Inaugural MILLIONS Winner Lampropoulos Doubles Up
Maria Lampropoulos saw off a 1,204-strong field back in 2017 to win the first MILLIONS event for £1,000,000 and is looking at a second deep run here this year. She just took a chunk of chips from Michael Zhang who gave it maximum firepower but ran into a real hand:
We caught Zhang leading from the big blind on a board of [ad4c6s9s] for 285,000 into a pot of around that. His sole opponent Lampropoulos made the call (with 635,000 behind).
The river brought the [7s]. Zhang now set her all-in, and she swiftly called, tabling [Ksts] for the rivered flush. Zhang’s rivered pair with his [7c5d] was no match for that, and he paid her the chips.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Lampropulos | 2,000,000 |
1,000,000  |
| Michael Zhang | 925,000 |
-75,000  |
