There will be 19 players returning on Day 3 of the $10,300 MILLIONS High Roller and only one will be left standing by the day's end. They will all gather at the Melia Caribe Tropical resort in beautiful Punta Cana for the 2017 Caribbean Poker Party presented by partypoker LIVE.
Jonathan Little will be leading the charge with 15,080,000 and will be hoping the momentum he gathered towards the end of Day 2 has not disappeared. Both he and Preben Stokkan (11,210,000) from Norway pulled away from the rest of the field, being the only two players to bag over 10 million chips. The players remaining are kind of the who's who of poker with familiar faces in every direction you look. Kenny Hallaert (7,950,000), Sam Greenwood (7,780,000), Steffen Sontheimer (5,110,000), partypoker Sponsored pro, Roberto Romanello (2,100,000), and Ryan Riess (2,030,000) will all be looking to take home the title.
Along with the title, comes the first-place prize of $275,000 and the bragging rights of topping some of poker's elite players. The money bubble is on the horizon with a total of 11 places getting paid and a min-cash worth $20,000.
Payouts
Place
Prize (USD)
1
$275,000
2
$175,000
3
$124,100
4
$100,000
5
$85,000
6
$70,000
7
$55,000
8
$40,000
9
$30,000
10
$25,000
11
$20,000
The action is set to resume at 12:00 P.M. local time and will conclude when a winner has been crowned. The blinds will begin at 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 button ante in play. The levels will continue to be 60-minutes in length with a 20-minute break after every two levels.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team to find out who will be crowned the first champion at the 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival.
After eliminating Barry Hutter to start the day, Preben Stokkan was moved to the left of Jonathan Little as the new chip leader. A few hands later, Roberto Romanello moved all in for 1.71 million from under the gun and Michael Watson announced all in for 4.29 million directly to his left. Preben Stokkan was in the cutoff and thought for a couple of minutes before pushing all in as well.
"I hope you guys both have ace-king," Romanello said.
Preben Stokkan:
Michael Watson:
Roberto Romanello:
Romanello was in a good position to triple up with both of his opponents holding the same cards. The flop was safe for Romanello but the on the turn provided some straight and flush draws for his opponents. The river brought the and Stokkan made the nut flush to eliminate Romanello and Watson.
The action folded around to Ryan Riess in the small blind who moved all in for his short stack of 1.545 million. Kenny Hallaert was in the big blind and looked down at his cards, one at a time, and made the call.
Kenny Hallaert:
Ryan Riess:
The flop came and Riess was still out front with two pair. However, the on the turn paired Hallaert's ace and the on the river sealed the deal. Riess was eliminated and the remaining 12 players are now on the money bubble.
Sam Greenwood raised to 2.5 million from the hijack, having the rest of the players at his table covered by plenty of chips. It was Manig Loeser in the small blind who decided to call for his last 700,000.
Sam Greenwood:
Manig Loeser:
The flop came , giving Greenwood a straight and leaving Loeser drawing slim. The turn was the and the river brought the securing the win for Greenwood.
With just 11 players remaining, everyone remaining is guaranteed to take home at least $20,000.
Sam Greenwood raised to 400,000 from the cutoff and Sergio Aido pushed all in for around 2.6 million from the big blind. Greenwood quickly called and tabled . It was a race situation as he was up against the of Aido.
The flop came and Greenwood was still out front with two pair. The landed on the turn and the completed the board. Aido was unable to connect with the board and was eliminated in 11th place.
Stefan Schillhabel opened to 450,000 from the cutoff and Kenny Hallaert shoved all in from the big blind. Schillhabel made the call for his last 3.5 million and was at risk.
Kenny Hallaert:
Stefan Schillhabel:
The board ran out and Hallaert's two pair, aces and sixes, was good enough to earn him the pot and eliminate Schillhabel in 10th place.
It has been informed that the live-stream was not expected to begin until the official final table was reached. However, the table has informed us that there was a double knockout in one of the first hands played.
Sean Winter opened from middle position and Jonathan Little pushed all in from the button. Felipe Ramos was in the big blind and called for his last 525,000. Winter also called for his remaining 2.3 million chips and the three hands were tabled.
Jonathan Little:
Sean Winter:
Felipe Ramos:
Jonathan Little picked up a flush draw when two diamonds landed on the flop. The river was another diamond sending the entire pot to Little and eliminating Winter and Ramos.
Jonathan Little opened to 450,000 from the cutoff with and Sam Greenwood just called on the button with . Pascal Lefrancois called from the small blind with and Steffen Sontheimer pushed all in for 2.175 million from the big blind with . Little folded and Greenwood pushed all in, forcing Lefrancois out of the pot as well.
The flop provided no help to Sontheimer but the on the turn gave him some outs. The completed the board on the river and Sontheimer was ousted in seventh place.
Sam Greenwood raised to 550,000 on the button with and Pascal Lefrancois pushed all in for his short stack of 4.1 million with in the small blind. Greenwood made the call and the two hands were tabled.
The flop came leaving Lefrancois in the lead and the on the turn changed nothing. However, the river brought the and Greenwood made a pair of aces to eliminate Lefrancois in sixth place.
Jonathan Little raised to 700,000 from the cutoff with and Kenny Hallaert defended his big blind with . The flop came and Hallaert check-called a bet of 700,000 from Little.
The turn was the giving both players a gut-shot straight draw, Little with the larger one. Both players checked and the landed on the river. Hallaert led out for 2.25 million and Little pushed all in. Hallaert made the call for his remaining chips and found out the bad news, being eliminated in fifth place.
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flop was safe for Romanello but the 
on the turn provided some straight and flush draws for his opponents. The river brought the 
and Stokkan made the nut flush to eliminate Romanello and Watson.
and Riess was still out front with two pair. However, the 
on the river sealed the deal. Riess was eliminated and the remaining 12 players are now on the money bubble.
, giving Greenwood a straight and leaving Loeser drawing slim. The turn was the 
and the river brought the 
. It was a race situation as he was up against the 
of Aido.
landed on the turn and the 
completed the board. Aido was unable to connect with the board and was eliminated in 11th place.
flop provided no help to Sontheimer but the 
on the turn gave him some outs. The 
landed on the river. Hallaert led out for 2.25 million and Little pushed all in. Hallaert made the call for his remaining chips and found out the bad news, being eliminated in fifth place.