Day 1C of the Caribbean Poker Party $5,300 MILLIONS Main Event was a short affair, with 20 entrants taking part, just 14 of whom making it to the end of the day, through all eight 30-minute levels. Farid Jattin leads the way, having bagged up 3,494,000 to take through to Day 2, starting tomorrow at midday local time.
Florian [Removed:292] finished in second place; he'll take through 2,439,000, with partypoker Ladies ambassador Charlie Godwin taking through 1,500,000, and Shaun Deeb, playing his second flight of the day, finishing with 840,000.
Former professional boxer and partypoker ambassador Carl Froch narrowly missed out on a Day 2 spot, busting in level 11. Fortunately for Froch, late registration and re-entry for this event is available until the end of level 12 at 17:30 local time tomorrow.
We'll be with you the whole way to bring you updates throughout.
After the hand versus Shaun Deeb, Carl Froch found himself against the ropes, putting his last 200,000 in with on an flop. Unfortunately for Froch, Josef Snejberg was on hand to make the call with .
Snejberg just needed to fade five outs, which he reduced to two on the turn. The landed on the river, delivering the knockout blow to the partypoker ambassador. As Snejberg dragged in the pot, Froch shook hands with the table before leaving the tournament area.
The $5million guaranteed 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Main Event continues! The first flight of the $5,300 buy-in MILLIONS Event, which took place yesterday, saw 366 total entrants take part. Day 1B, which started at midday today, has just concluded, and attracted a total of 436 runners.
Now we start Day 1C, which is to be played out over eight 30-minute levels at The Level at Melia Caribe Tropical in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. All of this flight's survivors will collaborate with the 232 runners that made it through yesterday, and 282 runners that got through today, for Day 2, starting tomorrow. The eventual winner will lift the trophy on Saturday 25th, having made their way through 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.