MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus

MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 Main Event

Day 2 Completed

09-25-2021 21:45 UTC+2

Beg Leads 109 Survivors; Big Names In the Mix Close to the Money Bubble

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The crown jewel of the 2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus festival at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel Casino & Spa in Girne, North Cyprus is one step closer to crowning a champion. Out of a field of 839 entries, only 109 hopefuls remain in the mix and the top 98 finishers will receive a portion of the $3,859,400 prize pool.

It was an incredibly busy day in the conference centre which saw the field size padded with another 140 entries in the three hours of late registration. Once nine levels of 60 minutes each were completed, the tournament all but reached the money bubble but didn't get there yet.

Furkan Beg soared into the top spot in the final level of the night after scoring a massive double through the 2020 WSOP Online International Main Event champion Stoyan Madanzhiev and finished the night with 2,520,000 in chips. The Bulgarian also made it through, albeit with a shorter stack of just 420,000.

Other big stacks belong to Giorgiy Skhulukhiya (2,190,000), Vlad Darie (2,170,000), Zorlu Er (2,128,000), Dominik Panka (1,966,000), Martin Mulsow (1,678,000) and Turkish High Roller Selahaddin Bedir (1,573,000). Russian star in the making Artur Martirosian was also involved until the very end to claim 1,484,000 for the penultimate tournament day.

Team partypoker had three hopes in the field but only one of them made it through in Joni Jouhkimainen. The Finn spent most of the day on an action-loaded table and advanced with 975,000. For John Duthie, the end came during the early stages already when he ran into pocket kings and Jeff Gross busted in the final level via coin flip.

Many other big names also left without anything to show for. Nicolas Chouity, Matas Cimbolas, $10,500 High Roller runner-up Tobias Duthweiler, Roberto Romanello, Manig Loeser, Paul Newey, Bart Lybaert and Jakub Michalak all failed to advance for a shot at the money stages.

The same also applied for the French online streamers Timothe Busso and Killian Desnos, who both busted in level 16 minutes apart from each other. Desnos three-bet jammed with ace-nine suited into the ace-king of Martin Mulsow and failed to get there with his one live card and a gutshot.

As the late eliminations kept pouring in, the money bubble was already in sight when the final three hands were announced. Ultimately, 109 hopefuls bagged up for the night and they will return at noon local time the following day. The blinds then will be 10,000/20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000 and it remains to be seen whether or not the final table can be reached.

Tags: Artur Martirosian Dominik Panka Furkan Beg Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Jeff Gross John Duthie Joni Jouhkimainen Killian Desnos Martin Mulsow Selahaddin Bedir Stoyan Madanzhiev Timothe Busso Tobias Duthweiler Vlad Darie Zorlu Er

09-25-2021 21:15 UTC+2

Day 3 Seat Draw

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Nationality	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Tamer Abdelzaher	Egypt	903,000	45
1	2	Bakhos Joumaa	Lebanon	414,000	21
1	3	Yury Salikaev	Russia	190,000	10
1	4	Recep Aydemir	Turkey	625,000	31
1	5	Roland Rokita	Austria	434,000	22
1	6	Robert Heidorn	Germany	1,000,000	50
1	7	Omid Mandani	Iran	1,261,000	63
1	8	Javad Abdolvand	Iran	971,000	49
1	9	Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina	Russia	587,000	29

2	1	Oleg Semionov	Russia	636,000	32
2	2	Mihai Niste	Romania	677,000	34
2	3	Ruslan Volkov	Ukraine	983,000	49
2	4	Ludovic Periaux	France	376,000	19
2	5	James Romero	United States	350,000	18
2	6	Yiannis Liperis	United Kingdom	814,000	41
2	7	Aleksei Gortikov	Russia	231,000	12
2	8	Vlada Stojanovic	Serbia	284,000	14
2	9	Axel Hallay	France	387,000	19

3	1	[Removed:464]	Lithuania	1,627,000	81
3	2	Alessio Isaia	Italy	270,000	14
3	3	Algirdas Saveikis	Lithuania	324,000	16
3	4	Tamer Ustaoglu	Turkey	882,000	44
3	5	Artur Martirosian	Russia	1,484,000	74
3	6	Furkan Beg	Turkey	2,520,000	126
3	7	Danilo Velasevic	Serbia	408,000	20
3	8	Stoyan Madanzhiev	Bulgaria	420,000	21
3	9	Liviu Ignat	Romania	623,000	31

4	1	Wael Sarkis	Lebanon	178,000	9
4	2	Ravil Khamatgareev	Russia	577,000	29
4	3	Volodymyr Drokin	Ukraine	336,000	17
4	4	Sergio Fernandez Bernal	Spain	942,000	47
4	5	Nikolay	Russia	434,000	22
4	6	Sergio Aido	Spain	1,989,000	99
4	7	Ran Azor	Israel	350,000	18
4	8	Fabian Bernhauser	Austria	889,000	44
4	9	Johan Guilbert	France	312,000	16

5	1	Eduard Norel	Romania	841,000	42
5	2	Selahaddin Bedir	Turkey	1,573,000	79
5	3	Imad Saab	Lebanon	555,000	28
5	4	Amir Pahlawani Sarughieh	Iran	725,000	36
5	5	Rokas Neiberka	Lithuania	903,000	45
5	6	Salih Kocagol	Turkey	2,099,000	105
5	7	Kassem Hammoud	Lebanon	396,000	20
5	8	Majid Kamarei	Iran	1,085,000	54
5	9	Laszlo Bujtas	Hungary	455,000	23

6	1	Baris Topkaya	Turkey	522,000	26
6	2	Halil Baybars	Turkey	610,000	31
6	3	Christoph Bruell	Germany	128,000	6
6	4	Ramon Colillas	Spain	608,000	30
6	5	Nandor Solyom	Hungary	350,000	18
6	6	Charalambos Charalambous	Cyprus	202,000	10
6	7	Garik Tamasian	Russia	633,000	32
6	8	[Removed:452]	Montenegro	1,594,000	80

7	1	Ali Shaerzadeh	Iran	805,000	40
7	2	Luc van der Beek	Netherlands	289,000	14
7	3	Harold Terwagne	United Kingdom	636,000	32
7	4	Aidos Bissariyev	Kazakhstan	401,000	20
7	5	Philippe Jibeili Acosta	Lebanon	342,000	17
7	6	Martin Mulsow	Germany	1,678,000	84
7	7	Yurii Senchylo	Ukraine	1,772,000	89
7	8	Arutiun Saakian	Armenia	570,000	29

8	1	Danut Chisu	Romania	1,300,000	65
8	2	Alexandr Lakhov	Russia	785,000	39
8	3	Saar Wilf	Israel	1,123,000	56
8	4	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	975,000	49
8	5	Amirmohammad Davoodi	Iran	930,000	47
8	6	Hossein Shabannezhad	Iran	271,000	14
8	7	Billy Irvine	United Kingdom	402,000	20
8	8	Arunas Sapitavicius	Lithuania	315,000	16

9	1	Mark Helou	Lebanon	417,000	21
9	2	Demis Vasilov	Russia	630,000	32
9	3	Angelos Michael	Cyprus	728,000	36
9	4	Viktor Ustimov	Russia	610,000	31
9	5	Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	Russia	2,100,000	105
9	6	Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu	Romania	573,000	29
9	7	Balazs Somodi	Hungary	328,000	16
9	8	Dan Semenescu	Romania	555,000	28

10	1	Nariman Yaghmai	Iran	386,000	19
10	2	Marat Shafigullin	Russia	1,393,000	70
10	3	Istvan Birizdo	Hungary	424,000	21
10	4	Ramez Haddad	Lebanon	274,000	14
10	5	Ahmed Al Barwani	Oman	577,000	29
10	6	Georgio Azar	Lebanon	221,000	11
10	7	Gregoire Auzoux	France	765,000	38
10	8	Semen Kravets	Russia	1,830,000	92

11	1	Daniyar Aubakirov	Kazakhstan	850,000	43
11	2	Harpreet Gill	Canada	1,245,000	62
11	3	Hadi Khadra	Lebanon	1,492,000	75
11	4	Ramzi Karam	Lebanon	403,000	20
11	5	Zorlu Er	Turkey	2,128,000	106
11	6	Kacper Pyzara	Poland	1,266,000	63
11	7	Umit Sadi	Turkey	443,000	22
11	8	Piotr Nurzynski	Poland	743,000	37

12	1	Milen Stefanov	Bulgaria	433,000	22
12	2	Mario Mosboeck	Austria	530,000	27
12	3	Boris Angelov	Bulgaria	843,000	42
12	4	Ravid Garbi	Israel	542,000	27
12	5	Vlad Darie	Romania	2,170,000	109
12	6	Dmitry Gromov	Russia	737,000	37
12	7	Dominik Panka	Poland	1,966,000	98
12	8	Anatoly Suvorov	Russia	525,000	26

13	1	Eimantas Adomavicius	Lithuania	1,227,000	61
13	2	Andrii Andrieiev	Ukraine	740,000	37
13	3	Job Greben	Netherlands	382,000	19
13	4	Viacheslav Buldygin	Russia	385,000	19
13	5	Dumitru Cristinel	Romania	337,000	17
13	6	Maksym Skripkin	Ukraine	1,440,000	72
13	7	Alexandras Rusinovas	Lithuania	337,000	17
13	8	Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	Russia	843,000	42

09-25-2021 21:00 UTC+2

Assorted End-of-Day 2 Counts (full)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Furkan Beg	2,520,000 -130,000	-130,000

Vlad Darie	2,170,000 1,830,000	1,830,000

Zorlu Er	2,128,000 28,000	28,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	2,100,000 50,000	50,000

Salih Kocagol	2,099,000 1,579,000	1,579,000
Sergio Aido	1,989,000 189,000	189,000

Dominik Panka	1,966,000 566,000	566,000

Semen Kravets	1,830,000 80,000	80,000
Yurii Senchylo	1,772,000 1,379,000	1,379,000
Martin Mulsow	1,678,000 28,000	28,000
[Removed:464]	1,627,000 247,000	247,000
[Removed:452]	1,594,000 1,157,500	1,157,500
Selahaddin Bedir	1,573,000 423,000	423,000
Hadi Khadra	1,492,000 1,334,000	1,334,000
Artur Martirosian	1,484,000 -916,000	-916,000

Maksym Skripkin	1,440,000 -110,000	-110,000
Marat Shafigullin	1,393,000 693,000	693,000
Danut Chisu	1,300,000 200,000	200,000
Kacper Pyzara	1,266,000 1,034,000	1,034,000
Omid Mandani	1,261,000 1,023,000	1,023,000
Harpreet Gill	1,245,000 -205,000	-205,000
Eimantas Adomavicius	1,227,000 277,000	277,000
Saar Wilf	1,123,000 383,000	383,000
Majid Kamarei	1,085,000 165,000	165,000
Robert Heidorn	1,000,000 520,000	520,000

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09-25-2021 20:50 UTC+2

Day 2 Completed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The money bubble has not been reached just yet and it appears that 110 players advanced to the penultimate tournament day. Assorted counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.

09-25-2021 20:45 UTC+2

Very Late Double for Velasevic

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Danilo Velasevic got it in before the flop with and Istvan Birizdo had the inferior pocket pair with .

The board ran out and Velasevic scored a vital double at the end of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danilo Velasevic	580,000 165,000	165,000
Istvan Birizdo	400,000 23,500	23,500

Tags: Danilo Velasevic Istvan Birizdo

09-25-2021 20:42 UTC+2

The Last Three Hands

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

With 111 players remaining and ten minutes left in the level, the clocks were stopped. All hopefuls will play another three hands before bagging and tagging.

09-25-2021 20:39 UTC+2

Biz Loses it All to Adomavicius

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

In a preflop contest, Mustafa Biz was once more involved with the inferior pocket pair as he clashed with table neighbour Eimantas Adomavicius.

Eimantas Adomavicius:
Mustafa Biz:

The board brought no help to Biz and the stacks were counted. Biz had 437,000 and Adomavicius only held 15,000 fewer. A few hands passed by and Biz then sent the remainder over to the Lithuanian as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eimantas Adomavicius	950,000 590,000	590,000
Mustafa Biz	Busted

Tags: Eimantas Adomavicius Mustafa Biz

09-25-2021 20:33 UTC+2

Beg Skyrockets Into the Lead

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Furkan Beg exploded in celebration after he scored a big double through Stoyan Madanzhiev. The cards and board were still tabled and Beg doubled for 849,000 with a main pot of more than 600,000 already created on the board. It had been a four-bet pot in which Beg jammed for more than the pot and was called by the Bulgarian.

Madanzhiev's were good for the second pair while Beg had for a set of jacks. He was about to go for a short break but ran back to his seat when the cards were tabled. That proved to be an important decision for the next hand when Martynas Vitkauskas got it in preflop and was snapped off by Beg.