A Sam Greenwood Shove Is Finally Called: He Doubles

Sam Greenwood moved all in (again), this time in the cutoff with [JhQh] for 450,000. Over to big blind Mikita Badziakouski with [7h7d] who flicked in a call. The flop looked good for sevens - [Ad5h5d] - but running queens fell on the turn and river to give Greenwood some

Badziakouski Writing His Own Rules

The chip leader has been mixing it up like a cocktail on this final table, the only player who can put everyone to the test for their tournament lives, playing hands of all sorts from all positions. Most recently, Artur Martirosyan flatted under the gun with [AhQh], prompting flats from

Badziakouski Extends Chip Lead, Little By Little

Under the gun, Aaron Van Blarcum raised to 85,000 with [AhKc], playing a stack of just over a million chips. Over to chip leader Mikita Badziakouski in the cutoff (playing double this stack), who elected to flat with [AdJs], flopping top pair on a heads up [3hJh8d] board. Van Blarcum

First Pot to the Chip Leader

The first hand of the final table, Luc Greenwood opened to 80,000 (with 840,000 behind) under the gun plus one with [AhQc], called by cutoff Aaron Van Blarcum with [AhJs]. Over to chip leader Mikita Badziakouski, who three-bet to 280,000 holding [KdJh]. Greenwood thought for a short while, but passed

Seven In-the-Money Players Return Soon to Crown Champion In Event #4: $50,000 NLH

After the three $25,000 events kicking off the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi this week, today’s final table will see seven seasoned super high rollers compete for the trophy and its accompanying $765,000 in prize money in Event #4: $50,000 No Limit Hold’em. As expected, the raising

Mikita Badziakouski Bags the Lead in Event #4 with $765,000 Up Top

Brandyn Trenholm - March 9, 2020

The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series in Sochi has now seen Day 1 of Event #4: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em come to an end on level 13 with 31:31 remaining on the clock. The first $50,000 buy-in event of the series drew 45 players and by night’s end, only seven remained

High Roller of the Year Schedule Announced Through March

Remko Rinkema - February 7, 2020

The 2020 High Roller of the Year race calendar for the start of 2020 is filling up nicely with the announcement of the partypoker LIVE Millions events in Sochi, Russia, various ARIA High Rollers, World Poker Tour LAPC events, as well as the 2020 U.S. Poker Open. The 2019 High Roller

Mikita Badziakouski Eliminated by Kahle Burns

The action folded around to Mikita Badziakouski in the small blind who called. Kahle Burns checked from the big blind. Both players checked the [8s][5h][5d] flop before the [7c] dropped on the turn. Badziakouski bet 30,000. Burns called. The [3h] completed the board and Badziakouski checked. Burns pushed forward a

Cary Katz Wins on the River

Mikita Badziakouski limped under the gun and Kahle Burns called next to act. Action folded to Cary Katz in the big blind, and he checked. The [Qh6d8hKdQs] board checked to the river where Katz bet 45,000 and both Badziakouski and Burns folded.

Mikita Badziakouski Doubles Through Cary Katz

The flop showed [4c][9c][7d] and 42,000 had accumulated in the pot. Mikita Badziakouski checked from the small blind. Cary Katz bet 25,000 from the big blind. Badziakouski moved all in for 84,000. Katz made the quick call. Badziakouski: [7c][5c] Katz: [9h][3h] Katz had the lead with top pair against Badziakouski's middle pair.