Michael Addamo Takes the Lead into Day 2 of Event #6 with $1,512,000 Up Top
The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series in Sochi, Russia has now seen Day 1 of Event #6: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em come to an end after 13 levels of play. The first $100,000 event of the series drew a respectable 42 players by the end of late registration and by the end of the night only nine players were left. Michael Addamo bagged the lead with his 1,595,000 and will be headed into the final day atop the food chain.
Michael Addamo caught a string of hands during the midst of the day that sent Bryn Kenney and Juan Pardo Dominguez home, propelling him to the seven-figure club, where he say alone at the time. Addamo took his big stack, elected to bully around and paid the price a few times. He dropped back down under the average but showed great resilience en route to bagging the lead for the night despite a few hiccups along the way.
Closest behind Addamo on the leaderboard is Adrian Mateos with a stack of 1,370,000. Mateos is one of the best in the world, boasting over $20 million in live career earnings and is ranked first on the Spain all-time money list. Look for him to attempt and add another partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller title to his resume tomorrow.
Rounding out the top three is Austria’s Matthias Eibinger with a healthy stack of 970,000. Eibinger shot up about two years ago from a unknow to being considered one of the best in the world. The 27-year-old pro can eclipse the $10 million mark in career earnings with a top-two finish tomorrow, an incredible feat for anyone.
Rounding out the rest of the final table are Michael Soyza (905,000), Kahle Burns (835,000), Webster Lim (790,000), Ben Heath (765,000), Cary Kays (600,000), and Paul Phua (570,000).
Event #6: $100,000 NLH Unofficial Final table
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Ben Heath | 765,000 | 19 |
| 2 | Matthias Eibinger | 970,000 | 24 |
| 3 | Michael Soyza | 905,000 | 23 |
| 4 | Cary Katz | 600,000 | 15 |
| 5 | Michael Addamo | 1,595,000 | 40 |
| 6 | Webster Lim | 790,000 | 20 |
| 7 | Adrian Mateos | 1,370,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Paul Phua | 570,000 | 14 |
| 9 | Kahle Burns | 835,000 | 21 |
The second and final day of this event will start with nine, three off from the money. The play will surely start at a slow-pace just as the night ended but once the bubble pops you can be prepared to see some of the best poker that the world has to offer. This star-studded line up will be sure to bring the action as all players vie for a win here in event #6.
Play began at 3 p.m. (MSK) with four tables to start the day and by the time late registration had closed, there was a total of 45 entry slips, gathering a prize pool worth $4,200,000. The payouts were announced and the top six were then set to make at least $252,000 for a min-cash with the eventual champion taking down the first seven-figure payday of the series, a staggering $1,512,000.
Event #6: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em final table begins at 1 p.m. (MSK) on Thursday, March 12, with the action continuing until a winner is crowned, taking home the biggest prize of the series thus far.
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