Volodymyr Kernytskyi got his stack in before the flop from the small blind against Andrei-Lucian Boghean in the big blind.
Boghean:
Kernytskyi:
Kernytskyi was racing for his tournament life and needed to improve in order to survive. The board ran out and Boghean's pocket pair held up for him to win the pot, ending Kernytskyi's run in this event.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team was just informed that Barny Boatman was eliminated moments after the giant four-way all-in which sent three players to the cage. Boatman shoved from the cutoff with and Manuel Martinez called from the big blind with to put Boatman at risk. The board ran out to give Martinez Broadway, so he took the pot to end Boatman's run in this tournament.
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas put his entire short stack in the middle from under the gun, Anastasija Sivaka re-shoved from the hijack, Claudio Di Giacomo called with a bigger stack from the cutoff, and after going into the tank, Pavel Plesuv called from the button to put himself at risk.
Konstas:
Sivaka:
Di Giacomo:
Plesuv:
Di Giacomo was a heavy favorite with his aces and all three of his opponents needed help from the deck to survive. None of them improved enough on the board, so Di Giacomo took the entire pot to send all three of his opponents to the cage.
A total of 812 entries took to the felt in the $1,100 MILLIONS Open at the Caribbean Poker Party Festival, but just 26 players will return for Day 4 play Tuesday at noon local time at The Level at Melia Caribe Tropical. While all remaining players are guaranteed to cash for at least $6,000, all are chasing the $200,000 top prize. Ioannis Angelou-Konstas leads the remainder of the field and will take 71,800,000 out of the bag when play resumes. Hot on his heels are Paul Michaelis with 68,100,000 and Rainer Kempe with 66,500,000. The highly accomplished Brit Barny Boatman is also still in contention with 19,000,000.
Blinds will be 400,000/800,000 with an 800,000-chip button ante when play resumes. Levels will be one hour long until heads-up play is reached and 30 minutes long thereafter. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels and play will continue until a champion is crowned.
The seat draw can be found below.
Keep it here for coverage of the final day of the MILLIONS Open from the PokerNews Live Reporting team.