The 2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event winner, Maria Lampropulos, has taken her seat amongst the players in Day 1a.
With the registration now closed, there were 127 unique entrants of which 15 of them have had to reenter in this flight, bringing the total amount of entries up to 142 with 97 of them still seated at the tables right now.
Grant JKinnear raised to 55,000 from the cutoff and Morris Naaman three-bet to 175,000 in the small blind. Action folded back to Kinnear who shoved having Naaman covered. Naaman called for the 880,000 he had in front of him.
Morris Naaman:
Grant Kinnear:
The board ran out for Naaman's higher hole cards to hold for the double-up.
Andy Hills raised to 55,000 from under the gun and was called Ioannis Angelou-Konstas in the cutoff and Kfir Ivgi in the small blind.
The dealer spread out on the flop and Ivgi checked. Hills continued with a bet of 75,000 which only Angelou-Konstas called.
Hills now checked the on the turn so Angelou-Konstas could now open for 135,000. Hills considered his options and made the call.
The river completed the board with the , Hills checked for the last time. Angelou-Konstas took some time to contemplate and then decided to barrel a bet of 600,000 over the line. Hills tanked. After some careful consideration, Hills called. Angelou-Konstas tabled for the flopped full house and Hills quickly mucked his own hand.
Kfir Ivgi raised to 80,000 from mid-position and Andy Hills shoved on the button for around 600,000. The blinds folded and Ivgi called.
Andy Hills:
Kfir Ivgi:
The flop came to give Ivgi two pair on the flop immediately and improve to a full house as the rest of the board was filled with the on the turn and the on the river to eliminate Hills from Day 1a.
Chun Hao Man raised to 75,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Yiannis Liperis in the big blind. Liperis checked how much Man still had behind and then made the call.
The flop came and Liperis check-called the 75,000 continuation-bet of Man.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Liperis now lead with a bet of 150,000 and Man considered his options. After taking a bit of time, Man opted to fold.
Terrance Green was suddenly sitting with a stack of over 5 million in front of him and Jessica Pilkington was kind enough to relate what had happened on Green's request.
Armin Rezaei raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Green three-bet to 260,000 in mid-position. Pilkington herself folded pocket nines in the big blind. The flop came , Rezaei check-called the 250,000 continuation-bet of Green. The turn was another and they both checked through to the on the river. Rezaei bet 1,050,000, leaving himself behind with around 250,000. Green put Rezaei all-in and Rezaei called.
Rezaei had for the full house, jacks over queens. Green had him beat though with for the higher full house of queens over jacks.
Shortly after, Green raised from early position and Algernon Buchanan three-bet on the button which Green called. The flop was the , Green check-raised the 300,000 bet of Buchanan to 900,000 and Buchanan called. The turn was the , Green put Buchanan all-in and Buchanan open-folded . Green flashed .
While Pilkington was telling the live reporting team about the hands, she herself raised to 75,000 from the button and was called by Claus Grether and Green in the blinds.
The flop came and both Grether and Green checked. Pilkington continued with a bet of 100,000 and only Green called. The turn brought them the , Green now check-called the 125,000 bet of Pilkington. They both checked on the on the river. Green flipped over for trip aces and that was enough to make Pilkington muck her hand.
The 63 remaining players have been sent for their last 15-minute break of the day. After this, three more levels of 40 minutes each need to be played before they can bag and tag their chips for Day 2.