The Latest partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Main Event Has ₽300 Million Guaranteed

Matthew Pitt
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The Sochi Casino & Resort in Sochi, Russia is the luxurious venue chosen to host the upcoming partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia festival, which feature a Main Event boasting a ₽300 million (approx. $5 million) guaranteed prize pool.

MILLIONS Russia has 13 events scheduled with buy-ins starting at ₽33,000 and increasing all the way to ₽6 million; the latter is reserved for the ₽6 million buy-in Triton Super High Roller.

Approximate currency conversion rate are 62 Rubles to 1 U.S. Dollar

It is the ₽300 million guaranteed Main Event that is capturing the imagination of poker tournament players from around the globe. There is an online Day 1 held at partypoker on Aug. 5 and this is followed by three live Day 1s held at the Sochi Casino & Resort on Aug. 7-9.

The five-day Main Event is going to be huge. When partypoker LIVE last ran the MILLIONS Russia Main Event, some 999 players turned out for it. Alexsandr Gofman ensured that the winner’s trophy stayed on home soil as he emerged victorious after a heads-up battle with Spain’s David Laka Calzada to get his hands on the equivalent of $1 million.

2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Aleksandr GofmanRussia$1,000,000
2David Laka CalzadaSpain$600,000
3Aleksandr MerzhvinskiyRussia$400,000
4Anatoliy ZyrinRussia$300,000
5Alksandr KokorinRussia$200,000
6Philipp ZukernikCzech Republic$150,000
7Michael SklenickaCzech Republic$105,000
8Vadzim LipaukaBelarus$70,000

This will be the first MILLIONS Russia that players can use My partypoker LIVE Dollars to buy into the Main Event and all of the other events, including the live satellites taking place in Sochi. Players can win $200, $1,000, and $5,000 worth of partypoker LIVE’s new currency and use it to enter any partypoker LIVE tournament and even for travel and accommodation expenses.

Buy-ins for these PP LIVE satellites cost $22, $109, and $530 to enter, with each buy-in level having feeder tournaments available.

As an added incentive to travel to Russia, partypoker LIVE is offering to pay the cost of everyone’s visa. Travelers to Russia need a valid visa to enter the country. If you head to the My partypoker LIVE desk during MILLIONS Russia and hand over your visa receipt, partypoker LIVE will issue you a full refund in partypoker LIVE $$$.

2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia Schedule

DateTime (local)EventBuy-in (Rubles)Clock (Mins)Chips
Fri 3 Aug12:00 p.m.Turbo Satellite: 10x Open 1A seats GTD9,9001550,000
 5:00 p.m.Turbo Bounty39,6001520,000
 9:00 p.m.Turbo Satellite: 10x Open 1A seats GTD9,9001550,000
Sat 4 Aug12:00 p.m.Open Day 1A66,000401,000,000
 7:00 p.m.Open Day 1B66,000401,000,000
 8:00 p.m.Mega Satellite 10x Day 1A Main Event seats GTD33,00020/1550,000
Sun 5 Aug12:00 p.m.Open Day 1C66,000401,000,000
 5:00 p.m.Open Day 1D66,000401,000,000
 8:00 p.m.Mega Satellite 20x Day 1A Main Event seats GTD33,00020/1550,000
 9:00 p.m.Main Event Online Day 1318,000241,000,000
Mon 6 Aug10:00 a.m.Open Day 1E Turbo66,000201,000,000
 3:00 p.m.open Day 2 50 
 6:00 p.m.Mega Satellite 30x Day 1A Main Event seats GTD33,00020/1550,000
 9:00 p.m.Turbo Bounty66,0001520,000
Tue 7 Aug12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1A318,000601,000,000
 12:00 p.m.Open Day 3 50 
 1:00 p.m.Mega Satellite 30x Day 1B Main Event seats GTD33,00020/1550,000
 5:00 p.m.Triton Poker High Roller Day 13,000,0004550,000
 6:00 p.m.Mega Satellite 30x Day 1B Main Event seats GTD33,00020/1550,000
 10:00 p.m.Hyper Turbo Deep Stack33,0001025,000
Wed 8 Aug12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1B318,000601,000,000
 12:00 p.m.Open Day 4 50 
 1:00 p.m.Triton Poker High Roller Day 2 Final Day3,000,0004550,000
 1:00 p.m.Mega Satellite 30x Day 1C Main Event seats GTD33,00020/1550,000
 5:00 p.m.Triton Poker Super High Roller Day 16,000,00045250,000
 6:00 p.m.Mega Satellite 30x Day 1C Main Event seats GTD33,00020/1550,000
Thu 9 Aug12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 1C318,000601,000,000
 1:00 p.m.Triton Poker Super High Roller Day 2 Final Day6,000,00045250,000
 1:00 p.m.Mega Satellite: 10x Day 2 Main Event seats GTD33,00020/1550,000
 7:00 p.m.Mega Satellite: 10x Day 2 Main Event seats GTD33,00020/1550,000
Fri 10 Aug12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 2318,000601,000,000
 12:30 p.m.Finale Day 1A33,000301,000,000
 5:00 p.m.Finale Day 1B33,000301,000,000
 9:00 p.m.Turbo Satellite: 5 High Roller seats GTD66,0001550,000
Sat 11 Aug12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 3 60 
 12:00 p.m.Finale Day 1C33,000301,000,000
 3:00 p.m.High Roller Day 1618,000601,000,000
 5:00 p.m.Finale Day 1D33,000301,000,000
 9:00 p.m.Turbo Satellite: 5 High Roller seats GTD66,0001550,000
Sun 12 Aug12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 4 60 
 12:00 p.m.Finale Day 2 Final Day 30 
 1:00 p.m.High Roller Day 2618,000601,000,000
 6:00 p.m.Russian Poker Championship Day 1A66,0004030,000
 8:00 p.m.Turbo Bounty39,6001520,000
Mon 13 Aug12:00 p.m.Main Event Day 5 Final Day 60 
 12:00 p.m.Russian Poker Championship Day 1B66,0004030,000
 1:00 p.m.High Roller Day 3 Final Day 60 
 2:00 p.m.Pot Limit Omaha606,0002520,000
 8:00 p.m.Turbo Deepstack33,00015250,000
Tue 14 Aug12:00 p.m.Russian Poker Championship Day 2 Final Day66,0004030,000
 6:00 p.m.Turbo Bounty33,0001520,000

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Matthew Pitt
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Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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