Trevor Pearson and partypoker ambassador Natalia Breviglieri (pictured sharing a joke with fellow partypoker ambassador Jaoo Simao) clashed in an interesting pot at the end of Level 2 today. Breviglieri bet 26,000 into a pot worth 45,000 on a flop of and Pearson called.
On the turn of , Pearson checked and Breviglieri did the same in position on the button. On the river of , Pearson led for 30,300 and Breviglieri called, only to be shown her opponent's flopped full house as Pearson flipped . He took the pot but still remains a few chips behind the partypoker pro.
Charlie Carrel may have busted the £10,300 High Roller but he's hopped straight into the £5,300 #partypokerLIVE MILLIONS Main Event.
"I didn't want to get in Ben [Heath]'s way," he joked, "He's crushing it right now."
Heath is not the only one. Carrel sat down with a million chips - what you get for your £5,300 direct buy-in here on Day 1d - and already has 1.35million.
Phil Mighall is more likely to limp that most players this week at Dusk till Dawn, and that has nothing to do with any kind of poker passivity. He has broken not one foot but two and his seat at the table is therefore unlikely to be a comfortable one until Sunday. He won't mind a bit if he can scoop the £1million top prize in the final of the partypokerLIVE MILLIONS Main Event.
That would be quite a....ahem, feat, but Mighall is one 'step' closer to that prize after the latest hand he played. Opening to 13,000 from middle position, Mighall was called by Danny Toffel in the small blind and Craig Varnell in the big blind.
The flop of saw Mighall make it 18,000 to go after two checks from his opponents. Only Toffel called and the two men saw a turn of and Toffel checked for a second time post-flop. Mighall bet 55,000 and still got a call.
On the river, Toffel check-called again, this time to 175,000. Mighall turned over and that was enough for Toffel to toss his cards in the muck. The two players have wildly different stack-sizes.
Jonty Willis raised pre-flop from the button after the player in the hijack position made it 11,000 and got a call from Richard Kellett in the cut-off. Willis bumped it to 40,000 and only Kellett called.
On the flop of , Kellett bet 38,000, but Willis raised to 95,000 and got an eventual fold. Willis smiled ruefully, turning over . Despite not being paid any more, Willis is up to 1.35m already, with Kellett dropping below the 'direct buy-in' stack of 1,000,000.
Steven Warburton decided not to re-enter the £10,300 High Roller that he busted last night to Max Silver and is in the Main Event instead. He's sat on a table with partypoker ambassador Natalia Breviglieri. She won't be the only ambassador looking to spoil us with some tip-top poker, as former WSOP bracelet winner Tony Dunst is already in his seat.
Three other partypoker pros are still in the High Roller, with Joao Simao, Sam Trickett and Roberto Romanello looking to grab the lions share of the £1,000,000 prize-pool in with the sharks before swapping felts to join the #partypokerLIVE MILLIONS Main Event.
Stephen Holloway and ex-footballer and manager Lawrie Sanchez have clashed in an early hand on Day 1d here at Dusk Till Dawn.
We joined the action post-flop to find Sanche betting 15,000 into a pot of around 35,000 with the cards showing . Holloway called and the two both checked the turn. On the river card of 4h, however, Sanchez led for 30,000.
Holloway went into the tank, but emerged with a call, and his was good enough to beat Sanchez' . While Holloway won the hand and improves his stack to 325,000, he's still some way behind Sanchez's count of 500,000. For now.
De-bagging took a little longer than expected with the various online and Phase 1 qualifiers to organise. Players are now in their seats, however and play has begun.
There will be ten levels today, with the blinds rolled back to 2,500/500/500 for the next 60 minutes.
and Pearson called. 
, Pearson checked and Breviglieri did the same in position on the button. On the river of 
, Pearson led for 30,300 and Breviglieri called, only to be shown her opponent's flopped full house as Pearson flipped 
. He took the pot but still remains a few chips behind the partypoker pro.
saw Mighall make it 18,000 to go after two checks from his opponents. Only Toffel called and the two men saw a turn of 
and Toffel checked for a second time post-flop. Mighall bet 55,000 and still got a call. 
and that was enough for Toffel to toss his cards in the muck. The two players have wildly different stack-sizes.
, Kellett bet 38,000, but Willis raised to 95,000 and got an eventual fold. Willis smiled ruefully, turning over 
. Despite not being paid any more, Willis is up to 1.35m already, with Kellett dropping below the 'direct buy-in' stack of 1,000,000.
was good enough to beat Sanchez' 
. While Holloway won the hand and improves his stack to 325,000, he's still some way behind Sanchez's count of 500,000. For now.