Cary Katz Eliminated in 9th Place
Short stack Cary Katz moved all in preflop on the button with [AcJh] for 500,000, called by Webster Lim in the big blind with [8c8d]. The board was paint-free: [9d7s4s5h2s] and Katz leaves his fourth final table this week without a payday.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Chin Wei Lim | 1,300,000 |
510,000  |
| Cary Katz | Busted |
-600,000  |
Testing the Waters
An understandable cagey start to this final table, from which a third of the players will leave with no prize money.
“It’s going to be fun, watching everyone be tight for 40 mins, then have 10 big blinds and realising that’s where it all went wrong,” predicted Ben Heath before cards hit the air.
So far Kahle Burns has taken down a set of blinds and antes with a hijack open with [KdQh] then lost them back raising to 80,000 and then folding to a button jam from Michael Soyza for 925,000 with [AsJh].
Addamo Leads FT of Event #6 That Will Award $4.2 Million ($1,512,000 for First) Today in Sochi
Michael Addamo returns with the chip lead for the final table of Event #6 $100,000 No Limit Hold’em today, in search of another high roller title and the $1,512,000 that accompanies this one. Still three off the money, the final nine players will start on the live stream and play down to a winner, the bubble making the difference between a payday of $0 and $252,000.
A total of 42 entries generated a prize pool of $4,200,000 in this first six-figure buy-in event of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi.
Payouts
| Place | Prize |
| 1 | $1,512,000 |
| 2 | $1,008,000 |
| 3 | $672,000 |
| 4 | $420,000 |
| 5 | $336,000 |
| 6 | $252,000 |
Second in chips is top of the Spanish all-time tournament money list Adrian Mateos; with a gap of 400,000 chips there follow Matthias Eibinger (top of Austria’s list) and Michael Soyza, who won a similar prize to that on offer up top here for his victory in last year’s Triton Series 6 Handed event in Jeju. Kahle Burns, Webster Lim and Ben Heath lie in the middle of the pack chip-wise, with Cary Katz and Paul Phua rounding out the stellar line-up with the shortest stacks.
Katz is looking for a fourth final table payday here in Sochi; Phua’s best result so far (this week) was a runner up finish in Event #3 for $305,000. Both players cashed in yesterday’s Event #5 $50,000 Short Deck.
Final Day Players
| 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 |
Live coverage of key action through the bubble to when the biggest prize of the High Roller Series Sochi so far is awarded begins here at 7am EDT/2pm local time along with the live stream on PokerGO.
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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End of Day Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Addamo | 1,595,000 |
-290,000 |
| Adrian Mateos | 1,370,000 |
620,000 |
| Matthias Eibinger | 970,000 |
-80,000 |
| Michael Soyza | 905,000 |
155,000 |
| Kahle Burns | 835,000 |
-105,000 |
| Chin Wei Lim | 790,000 |
20,000 |
| Benjamin Heath | 765,000 |
-320,000 |
| Cary Katz | 600,000 |
-180,000 |
| Paul Phua | 570,000 |
55,000 |
Matthias Eibinger Reaches a Seven-Figure Stack
Matthias Eibinger opened to 65,000 from under the gun and just one player called in Webster Lim who sat in the hijack. A [ts9h5h] flop spread on the table and both players checked to the [10d] turn card.
Each tapped the table again to see the [kh] river and Eibinger threw in a bet of 140,000. Lim dipped out and Eibinger pulled in one of the last hands of the night.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Matthias Eibinger | 1,050,000 |
125,000 |
| Chin Wei Lim | 770,000 |
-65,000 |
Matthias Eibinger Continues to Grow
Michael Addamo opened to 60,000 from under the gun and action folded to Matthias Eibinger who three-bet shoved. Addamo folded and Eibinger took down another pot her at the unofficial final table.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Addamo | 1,885,000 |
-140,000 |
| Matthias Eibinger | 925,000 |
205,000 |
Unofficial Final Table
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Ben Heath | 1,085,000 | 36 |
| 2 | Matthias Eibinger | 720,000 | 24 |
| 3 | Michael Soyza | 750,000 | 25 |
| 4 | Cary Katz | 780,000 | 26 |
| 5 | Michael Addamo | 2,025,000 | 68 |
| 6 | Webster Lim | 835,000 | 28 |
| 7 | Adrian Mateos | 750,000 | 25 |
| 8 | Paul Phua | 515,000 | 17 |
| 9 | Kahle Burns | 940,000 | 31 |
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Addamo | 2,025,000 | - |
| Benjamin Heath | 1,085,000 |
435,000 |
| Kahle Burns | 940,000 |
-50,000 |
| Chin Wei Lim | 835,000 |
-190,000 |
| Cary Katz | 780,000 |
-785,000 |
| Adrian Mateos | 750,000 |
50,000 |
| Michael Soyza | 750,000 |
160,000 |
| Matthias Eibinger | 720,000 |
320,000 |
| Paul Phua | 515,000 |
-310,000 |
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