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MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

09-23-2021 21:15 UTC+2

Ghazarian, Gill and Fatehi Among the Chip Leaders After Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,200/2,500, 2,500 ante

The second starting day of the 2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 Main Event has wrapped up with 86 players out of 205 entries remaining. While the crown jewel of the festival schedule has not surpassed the $3 million guarantee yet that will likely only be a formality with two starting days to come. Furthermore, the late registration also remains open for another three levels on Day 2 to further boost the field size.

Seven players accumulated more than half a million in chips and Ali Shaerzadeh topped the Day 1b leaderboard with 699,500, followed by Harout Ghazarian (659,500), and Harpreet Gill (621,000). It was Gill who won the biggest pot of the day after he doubled through Mario Mosboeck with aces versus kings and he held onto the big pile of chips until the very end. Mosboeck re-entered successfully and advanced with a stack of 210,000.

$5,300 Main Event Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds for Day 2
1	Ali Shaerzadeh	Iran	699,500	233
2	Harout Ghazarian	Canada	659,500	220
3	Harpreet Gill	Canada	621,000	207
4	Nikolay Blinov	Russia	557,500	186
5	Ali Reza Fatehi	Iran	556,000	185
6	[Removed:464]	Lithuania	551,500	184
7	Sina Alamzad	Iran	510,500	170
8	Garik Tamasian	Russia	453,500	151
9	Amir Pahlawani Sarughieh	Germany	409,500	137
10	Job Greben	Netherlands	400,500	134

John Duthie was the sole partypoker representative to join the action on the second of four starting days and quickly lost half of his stack in the opening level. He then recovered all the losses and jumped above the average before ending level nine with a stack of 95,000.

The Action of the Day

It was a slow start to the day with just seven tables in play but after barely half an hour, two players were already eliminated. Mete Ustuay turned two pair but ran into the flopped nut straight for Lukas Zaskodny and hit the rail. Soon after, Amir Pahlawani Sarughieh flopped a set of eights but Saar Wilf had the superior set of jacks to cause the second seat open. Zaskodny (382,500) and Wilf (330,000) held onto their bigger stacks until the very end and will be back for Day 2.

As the field expanded, the eliminations and re-entries kept going up and the field eventually surpassed 200 total entries.

Some of those that didn't make it through the day and will likely enter one of the remaining two flights were Bart Lybaert, Ivan Sakharov, Saman Nakhjavani, recent WSOP Circuit Main Event ring winner Andrea Ricci, Shyngis Satubayev, Matas Cimbolas, and Timur Margolin. The final hand of the night also saw the departure of rising Russian star Artur Martirosian, who attempted to run up a stack but ran into the second nut flush of Fahredin Mustafov.

Mustafov reached the final table of the $2,200 Warm Up in which he finished second, and then late registered the $10,500 High Roller to finish in fourth place. The Bulgarian advanced with 377,000 in chips, which is well above the average upon completion of the first two starting days.

Day 1c with levels of 40 minutes and Day 1d with a turbo structure and 25-minute levels will take place on Friday, September 24. The PokerNews team will provide live updates for the first flight and the final chip counts for Day 1d once they are provided before continuing the coverage as of Day 2 and until the end o the tournament.

Tags: Ali Reza Fatehi Ali Shaerzadeh Artur Martirosian Fahredin Mustafov Garik Tamasian Harout Ghazarian Harpreet Gill Job Greben John Duthie Lukas Zaskodny Mario Mosboeck Saar Wilf

09-23-2021 20:45 UTC+2

End-of-Day 1b Counts (full)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,200/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Shaerzadeh	699,500 39,500	39,500

Harout Ghazarian	659,500 279,500	279,500
Harpreet Gill	621,000 -9,000	-9,000
Nikolay Blinov	557,500 37,500	37,500
Ali Reza Fatehi	556,000 246,000	246,000
[Removed:464]	551,500 71,500	71,500
Sina Alamzad	510,500 215,500	215,500
Garik Tamasian	453,500 13,500	13,500
Amir Pahlawani Sarughieh	409,500 69,500	69,500
Job Greben	400,500 20,500	20,500
Sercan Okten	399,000 64,000	64,000
Kerem Tibuk	396,000 -104,000	-104,000
Lukas Zaskodny	382,500 2,500	2,500

Ramon Colillas	381,000 -29,000	-29,000

Fahredin Mustafov	377,000 -3,000	-3,000
Istvan Birizdo	376,500 56,500	56,500
Daniel Rezaei	353,000 353,000	353,000
Sergio Aido	349,500 66,500	66,500

Wael Sarkis	348,000 138,000	138,000
Saar Wilf	330,000 -40,000	-40,000
Billy Irvine	322,000 322,000	322,000
Emir Aykurt	315,000 315,000	315,000
Erik Smith	305,500 305,500	305,500
Majid Kamarei	297,500 -37,500	-37,500
Ramez Haddad	286,500 286,500	286,500

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09-23-2021 20:33 UTC+2

Day 1b Completed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,200/2,500, 2,500 ante

Only around 90 players remain and they have bagged and tagged for the night. Assorted counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.

09-23-2021 20:28 UTC+2

Martirosian Eliminated by Mustafov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,200/2,500, 2,500 ante

In the last hand of the night, Artur Martirosian and Fahredin Mustafov invested 50,000 each in a battle of the blinds. Martirosian checked the flop and then called a bet worth 13,000. He also checked the turn and then jammed the river for around 65,000.

Mustafov snap-called and Martirosian grinned, flashing the . It was crushed by the of Mustafov and Martirosian will be back on either Day 1c or Day 1d to try and run up a stack, as he wasn't willing to start Day 2 with around the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	380,000 30,000	30,000
Artur Martirosian	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Fahredin Mustafov

09-23-2021 20:24 UTC+2

Late Double for Miller

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,200/2,500, 2,500 ante

On the heads-up turn of , Gary Miller called all-in for the 33,800 he had behind as he faced Sina Alamzad in showdown.

Gary Miller:
Sina Alamzad:

Miller needed a club and got just that on the river to survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sina Alamzad	295,000 -55,000	-55,000
Gary Miller	140,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Gary Miller Sina Alamzad

09-23-2021 20:20 UTC+2

Only Three Hands Remain

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,200/2,500, 2,500 ante

The clock has been stopped with 92 players out of 205 entries remaining and they will play another three hands for tonight.

09-23-2021 20:19 UTC+2

Güngören Runs Into Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,200/2,500, 2,500 ante

Down to just 14,500, Gürcan Güngören jammed it in and Majid Kamarei in the cutoff asked for a count before flat-calling. All other players folded and the cards were turned over.

Gürcan Güngören:
Majid Kamarei:

Only one four wasn't enough on the board and that spelled the end for Güngören.

Player	Chips	Progress
Majid Kamarei	335,000 -25,000	-25,000
Gürcan Güngören	Busted

Tags: Majid Kamarei Gücan Güngören

09-23-2021 20:13 UTC+2

Michael Bombs the River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,200/2,500, 2,500 ante

Angelos Michael defended the big blind and check-called the flop for 11,000. He then led the turn for 31,000 and bet the river for 104,000. Andrew Martin was in the tank and then asked the one typical question. "Will you show if I fold?"

No reaction from Michael came and the clock was called on Martin, who mucked before the 30 second countdown started. "I had the nine of diamonds, that I can tell you," Michael said in table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angelos Michael	330,000 -25,000	-25,000
Andrew Martin	245,000 -82,000	-82,000

Tags: Angelos Michael Andrew Martin

09-23-2021 20:00 UTC+2

Christoforou Wins a Showdown Pot

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,200/2,500, 2,500 ante

With around 40,000 in the middle and four players still to act, the completed board showed . Andreas Christoforou in the small blind bet 15,000 and Istvan Birizdo was curious enough to call.