the night, three-way or even four-way all in showdowns were not unusual and Zinno claimed the top spot after taking revenge on Carlo Alteri. The Canadian had first doubled with pocket aces for the overpair against top pair, before a squeeze with top pair only saw Zinno snap-call with bottom set to gain back the chips with fees on top.
With all four starting days now complete, the remaining field stands at 329 hopefuls out of 1,175 entries. When returning to the tables for Day 2, the blinds will recommence at 35,000/70,000 in level 13 and as of Day 2, the level duration increases to 60 minutes each. At least eight levels are scheuled, and depending on the progress and bubble period this may be subject to change. As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide all the action from the floor.
, Chris Moorman check-shoved out of the big blind for 575,000 with the 
and was called by Paul Berende with 
for the open-ended straight draw. The 
turn and 
river were blanks and Moorman doubled.
into the 
of Zhong Chen. Only a ten appeared and Moorman was sent to the rail.
against 
only for the 
to appear on the river.
, Claudio di Giacomo bet 180,000 and Zinno called one seat over in late position. Alteri pushed for 1.64 million in the cutoff and di Giacomo folded, Zinno snap-called.
. McCorkell showed 
and Laurynas Levinskas looked him up with the 
against 
, but busted soon after along with plenty of other big names.
