Chris Hunichen Leads Day 1 of the Caribbean Poker Party $5,300 MILLIONS Finale
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A total of 106 entries took to the felt for Day 1 of the $5,300 MILLIONS Finale at the Caribbean Poker Party Festival, 65 of which bagged chips at the conclusion of play. Leading the way is Chris Hunichen (3,897,000), who just won the $25,500 MILLIONS Super High Roller, and close behind are Diego Ventura with 3,462,000, Ming Zhe Zhang with 3,431,000, Vojtech Ruzicka with 3,361,000, and Conor Beresford with 3,155,000.
Although no other players bagged a stack in excess of the 3,000,000-chip mark, a laundry list of accomplished players advanced to Day 2 action alongside the current chip leaders, including partypoker Sponsored Pro Roberto Romanello (2,908,000), Steve O'Dwyer (2,820,000), partypoker Sponsored Pro Natalia Breviglieri (2,502,000), John Duthie (2,361,000), partypoker Sponsored Pro Kristen Bicknell (2,299,000), partypoker Sponsored Pro Marcel Luske (1,953,000), Jonathan Little (1,806,000), partypoker Sponsored Pro Anatoly Filatov (1,530,000), Stephen Chidwick (1,254,000), Kenny Hallaert (1,228,000), Barny Boatman (1,048,000), Adrian Mateos (737,000), Sergio Aido (680,000), and Steven van Zadelhoff (680,000).
Unfortunately, not all the familiar faces who tried their luck in this event survived to the day's end. Rainer Kempe, who shipped the $1,100 MILLIONS Open earlier this week, took his seat early in the day but didn't survive to bag chips at the end.
Day 2 begins Friday at noon local time. Late registration and re-entry will be available until the end of the second break when level 13 begins. The field is scheduled to play eight one-hour levels before bagging chips for the night and will play down to a winner Saturday on Day 3.
The Day 2 seat draw can be found below.
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| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1 | Christopher Oliver | United States | 1,182,000 | 49 |
| 19 | 2 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 1,228,000 | 51 |
| 19 | 3 | Felipe Brasileiro | Brazil | 785,000 | 33 |
| 19 | 4 | Barny Boatman | United Kingdom | 1,048,000 | 44 |
| 19 | 6 | Jonathan Little | United States | 1,806,000 | 75 |
| 19 | 8 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 1,620,000 | 68 |
| 20 | 1 | Nikolai Prokhorskii | Russian Federation | 1,745,000 | 73 |
| 20 | 2 | Simeon Zacharias | Greece | 2,134,000 | 89 |
| 20 | 3 | Stuart Taylor | Canada | 1,946,000 | 81 |
| 20 | 4 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 1,254,000 | 52 |
| 20 | 7 | Ioannis Angelou-Konstas | Greece | 1,871,000 | 78 |
| 20 | 8 | Viktor Ustimov | Russian Federation | 295,000 | 12 |
| 21 | 1 | David Lopez | Spain | 757,000 | 32 |
| 21 | 2 | Gal Yifrach | United States | 1,008,000 | 42 |
| 21 | 3 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 3,897,000 | 162 |
| 21 | 4 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 2,299,000 | 96 |
| 21 | 5 | Javier Gomez | Spain | 1,000,000 | 42 |
| 21 | 6 | Marcel Luske | Netherlands | 1,953,000 | 81 |
| 22 | 1 | Aleksejs Meless | Latvia | 1,338,000 | 56 |
| 22 | 2 | Justin Ouimette | Canada | 2,057,000 | 86 |
| 22 | 3 | Ezequiel Waigel | Argentina | 638,000 | 27 |
| 22 | 4 | Vicente Delgado | Spain | 1,230,000 | 51 |
| 22 | 6 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 2,534,000 | 106 |
| 22 | 7 | Robert Heidorn | Germany | 2,400,000 | 100 |
| 23 | 1 | Michael Watson | Canada | 936,000 | 39 |
| 23 | 2 | Alexander Maximov | Russian Federation | 2,134,000 | 89 |
| 23 | 3 | John Duthie | United Kingdom | 2,361,000 | 98 |
| 23 | 4 | Seth Davies | United States | 1,000,000 | 42 |
| 23 | 5 | Viacheslav Goryachev | Russian Federation | 1,287,000 | 54 |
| 23 | 7 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 2,642,000 | 110 |
| 24 | 1 | Aleks Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 724,000 | 30 |
| 24 | 2 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 3,155,000 | 131 |
| 24 | 3 | Dylan Linde | United States | 869,000 | 36 |
| 24 | 4 | Natalia Breviglieri | United Kingdom | 2,582,000 | 108 |
| 24 | 6 | Cassio Pisapia De Almeida Kiles | Brazil | 2,239,000 | 93 |
| 25 | 1 | Miguel Riera | United Kingdom | 1,400,000 | 58 |
| 25 | 2 | Vojtech Ruzicka | Czech Republic | 3,361,000 | 140 |
| 25 | 3 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 680,000 | 28 |
| 25 | 4 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 1,696,000 | 71 |
| 25 | 8 | Qi Hu | China | 2,372,000 | 99 |
| 26 | 1 | Anatoly Filatov | Russian Federation | 1,530,000 | 64 |
| 26 | 2 | Ming Zhe Zhang | United Kingdom | 3,431,000 | 143 |
| 26 | 3 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 516,000 | 22 |
| 26 | 4 | Steven van Zadelhoff | Netherlands | 680,000 | 28 |
| 26 | 6 | Ivan Deyra | France | 2,048,000 | 85 |
| 27 | 1 | Waheed Ashraf | United Kingdom | 818,000 | 34 |
| 27 | 2 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | 376,000 | 16 |
| 27 | 4 | Fabian Ortiz | Argentina | 720,000 | 30 |
| 27 | 5 | Tony Cousineau | United States | 1,575,000 | 66 |
| 27 | 8 | Rodrigo Perez | Argentina | 752,000 | 31 |
| 28 | 2 | Bryan Ruiter | Netherlands | 1,620,000 | 68 |
| 28 | 3 | Jeffrey Hakim | Lebanon | 1,499,000 | 62 |
| 28 | 4 | Renato Nomura | United States | 2,001,000 | 83 |
| 28 | 6 | Senthuran Vijayaratnam | Canada | 1,350,000 | 56 |
| 28 | 7 | David Laka | Spain | 1,107,000 | 46 |
| 30 | 1 | Roberto Romanello | United Kingdom | 2,900,000 | 121 |
| 30 | 2 | Raul Martinez Requena | Spain | 1,411,000 | 59 |
| 30 | 3 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 737,000 | 31 |
| 30 | 4 | Lander Lijo | Spain | 1,500,000 | 63 |
| 30 | 7 | Guillaume Nolet | Canada | 982,000 | 41 |
| 31 | 1 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 2,820,000 | 118 |
| 31 | 2 | George Richard Tatalovich | United States | 1,524,000 | 64 |
| 31 | 3 | Joseph Cheong | United States | 1,000,000 | 42 |
| 31 | 4 | Diego Ventura | Peru | 3,462,000 | 144 |
| 31 | 6 | Tom Waters | United Kingdom | 1,937,000 | 81 |
, Kristen Bicknell checked from the big blind and Natalia Breviglieri bet 60,000 from middle position. Bicknell called.
and both players checked.
fell on the river and Bicknell checked. Breviglieri bet 35,000, and after brief consideration, Bicknell folded. Breviglieri showed 
as the dealer pushed the pot in her direction.
, Koray Aldemir bet 125,000 from the big blind into his lone opponent on the button. He called, Aldemir quickly tabled 
for aces full, his opponent mucked, and the dealer pushed the pot to Aldemir.
, Anatoly Filatov checked from the big blind and the player in the hijack bet 51,000. Filatov check-raised to 175,000 and his opponent called.
fell on the river and Filatov bet 425,000. His opponent quickly called and Filatov flipped over 
for kings and fives, but his hand was second-best to his opponent's 
.
when we got to the table. Kenny Hallaert checked from the big blind and Steven van Zadelhoff bet 40,000 from early position. Hallaert check-raised to 115,000 and van Zadelhoff called.
, Hallaert bet 155,000, and van Zadelhoff called.
fell on the river and Hallaert shoved for what looked like about 450,000. Van Zadelhoff showed the 
