John Duthie Eliminated in 10th Place ($30,000)

Right after losing a sizable pot to Joao Vieira, John Duthie found himself in a blind battle with the Portuguese high roller again. Joao Vieira limped in from the small blind and Duthie checked. The flop of [4h6c2c] had Vieira check. Duthie bet 250,000 and Vieira check-raised to 930,000. Duthie three-bet

The Finale of the High Roller Finale Starts at Noon

Seventeen top-tier players remain in the $10,300 High Roller Finale at the partypoker MILLIONS UK in the Dusk Till Dawn poker room in Nottingham. It's time for the final day of this three-day event, with just 13 players getting in the money. That means that when play gets underway at

Spotlight on Table 42

The number of players seems to be static in the High Roller finale, but that's because for every exit there's an entry (often by one and the same person). This level (10) is the last one for registration, however, so soon the atmosphere might be a bit more serious. Table 42

Alex Foxen Pulls Away as Chip Leader

The first and only player to top four million chips in the High Roller Finale so far is Alex Foxen, who pushes John Duthie into second.  The field is still growing, and with two one-hour levels left of late registration, it looks like that $1,000,000 guarantee may yet be met

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.

Metaal Busts; Duthie Puts Vogelsang to the Test

Govert Metaal had dropped to a short stack of 140,000, at the 6,000/12,000 blind level.  After Alexandros Kolonias opened preflop to 27,000, he moved all in next to act.  It folded to Igor Kurganov in the blinds who repopped it to 257,000, ridding the pot of Kolonias. On their backs: Kurganov:

High Roller Chips – Mathis, Duthie and Hissou in Front

Table Seat Player  Chips 56 1 Igor Kurganov                    1,570,000 56 2 Joni Jouhkimainen                    1,450,000 56 3 56 4 56 5 Alexandros Kolonias                    1,640,000 56 6 Govert Metaal                        450,000 56 7 Sirzat Hissou                    2,000,000 56 8 Dimitar Danchev                    1,070,000 45 1 Christoph Vogelsang                        700,000 45 2 Tibor Nagygyorgy                        780,000 45 3 Kahle Burns                    1,000,000 45 4 Martin Mathis                    2,100,000 45 5 Ryan Riess                        560,000 45 6 John Duthie                    2,250,000 45 7 45 8 55 1 Kristen Bicknell                        900,000 55 2 55 3 Alex Foxen                    1,420,000 55 4 Fahad Althani                    1,700,000 55 5 Max Silver                        950,000 55 6 55 7 55 8 Morten Klein                    1,770,000

Full Starting Line-Up

The requisite number of players to start this event are now at their seats, and cards are in the air. Updates on entries and chip counts will be posted once per level. Table Seat Player 46 1 Chino Rheem 46 2 Christoph Vogelsang 46 3 46 4 John Duthie 46 5 Alexandrios Kolonias 46 6 46 7 Sirzat Hissou 46 8 45 1 45 2 Tibor Nagygyory 45 3 Kahle Burns 45 4 Martin Mathis 45 5 Ryan Riess 45 6 45 7 Govert Metaal 45 8