John Duthie Leads 13 Day 1 Survivors in the $10,300 High Roller Finale

A pared-down six levels of play were fought through today as the final five-figure buy-in event of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK 2020 in Nottingham began.  There were 25 entries in total, leaving the lion's share of the $1,000,000 guarantee still to be accounted for. Leading the 13 players returning tomorrow

MILLIONS $10,300 High Roller Finale Day 1 Overnight Chip Counts

Here's how the surviving baker's dozen from Day 1 in the $10,300 High Roller Finale stack up. Their numbers are sure to be swelled by late registrants tomorrow (registration closes after four levels, at 6:30pm).  Play restarts at 2pm, one hour earlier than scheduled.

High Roller Finale About to Spread to Three Tables

The pace of entry is slowly picking up.  Current line-up: Table Seat Player 56 1 56 2 Joni Jouhkimainen 56 3 Lawrence Bayley 56 4 Fahad Althani 56 5 Alexandros Kolonias 56 6 Govert Metaal 56 7 Sirzat Hissou 56 8 Dimitar Danchev 45 1 Christoph Vogelsang 45 2 Tibor Nagygyorgy 45 3 Kahle Burns 45 4 Martin Mathis 45 5 Ryan Riess 45 6 John Duthie 45 7 Max Silver 45 8

Dimitar Danchev Eliminated by Martin Zamani

With about 3,000,000 in the pot and the flop reading [2cTc3d], Dimitar Danchev bet 1,700,000 from the big blind and Martin Zamani raised all in with a covering stack. Danchev used four time extensions before he called all in for about 6,500,000. Danchev: [Kc6c] Zamani: [Qc7c] The turn was the [Qh], giving Zamani the

Lee Markholt Eliminated by Dimitar Danchev

Dimitar Danchev opened to 260,000 on the button and Lee Markholt moved all in from the small blind for 950,000. Danchev called. Danchev: [KhJs] Markholt: [KsTs] The board ran out [Qs2c3h5d6h] and Markholt was eliminated.

Dimitar Danchev Doubles Through partypoker pro Philipp Gruissem

With about 1,500,000 in the pot and the board reading [7c6h9sKd], partypoker pro Philipp Gruissem bet 700,000 from the big blind and Dimitar Danchev called from the button. The river was the [4c], Gruissem bet effectively 1,390,000 and Danchev called all in. Gruissem showed [QhJd], while Danchev tabled [7h7d] for a set

Dimitar Danchev Check-Raises the River

With about 620,000 in the pot and the board reading [TsJc7s7cJs], Dimitar Danchev checked from under the gun and partypoker pro Anatoly Filatov bet 185,000 from the hijack. Noah Schwartz called from the button before Danchev used a time extension and raised to 655,000. Filatov folded and Schwartz used two time

Pierre Calamusa Tops Day 1A of MILLIONS World Bahamas Main Event

Day 1A of the $10,300 buy-in MILLIONS World Bahamas Main Event as part of the partypoker LIVE Caribbean Poker Party has come to a conclusion with the 423-entrant field reduced to 231 players heading into Day 2 as Frenchman Pierre Calamusa finished as the overall chip leader with 5,800,000 in

Pierre Calamusa Tops Day 1A of MILLIONS World Bahamas Main Event

Day 1A of the $10,300 buy-in MILLIONS World Bahamas Main Event as part of the partypoker LIVE Caribbean Poker Party has come to a conclusion with the 423-entrant field reduced to 231 players heading into Day 2 as Frenchman Pierre Calamusa finished as the overall chip leader with 5,800,000 in