$5,300 Millions Main Event ($5 Million Gtd.)
Dia 1a Começado
$5,300 Millions Main Event ($5 Million Gtd.)
Dia 1a Começado
It's here! The $5million guaranteed 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Main Event! The first flight of the $5,300 buy-in MILLIONS Event is to be played out over eight 60-minute levels at The Level at Melia Caribe Tropical in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Day 1A starts at midday, with the later flight, Day 1B, starting at 7:00pm local time. There are two more Day 1's running tomorrow at the same times: noon and 7:00pm, before all survivors collaborate for Day 2, starting on Wednesday 22nd, with the eventual winner lifting the trophy on Saturday 25th after five days of poker.
Late registration and re-entry for this event will be available until the end of level 12, four hours into Day 2. We'll be with you the whole way to bring you updates throughout.
The tournament director just called for dealers to "shuffle up and deal!"
Nível: 1
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 2,500
The total entrant count has risen to a total of 189, each starting with a massive 1,000,000 chips.
Some of the early notables to take their seats include partypoker Chairman, Mike Sexton, $10,300 MILLIONS High Roller runner-up Jonathan Little and a couple of Canada's top poker pros, Ari Engel and Francois Billard.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Mike Sexton | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Jonathan Little
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
June Jenkins | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Robert Heidorn | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Ari Engel
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Francois Billard | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Pfizer Jordan | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
We join the action in a hand between Andy Bacon and partypoker sponsored pro Johnny Lodden, with around 50,000 in the middle, looking at a flop.
Lodden check-called a 50,000-chip flop bet from Bacon, before the dealer burned and turned the . Lodden checked the action over to Bacon again, who put out a bet of 75,000 before Lodden came over the top with a check-raise to 225,000. Bacon wasted no time calling before they went to a board-pairing river.
Lodden put out a bet of 300,000, getting a quick fold from Bacon and dragging in an early pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Johnny Lodden | 1,325,000 | |
Andy Bacon
|
710,000 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
After a rough start, Pavel Kovalenko is grinding a few chips back.
Facing an open to 12,500 and two callers, Kovalenko popped it up to 65,000 from the cutoff. The original raiser folded, but the two limpers callers and they went three ways to a flop.
Action checked to Kovalenko, who put out a continuation bet of 55,500 and quickly got it through, dragging in a small but most welcome pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Pavel Kovalenko | 660,000 |
With nearly 300,000 chips in the middle, the dealer fanned the flop of . Pablo Brita Silva checked from the big blind and his opponent bet 100,000 on the button. Silva check-raised to 275,000 only to have his opponent move all in for 771,000. Silva thought for a brief moment and decided to make the call.
Silva turned over and was up against the of his opponent. The turn brought the and the river landed the sending the pot to Silva and his opponent was the first player to be eliminated.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Pablo Brita Silva
|
1,850,000 |