Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€5,000,000
Entries
504
Level
33
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
8,000,000
Level 8
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Day 1b is complete in the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe Main Event, and with the chips in the bags it’s Freddy Deeb who holds the chip lead going into Day 2. Deeb ended the night with 5,875,000 chips, which is the largest overall stack from either of the Day 1 flights.
Other large stacks from Day 1b include Piet Pape (5,585,000) and Yake Wu (5,500,000), and the trio of Deeb, Pape and Wu finished at a large distance ahead of the rest of the Day 1b field. Like Day 1a, the Day 1b field played through eight 60-minute levels in the €10,300 buy-in event after beginning the day at noon local time.
Those three players will be the top three stacks when Day 2 commences. The 59 players that survived Day 1b will join the 101 players that bagged Day 1a, and the combined field of 160 will return to the King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic Friday for Day 2 as the action continues in this €5,000,000 guaranteed tournament.
Deeb, Wu Bag Big
Poker legend Freddy Deeb has been no stranger to success at partypoker LIVE MILLIONS events in 2019.
Deeb’s largest cash in the last four years came earlier this year, when he finished fourth in the Main Event of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas event and took home $319,200. Deeb appeared in the field early in the day and rode a wave of big pots to the overall chip lead. He’ll be looking to add to his legend, and his total tournament career tournaments earnings total , which coming into this tournament is $8,945,355.
Deeb is joined at the top of the chip leaderboard by the German Pape, and China’s Wu. Wu is coming off a second-place finish in the €25,000 Triton Short Deck event earlier at the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe, and is in good position to add to an already successful trip to Rozvadov with a possible deep run in the Main Event.
Loaded Field
A table full of crushers developed right at the start of Thursday’s flight, as Ben Heath, Charlie Carrel, and partypoker pro Josip Simunic were all seated together. That lineup was moved to the televised feature table for much of day. Hossein Ensan, the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, joined the group later in the day at what was certainly one of the toughest draws in the room.
Other interesting dynamics unfolded at other tables, including a pair of WSOP Main Event champions seated next to each other in Ryan Riess and 2018 WSOP Europe Champion Jack Sinclair. Yet another table put partypoker pro Jeff Gross at the same table as German pros Ole Schemion and Steffan Sontheimer, and that group was moved to the feature table for the second half of the day.
A slew of other big names came through the King’s Casino poker arena for Day 1b. Some of the players not making through the day included Sontheimer, Mustapha Kanit, Michael Chi Zhang and Kristen Bicknell. All of those players busted Day 1b, but all still have the opportunity to re-enter the event through the first two levels of Day 2.
Some of the players that did make it through to Day 2 include partypoker pros like Bertand Grospellier (835,000) and Josep Simunic (675,000).
Other notables making it through included Carrel (2,975,000), Kenny Hallaert (2,930,000), Maria Lampropulos (1,855,000), Kahle Burns (1,655,000) Orpen Kisacikoglu (1,615,000) and Sinclair (1,410,000). Heath (1,140,000), Ensan (920,000) and Schemion (480,000) also all made it to the end of the night with chips in the bag.
Day 2 restarts at noon local time Friday, and play starts at Level 9 with the blinds at 15000/30000. Players will keep working through 60-minute levels, with late registration available up until the beginning of Level 11.
Keep it right here with the PokerNews live reporting team as the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe Main Event continues.
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Level 8
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,875,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
|
||
|
5,585,000
1,935,000
|
1,935,000 |
|
5,500,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
4,495,000 | |
|
3,975,000
3,045,000
|
3,045,000 |
|
3,700,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
3,455,000
2,055,000
|
2,055,000 |
|
3,170,000
3,170,000
|
3,170,000 |
|
2,975,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
2,930,000
2,230,000
|
2,230,000 |
|
2,675,000
1,744,000
|
1,744,000 |
|
2,570,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
2,550,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
2,480,000 | |
|
2,425,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
|
2,375,000 | |
|
2,330,000 | |
|
2,325,000
-385,000
|
-385,000 |
|
2,305,000
-795,000
|
-795,000 |
|
2,260,000
760,000
|
760,000 |
|
||
|
2,260,000 | |
|
1,855,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
1,850,000
780,000
|
780,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,835,000 | |
|
1,800,000 | |
Level 8
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The field will play five more hands before play ends for the night.
Level 8
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Freddy Deeb raised from early position to 65,000 and he was called by big blind Manig Loeser. They went heads-up to the 
flop and Loeser check-called a bet of 75,000.
The turn was the 
and both opted to check and the 
river completed the board. Loeser led out with a very small bet of 35,000 and Deeb asked him how much he had behind. The answer was 415,000 and Deeb immediately announced that he was all in.
That got a fold out of Loeser and Deeb won even more chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
415,000
-585,000
|
-585,000 |
|
||
Level 8
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Charlie Carrel and Ben Heath went head-to-head in yet another pot on Day 1b, with Carrel getting the best of it this time.
Carrel, from the big blind, check-called a 265,000 from Heath on a 
board. The river came 
, Carrel checked and Heath checked back.
Carrel showed 
, good enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
|
||
|
950,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
Level 8
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Among the latest eliminations are a lot of familiar names. Mustapha Kanit, Aymon Hata, Steffen Sontheimer, partypoker Team Online member Jeff Gross, and MILLIONS €25K Super High Roller champion Michael Chi Zhang. Zhang took the Super High Roller down by beating Tom Vogelsang heads-up, banking €350,000.
Vogelsang busted earlier in the day but both still have the opportunity to reenter the event on Day 2
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 7
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
With 
on the board, Charle Carrel bet 200,000 from the hijack, into Ben Heath on the button. Heath took some time to think about making the call, with his own stack dwindling.
Three time bank chips later, Heath made the call, and saw that his 
was good against Carrel's 
. The gutsy ace-high call keeps Heath in the hunt as the last level of Day 1b approaches.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
900,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
Level 7
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
It all started out pretty slow when everyone folded to Aleksei Gortikov on the button but that is where the party started. He opened the action with a raise to 40,000 and Yake Wu three-bet from the small blind to 125,000. Yazan Mdanat called from the big blind and initial raiser Gortiov called as well.
The flop was dealt 
and Wu continued his preflop aggression with a bet of 230,000. Mdanat then raised to 530,000 and Gortikov just called. Wu four-bet all in and Mdanat got out of the way. Wu had Gortikov covered who called for 1,700,000 in total.
Aleksei Gortikov: 
Yake Wu: 
The board ran out with the on the turn and the 
on the river and Wu raked in a big pot to close in on six million chips while Gortikov was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,900,000
2,600,000
|
2,600,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
|
Busted |