€50,000 Super High Roller In the Money After Extensive Bubble
After more than seven levels, the final nine would eventually be reduced to seven in order to let the bubble of the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller burst at around 2.30 a.m. local time. All other events had already bagged up but there were still some spectators around the feature table, watching the drama unfold from up close.
With such a big buy-in comes a big payday for the winner, and also a big bubble worth €110,000. From nine to the last seven it took more than seven levels of 30 minutes each before Day 1 concluded.
Leon Tsoukernik had been the short stack when the field combined to one table and he doubled once in fortunate fashion with queen-five against the king-queen of Sam Greenwood. Tsoukernik then got it in with seven-six suited for middle pair and a flush draw, but Sergio Aido held up with pocket tens for the overpair.
Further all in and calls followed after that, resulting in two split pots and two doubles. Jean-Noel Thorel survived with ace-seven against the kings of Patrik Antonius, and the Finn also ended up second-best with ace-ten against partypoker ambassador Joao Simao's queen-jack. Ultimately, it was Seth Davies that was sent to the rail empty-handed, losing a flip with pocket sevens to fellow American Keith Tilston, who flopped top two with ace-queen.
Right after the players bagged up and will be back at 12 p.m. noon local time to play down to a winner. Despite losing the last two all ins, Antonius remained at the top of the counts with 17.925. He has the chance to win his second partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller title in quick succession after defeating Simao at the King's Casino in the €25,000 edition.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 17,925,000 | 45 |
| 2 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 4,025,000 | 10 |
| 3 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 12,725,000 | 32 |
| 4 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 4,700,000 | 12 |
| 5 | Keith Tilston | United States | 10,025,000 | 25 |
| 6 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 3,900,000 | 10 |
| 7 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 3,675,000 | 9 |
Action resumes with blinds of 200,000/400,000 and a button ante of 400,000. The live stream with hole cards displayed will be available on the partypokerTV Twitch channel on a security delay of 30 minutes.