High Roller Finale

High Roller Finale Back in Action

Posted January 11, 2020 at 9:17 am ET by Jen Mason

A few more players (see below) took their seats before the first cards of Day 2 hit the air, and we expect late entries to continue at a steady pace.

Player	Chips	Change
Benjamin Pollak	1,000,000	-
Ryan Riess	1,000,000	440,000
Joao Vieira	1,000,000	-
Morten Klein	1,000,000	-150,000
Daniel Rezaei	1,000,000	-
Christopher Fraser	1,000,000	-
Michael Sklenicka	1,000,000	-
Preben Stokkan	1,000,000	-
Govert Metaal	1,000,000	1,000,000
Felix Bleiker	1,000,000	-
Ian Gascoigne	1,000,000	-

Day 2 of the $10,300 High Roller Finale Set to Commence

Posted January 11, 2020 at 8:14 am ET by Jen Mason

The 13 survivors from the first day’s play in the MILLIONS UK $10,300 High Roller Finale have already been joined by four Day 2 starters, and we expect there to be a moderate revolving door for early bust-outs as unlimited re-entry is allowed until 6:30pm (four levels).

John Duthie returns as chip leader with a whisker shy of three million chips (blinds 10,000/20,000), in pole position but still with a long way to go in this three-day battle of the high rollers. Christoph Vogelsang (pictured) is the starting short stack with just over 12 big blinds.

The prize pool will be announced after the end of registration; we do know that it is a guaranteed $1,000,000.

Updates and chip counts will be posted hourly during Day 2.

Player	Chips	Change
Manuel Ruivo	1,000,000	-
Christopher Kromidias	1,000,000	-
Thomas Hall	1,000,000	-
Christopher Kyriacou	1,000,000	-

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

Posted January 10, 2020 at 8:42 pm ET by Jen Mason

Kristen Bicknell, John Duthie, and Alex Foxen (photo: Mickey May/partypoker)

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 is partypoker’s John Duthie, who bantered his way into amassing a healthy stack of 2,955,000. His closest rivals are Fahad Althani (2,825,000), Martin Mathis (2,500,000), Dimitar Danchev (2,435,000), and Max Silver (2,245,000).

Shortest by a considerable margin is Christoph Vogelsang, who will return with 245,000, the blinds at 10,000/20,000/20,000. Should fortune not favor him (or any of the others, for that matter), re-entry is permitted for four levels, ending at 6:30 pm.

Play restarts at 2 pm local time, with hourly updates from the start.

TAGS: Christoph Vogelsang, Dimitar Danchev, Fahad Althani, John Duthie, Martin Mathis

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

Posted January 10, 2020 at 8:20 pm ET by Jen Mason

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.

Player	Chips	Change
John Duthie	2,955,000	-345,000
Fahad Althani	2,825,000	1,125,000
Martin Mathis	2,500,000	400,000
Dimitar Danchev	2,435,000	1,365,000
Paul Byrne	2,310,000	1,310,000
Max Silver	2,245,000	1,295,000
Alex Foxen	2,085,000	665,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	2,080,000	630,000
Kristen Bicknell	1,745,000	845,000
Sirzat Hissou	1,590,000	-410,000
Morten Klein	1,150,000	-620,000
Tibor Nagygyorgy	865,000	85,000
Christoph Vogelsang	245,000	-35,000

Metaal Busts; Duthie Puts Vogelsang to the Test

Posted January 10, 2020 at 7:05 pm ET by Jen Mason

John Duthie (photo: Mickey May/partypoker)

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: [asah]
Metaal: [ac9d]

The board ran out [ks6hqhqd9h] busting Metaal.

Elsewhere, chip leader John Duthie put shortest current stack Christoph Vogelsang to the test for his stack. The hand started with an under the gun raise to 28,000 from Duthie and three-bet to 74,000 from Vogelsang, which he called. Both players checked the [qdjc5h] flop, bringing a second five on the turn – the [5d]. Now Duthie led out for 105,000, called by Vogelsang.

The river brought a second pair to the board with the [qc]. Now Duthie simply plonked down a big stack of blue 100,000 chips, asking Vogelsang if he wished to call off his remaining 280,000.

“Don’t do it, son, don’t do it,” warned Duthie.

Vogelsang finally folded, showing [As5s], while Duthie showed a bigger house with [jsjd].

Player	Chips	Change
John Duthie	3,300,000	1,050,000
Igor Kurganov	1,900,000	330,000
Christoph Vogelsang	280,000	-420,000
Govert Metaal	Busted	-450,000

High Roller Chips – Mathis, Duthie and Hissou in Front

Posted January 10, 2020 at 6:04 pm ET by Jen Mason

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

Player	Chips	Change
John Duthie	2,250,000	750,000
Martin Mathis	2,100,000	640,000
Sirzat Hissou	2,000,000	-370,000
Morten Klein	1,770,000	645,000
Fahad Althani	1,700,000	520,000
Alexandros Kolonias	1,640,000	470,000
Igor Kurganov	1,570,000	-230,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	1,450,000	1,150,000
Alex Foxen	1,420,000	-1,060,000
Dimitar Danchev	1,070,000	-200,000
Kahle Burns	1,000,000	-300,000
Max Silver	950,000	150,000
Kristen Bicknell	900,000	-100,000
Tibor Nagygyorgy	780,000	220,000
Christoph Vogelsang	700,000	-170,000
Ryan Riess	560,000	-340,000
Govert Metaal	450,000	-450,000