2022 partypoker MILLIONS Europe Main Event Day 2

Day 2 is in the books for the partypoker MILLIONS Europe €3,300 Main Event at Casino Barcelona with the 67 returning players dwindled down to just nine hopeful final tablists with Steve O’Dwyer holding the chip lead after bagging 70.4 million in chips.

O’Dwyer was among the short stacks late in the day until just before the dinner break when he doubled up through Matthias Lipp when his sevens won a flip against big slick.

Straight after the dinner break, O’Dwyer, who is in 14th place on The Hendon Mob All-Time Money List with more than $31 million in live tournament earnings, went on a tear eliminating three players with two tables left.

He delivered a bad beat to Marcin Kreft when his eights hit a set against queens before sending a short-stacked Lipp packing when his king-queen held against six-deuce suited.

Meanwhile, partypoker ambassador Matt Staples had an incredible run until O’Dwyer put an end to that too when his ace-queen held against ace-four. A four dropped on the flop but a five paired a turn along with an ace on the river to counterfeit his two pair.

Just behind O’Dwyer was Gergely Bartos with 70.1 million. Igor Picone (66.1 million), Luuk Gieles (57.3 million), Daniel Smyth (52.7 million), and Taras Khilko (47.8 million) all have healthy final table stacks. While nobody is below 20 big blinds, Jelle Moene (30 million), Duco ten Haven (27 million), and Pavel Brzeski (25.5 million) will be the shortest stacks when the final table kicks off on Sunday, June 12 at 1 p.m. CEST with it broadcasting shortly later with hole cards exposed at the partypokerTV Twitch and YouTube channels.

Remarkably, Khilko cashed twice in this event as being the only player to bag twice during the opening flight. He took home the 68th place prize of €5,000 and is lined up to earn a lot more.

Many big names were among the 67 players out of the 450-player field to advance to Day 2 but fall short of the final table including partypoker ambassador and stream host Jeff “MaximusBlack” Johnston, Steven van Zadelhoff, Christian Rudolph, Alex Lynskey, Georgi Sandev, Ottomar Ladva, and Day 1 chip leader Ramon Colillas, who was out within the first few hours of the day.

Final Table Seat Draw

From One Penny to €11,000 for partypoker Qualifier Lukas Boubel

Lukas Boublel qualified for the partypoker MILLIONS Europe Main Event at partypoker for just $0.01. He was living the dream by coming to Barcelona, but unfortunately for him, he just busted out in 18th place for €11,000 after his big slick ran into aces.

Boublel came to the Catalonian capital with his girlfriend and has been truly taking in the experience as someone that typically plays low stakes. He shared that although he is disappointed that he didn’t go deeper with what he described as two mistakes because he was tired, after a quick break he relished in the fact that this was his biggest poker tournament cash.

“I was so excited to be playing with those I watch on TV like Steve O’Dwyer,” said Boublel.

Hopefully, for Boublel, this is the start of something big for the player from Montenegro. We certainly hope to see him at more partypoker events, as in addition to his strong play, he also is very friendly.

Final Table Payouts

The nine returning players are each guaranteed at least €2,900 with Sunday’s winner slated to go home with a whopping €250,000 top prize.

The action will resume tomorrow with 35 minutes left on the clock in Level 25 with blinds at 600,000/1,200,000 along with a big blind ante of 1,200,000. After this level, blinds will increase every 60 minutes, as opposed to the 40 minutes during most of the live opening flights and 50 minutes on Day 2. Stay tuned at PokerListings to see who will win the partypoker MILLIONS Europe Main Event at Casino Barcelona.

*Photos compliments of partypoker photographer Mickey May

Level 25: 600K/1.2M (1.2M)
Entries: 9/450

Matthew Staples jammed the cutoff for 10.9 million and was called by Pawel Brzeski from the small blind. Stephen O’Dwyer jammed for heaps from the big blind and Brzeski folded.

Matthew Staples: A 4
Stephen O’Dwyer: A Q

Staples was behind but pulled out ahead after his four paired up on the 4 2 5 flop. The 5 paired the board on the turn and jaws dropped around the room after the A hit the river to give both players aces over fives. O’Dwyer’s kicker was better and Staples bubbled the final table. Meanwhile, the pot allowed O’Dwyer to end the day as the chip leader with 70.4 million in chips.

Players are now bagging their stacks into tomorrow’s final table.

Stay tuned for the final table chip counts, seat draw, and recap of Day 2.

Level 24: 500K/1M (1M)
Entries: 10/450

The flurry of eliminations during Level 24 continued to the end as on the very last hand of the level Gabriele Re got his short stack in with king-seven against Daniel Smyth with nines.

It was looking good for Re to double after he improved to two pair on the K 7 2 flop. The Q turn was safe for Re but Smyth hit his two-outer on the river with the 9 completing the board.

With just 10 players left, the tournament is on the final table bubble and Day 2 will conclude as soon as one more player hits the rail.

Daniel Smyth – 35 million
Gabriele Re – 0

Level 24: 500K/1M
Entries: 11/450

Another elimination just took place at the feature table. Matthias Lipp was down to just three big blinds when in the big blind when Stephen O’Dwyer jammed from the small blind. Lipp called and was behind with live cards.

Matthias Lipp: 6 2
Stephen O’Dwyer: K Q

The A 10 7 5 10 board wasn’t what Lipp was looking for and he was eliminated in 12th place for €18,900.

Level 24:500K/1M (1M)
Entries: 12/450

Luuk Gieles opened for 2 million from early position before Gergely Bartos three-bet to 6 million from one seat over. Duco ten Haven four-bet shoved for about 60 million. Gieles called off for 36.4 million and ten Haven folded.

Luuk Gieles: K K
Duco ten Haven: A K

Gieles doubled into the chip lead after keeping safe on the 9 4 Q 8 4 board.

Luuk Gieles – 80 million
Duco ten Haven – 20 million

Level 24: 500K/1M (1M)
Entries: 12/450

On the feature table, Mathias Siljander got his stack in for between 10-15 big blinds with nines against Pawel Brzeski with ace-jack.

Brzeski flopped Broadway, but Siljander was still in the hand after a nine hit the turn to give him a set. No quads or full house came for Siljander on a blank river and there were just a dozen people remaining after three quick eliminations since the dinner break.

Level 24: 500K/1M (1M)
Entries: 13/450

Alex Lynskey just doubled up when he limped with jacks. Taras Khilko jammed for about 30 big blinds with big slick and Lynskey called off for about 20 bigs. An ace hit the flop and there was no save for Lynskey on either the turn or river. Lynskey was able to ladder up thanks to his earlier double for a €15,200 payout.

Level 24: 500K/1M (1M)
Entries: 14/450

Marcin Kreft got his last 10 big blinds with queens against Stephen O’Dwyer with eights at the feature table. An eight spiked the turn and Kreft hit the rail on a bad beat.

Stephen O’Dwyer – 30 million
Marcin Kreft – 0

Level 24: 500K/1M (1M)
Entries: 15/450

Alex Lynskey limped from the small blind before Gabriele Re raised to 2.7 million from the big blind. Lynskey three-bet jammed for 14.3 million and Re snap-called.

Alex Lynskey: 10 10
Gabriele Re: K J

It was looking like showers for Lynskey after Re’s king paired the 7 A K flop. Things got bleaker for Lynskey after the blank 8 turn. But the 10 river saved the day for Lynskey as it gave him a set of tens and he doubled his stack.

Alex Lynskey – 30 million
Gabriele Re – 14 million

Players are back from dinner break. The clock is paused momentarily but the action will resume shortly at Level 24 with blinds at 500,000/1,000,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000,000.

Level 23: 400K/800K (800K)
Entries: 15/450

Stephen O’Dwyer got his last dozen or so big blinds with 7 7 at the feature table and was up against the A K held by Matthias Lipp. Lipp was unable to connect with the 10 8 3 3 10 double-paired board and he doubled O’Dwyer’s stack.

Shortly after, players went on a 60-minute dinner break.

Stephen O’Dwyer – 21 million
Matthias Lipp – 10 million

Level 23: 400K/800K (800K)
Entries: 15/450

Luco ten Haven opened for 1.6 million from the cutoff and Luuk Gieles defended his big blind. Gieles check-called bets of 3 million on the J A Q flop and for 7 million on the 4 turn. Both players checked the 9 river. Gieles turned over A J for two pair and won the hand after ten Haven folded.

Luco ten Haven – 54 million
Luuk Gieles – 42 million

Level 23: 400K/800K (800K)
Entries: 15/450

Daniel Smyth opened from early position to 1.6 million. Gergely Bartos called from the hijack before Sergio Alonso three-bet jammed for 17.9 million. Smyth folded and Bartos called after he asked for a count.

Sergio Alonso: A Q
Gergely Bartos: 9 9

Alonso lost the flip after not connecting with the 4 5 10 7 3 runout to hit the rail in 16th place for €12,800.

Gergely Bartos – 57 million
Sergio Alonso – 0

The following players finished in 17th to 20th place for €11,000. The players at the final two tables are each guaranteed a €12,800 payout.

Level 22: 300K/600K
Entries: 16/450

Christophe Pommier jammed for about six big blinds from the cutoff and was called by Duco ten Haven from the cutoff.

Christophe Pommier: Q 10
Duco ten Haven: A 8

Pommier bricked the 7 8 3 2 K board and the action was paused for a two-table redraw after the hand.

Duco ten Haven – 60 million
Christophe Pommier – 0

Lukas Boubel qualified into the partypoker MILLIONS Europe Main Event at partypoker for just $0.01. He was living the dream coming to Barcelona, but unfortunately for him, he just busted out in 18th place for €11,000 after his big slick ran into aces.

Boubel came to the Catalonian capital with his girlfriend and has been truly taking in the experience as someone that typically plays low stakes. He shared that although he is disappointed that he didn’t go deeper with what he described as two mistakes because he was tired, after a quick break he relished in the fact that this was his biggest poker tournament cash.

“I was so excited to be playing with those I watch on TV like Steve O’Dwyer,” said Boubel.

Hopefully, for Boubel, this is the start of something big for the player from Montenegro. We certainly hope to see him at more partypoker events, as in addition to his strong play, he also is very friendly.

Level 22: 300K/600K (600K)
Entries: 18/450

Daniel Smyth opened for 1 million from the hijack and was called by Gerry Van Aalst from the small blind before Mathias Siljander jammed for 13 million. Smyth called and Van Aalst folded.

Mathias Siljander: 9 9
Daniel Smyth: A Q

Siljander won the flip after Smyth failed to connect with the 8 J 7 2 6 runout to survive and double his stack. Meanwhile, Ukasz Grossmann hit the rail in 19th place at the feature table.

Mathias Siljander – 28 million
Daniel Smyth – 20 million

Level 21: 200K/500K (500K)
Entries: 19/450

Sergio Alonso opened for 1 million from under the gun before Luuk Gieles flatted the button. Igor Picone three-bet jammed for about 14 million. Alonso folded and Gieles called.

Igor Picone: J J
Luuk Gieles: A K

Both Picone and Gieles were getting massages but things got heated up during the runout. Picone was ahead after the 10 2 10 flop but needed a miracle after Gieles’s ace paired the A turn. Help was on its way with the J spiking the river to Gieles’s complete disbelief to give Picone a double-up.

Igor Picone – 34 million
Luuk Gieles – 30 million

Level 21: 200K/500K (500K)
Entries: 19/450

Pawel Brzeski opened for 1 million from the cutoff before he called a three-bet by Duco ten Haven to 3.5 million. Ten Haven led out for 2 million on the 2 4 3 flop and Brzeski called. Both players checked the K turn before ten Haven bet 3 million on the K river. Brzeski gave up on the hand and ten Haven’s stack continues to climb.

Duco ten Haven – 36 million
Pawel Brzeski – 10 million

The following players finished from 21st to 24th place to collect €9,700. The remaining field is now each guaranteed at least a five-figure payout of €11,000.

Level 21: 200K/500K (500K)
Entries: 19/450

Pawel Brzeski open-jammed for 6.4 million from under the gun before Andrea Ricci three-bet shoved over the top for 10.7 million. Duco ten Haven called both players and it was a three-way showdown with both Brzeski and Ricci at risk.

Pawel Brzeski: A J
Andrea Ricci: 8 8
Duco ten Haven: 10 10

Brzeski tripled up after his ace connected on the Q 4 6 A 3 board, while ten Haven’s tens won the side pot to eliminate Ricci in 21st place. Meanwhile, Ramon Miquel Muñoz was also eliminated at the feature table second later at another table to bring the field down to 19 players. It appeared to be able a 15 big blind three-bet jam with ace-jack only to run into ace-queen after he was called.

Duco ten Haven – 25 million
Pawel Brzeski – 20 million
Ramon Miquel Muñoz – 0
Andrea Ricci – 0

Level 20: 200K/400K (400K)
Entries: 21/450

Luuk Gieles jammed with a ton of chips in the pot with the 2 4 9 6 4 on the board and was called by Ermanno Di Nicola. Di Nicola hit the rail after his A 9 wasn’t ahead of Gieles’s J J . Meanwhile, Gieles is at around 55 million in chips after the hand.

Meanwhile, Marius Vosylius hit the rail on the t.v. table leaving just 21 players remaining in the field.

Level 20: 200K/400K (400K)

Gergely Kulcsar jammed for 5.9 million from the hijack before Stephen O’Dwyer came in over the top with a rejam to 7.4 million from the cutoff. Christophe Pommier four-bet jammed from the button for a bit more and it was a three-way showdown after the players in the blinds folded.

Gergely Kulcsar: A 7
Stephen O’Dwyer: J J
Christophe Pommier: A K

O’Dwyer’s jacks improved to a set but he wouldn’t have needed the jack anyway on the 7 Q 2 J runout to eliminate Kulcsar and double through Pommier.

Stephen O’Dwyer – 22 million
Christophe Pommier – 7.5 million
Gergely Kulcsar – 0

Level 20: 200K/400K (400K)
Entries: 24/450

Over on the feature table, Jeffrey Johnston, also known as partypokerTV host “MaximusBlack” jammed for about 12 big blinds with big slick and didn’t win a flip after Jelle Moene called with queens. Moene was on about 16 million in chips after the hand.

The action is on a short break while a three-table redraw is taking place. In the meantime, here is a look at those that cashed for €8,500. Players at the final three tables are each guaranteed at least a €9,700 payout.

Level 20: 200K/400K (400K)
Entries: 25/450

Georgi Sandev bet 1.2 million on the 9 7 3 flop with about 2.5 million in the pot. partypoker ambassador Matt Staples raised to 2.5 million. Sandev jammed and Staples called off for 5.3 million.

Matt Staples: Q 9
Georgi Sandev: A J

Staples not only had the top pair but also a flush draw. He doubled after the 4 turn and 5 river completed the board to about 16 million in chips. Sandev only had 700,000 left and was on the rail the following hand when his 5 3 didn’t get a miracle against A A .

Meanwhile, Ruslav Bratukhin was eliminated during the same hand as Sandev. He came into Day 2 with nearly 8 million in chips but was never in his seat after qualifying to Day 2 via an Online Day 1 at partypoker and not making it to Barcelona for the live portion of the event. Istvan Birizdo was also eliminated at another table around the same time to leave 25 players remaining in the field.

The field is down to 28 players, who are each guaranteed at least an €8,500 payout. Here is a look at the players that finished from 29th to 32nd places for €7,500.

Level 19: 150K/300K (300K)
Entries: 29/450

Another elimination took place at the feature table when Aliaksey Kazakevich got it in with A J and was up against the K K by Matthias Lipp.

Kazakevich was behind but had some hope. That hope faded into the darkness after he was unable to get ahead of Lipp’s cowboys after the 8 5 10 7 J ran out on the board to hit the rail in 30th place. Meanwhile, Lipp’s stack grew to about 17 million in chips.

Shortly after, players went on the second break of Day 2.

Level 19: 150K/350K
Entries: 30/450

A massive pot just took place between Georgi Sandev and Daniel Smyth. Smyth four-bet preflop with cowboys and was called by Sandev with jacks. The rest of the chips went into the middle to generate a massive 36 million chip pot after the ten-four-deuce came on the flop. Sandev bricked the turn and river and the dealer awarded a 120 big blind pot to Smyth.

Daniel Smyth – 36 million
Georgi Sandev – 9 million

The field is down to 32 players, each guaranteed at least a €7,500 payout. Here is a look at those that collected a €6,700 payout for 33rd to 40th place.

Level 19: 150K/300K (300K)
Entries: 33/450

Imad Derwiche jammed for 12 big blinds with ace-ten and was up against the big slick held by Stephen O’Dwyer.

The 8 Q 6 A J board didn’t push ace-ten ahead of ace-king and Derwiche was on the rail. Meanwhile, O’Dwyer is up to 17 millon in chips.

Level 18: 125K/250K (250K)
Entries: 34/450

Luc Lafontaine jammed from the cutoff.

“How much?” asked Siljander from the button.

“3.45 million,” responded Lafontaine before the dealer had a chance to count.

“That’s very precise,” responded Siljander before he made he call.

Luc Lafontaine: 3 3
Mathias Siljander: A 9

“Classic race,” Siljander said to the table before the 5 K 9 flop pushed him ahead with the better pair. Neither the 7 turn nor the 10 river saved Lafontaine and Siljander took out two players in less than 10 minutes.

Matthias Siljander – 16 million
Luc Lafontaine – 0

Level 18: 125K/250K (250K)
Entries: 35/450

Mathias Siljander opened for 500,000 from the button. Martin Planiscic three-bet jammed from the big blind for 4,825,000 and Siljander called.

Martin Planiscic: 5 5
Mathias Siljander: 6 6

“Not bad so far,” Siljander said before the dealer dealt the flop.

Siljander’s sixes stayed ahead of fives on the 3 8 4 9 8 board and Palniscic was on the rail in 37th place. Seconds later, Michael Sklenicka hit the rail on another table to leave just 35 hopefuls remaining in the field.

Mathias Siljander – 12 million
Martin Planiscic – 0

The following players collected a €6,000 payout. The final 40 players got a pay jump to a €6,700 payday.

The live-streamed feature table has already kicked off in real-time. For the time being, PokerListings will not be reporting hands from the stream but that may change when we are down to three tables or less. In a few minutes you will be able to watch the stream by clicking on our “Stream” tab or by heading to either the partypokerTV Twitch or YouTube channels.

Level 18: 125K/250K (250K)
Entries: 41/450

Mathias Siljander got his last 2,625,000 in chips in from the small blind with Q Q and was up against the A Q held by Robert Francois.

The 4 8 3 6 9 board was safe for Siljander to double-up with queens.

Mathias Siljander – 5.5 million
Robert Francois – 4.1 million

Level 18: 125K/250K
Entries: 42/148

Ottomar Ladva came into Day 2 with a short stack but managed to survive with that short stack through the first break. Unfortunately, for the Estonian chess grandmaster, he wasn’t able to last too much longer as he got his last nine big blinds in with deuces from under the gun and was looked up by the big blind with ace-eight. An ace spiked the river and Ladva was on the rail.

Level 17: 100K/200K (200K)
Entries: 44/450

Ramon Colillas was the chip leader to start the day but he didn’t make it past the first break.

Just before the break, Colillas jammed for a huge stack over the 2.5 million bet by Gabriele Re with the A 5 4 9 K on the board. Collilas made the call and tabled Q 5 for a flush. Re had a better flush and is on 37 million in chips after showing A 7 .

Players are on their first break of Day 2.

Level 17: 100K/200K (200K)
Entries: 47/450

After a flurry of eliminations to start the day, the action slowed down with no player hitting the rail for at least 20 minutes. That all changed with Igor Picone eliminating Jeffrey Cormier in 48th place as follows:

Cormier jammed for 2.5 million from early position. Picone came in over the top from the button and the rest of the table folded.

Jeffrey Cormier: 4 4
Igor Picone: 10 10

Cormier was already out of his seat even before the 5 K 10 flop had him nearly drawing dead with Picone flopping a set of tens. Picone improved to quads on the 10 turn and Cormier was officially on the rail after the 7 river completed the board.

Igor Picone – 9 million
Jeffrey Cormier – 0

There was already another pay jump in the Main Event with the final 48 players guaranteed at least a €6,000 payout. Here is a look at who finished in 49th to 56th place.

Level 17: 100K/200K (200K)
Entries: 49/450

Georgi Sandev check-jammed the turn with the 4 10 K 8 on the board and got called by Jens Segers, who was at risk.

Jens Segers: 8 8
Georgi Sandev: 4 2

Segers had a set but was behind Sandev’s flush. The 6 river didn’t further improve Segers and he was eliminated in 51st place. Shortly after, Daniele Lunario hit the rail in 50th place to leave 49 players remaining.

Georgi Sandev – 11 million
Jens Segers – 0
Daniele Lunario – 0

Level 16: 80K/160K (160K)
Entries: 53/450

Will Kassouf opened for 400,000 from middle position and was called by Matthias Lipp from the small blind. Lipp check-called a bet of 800,000 after the king-queen-ten flop before checking again on the 3 turn. Kassouf jammed for 2,000,000 and after some speech play by Kassouf, Lipp called.

Kassouf turned over king-jack and was drawing to a three-outer for a chop with Lipp holding the nuts with ace-jack for Broadway. A brick hit the river and Kassouf’s Main Event was in the books.

The following players finished in 57th to 64th place for a €5,500 payout. The final 56 players are now each guaranteed at least a €5,700 payday.

Level 16: 80K/160K (160K)
Entries: 56/450

Romain Piraux jammed from middle position for 1.1 million. Imad Derwiche called from the small blind before Sergio Alonso jammed for more than the 4 million Derwiche still had behind. Derwiche went into the tank and appeared visibly frustrated muttering to himself before he folded.

Romain Piraux: 10 9
Sergio Alonso: Q Q

Piraux had some hope after his nine connected on the 9 3 4 flop. But that as far as it went for Piroux as he was eliminated by Alonso after bricking both the 8 turn and 6 river.

Sergio Alonso – 11 million
Imad Derwiche – 4 million
Romain Piroux – 0

Level 16: 80K/160K (160K)
Entries: 57/450

Steven van Zadelhoff, also known as “The Viking” was able to make the money but brought a short stack into Day 2 looking to spin it up. Unfortunately, he just ran ace-eight into queens and was eliminated in 58th place after failing to improve.

Level 16: 80K/160K (160K)
Entries: 58/450

Yucel Eminoglu opened jammed for 1.8 million from the button. Luc Lafontaine had 1.9 million in the small blind and got his chips in for a heads-up showdown.

Yucel Eminoglu: K 9
Luc Lafontaine: 9 9

Lefontaine’s nines held on the 3 8 7 4 6 runout to effectively double his stack and send Lafontaine to the rail in 59th place.

Luc Lafontaine – 4 million
Yucel Eminoglu – 0

Level 16: 80K/160K (160K)
Entries: 59/450

Luuk Gieles opened for 350,000 from the cutoff and was called by Will Kassouf from the button and Sandro Pitzanti from the big blind.

Pitzanti open jammed for a clean 1,000,000 on the 4 8 Q flop. Gieles called and Kassouf folded.

Sandro Pitzanti: 9 8
Luuk Gieles: Q 10

Gieles was ahead with a better pair and improved to two pair on the 10 turn. The 3 river didn’t save Pitzanti and he was on the rail in 60th place.

Luuk Gieles – 25 million
Will Kassouf – 6.2 million
Sandro Pitzanti – 0

Level 15: 60K/120K (120K)
Entries: 64/450

Gergely Kulcsar opened for 400,000 from under the gun before Jose Manuel Gonzalez three-bet jammed for about about 20 big blinds from the big blind. Kulcsar made the quick call and the cards were turned over.

Jose Manuel Gonzalez: 3 3
Gergely Kulcsar: K K

Gonzalez bricked the 6 J 5 4 K board and was eliminated by Kulcsar with a set of cowboys. Shortly after, the blinds increased to 80K/160K as Level 15 was just a partial level. The remaining players also earned a pay jump with the top 64 players guaranteed at least a min-cash of €5,500

Gergely Kulcsar – 11.5 million
Jose Manuel Gonzelez – 0

The payouts have been announced with tomorrow’s winner walking home with a whopping €250,000. Taras Khilko bagged up twice during the opening flights which is why there are 68 payouts and only 67 players to start Day 2.

The action has kicked off for Day 2 of the Main Event with blinds at 60K/120K with a big blind ante of 120,000.

Welcome to the penultimate day of the partypoker MILLIONS Europe Main Event at Casino Barcelona.

The event attracted 450 entries from both Online Day 1’s at partypoker and live opening flights with 67 players finding bags into Day 2. The prize pool reached a whopping €1,310,350 with the full payouts to be announced later today. All players advancing to Day 2 are already in the money for at least a min-cash of €5,000.

The structure is deeper on Day 2 than on the opening flights for two major reasons. First, blind levels will be pushed back to 60,000/120,000 with a big blind ante of 120,000 as this was the earliest one of the online flights finished. Second, the blind levels will increase every 50 minutes instead of every 40 minutes as was the case during the live opening flights.

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Ramon Colillas bagged the overall chip lead last night and will kick off the action with a massive stack of 18,245,000. Luuk Gieles, Vitalijs Korhs, Ermanno Di Nicola, and Georgi Sandev.

Meanwhile, partypoker ambassador Matt Staples also cracked the top 10 after a nice run yesterday in the turbo-charged Day 1d.

Cards are scheduled to be in the air at 1 p.m. CEST. Stay tuned at PokerListings as we bring you the action to your home of the partypoker MILLIONS Europe Main Event.

Level 5: 6K/12K (12K)
Entries: 90/107

Will Kassouf often qualifies into events on the cheap and when he cashes his catchphrase is: “from the min to the max.”

He isn’t exactly at the max now but shared he is very happy to be slightly above a starting stack with 1,030,000 in chips after being down to 200,000 in chips a short while ago.

Kassouf chipped up a bit before he earned a full double-up. Kassouf shared with PokerListings how it went down.

Kassouf opened for 30,000 with ten-nine and got a call. He flopped trips on the nine-nine-four rainbow flop and his opponent check-called a bet by Kassouf for 45,000. The 6 on the turn put two clubs on the board. Kassouf’s opponent bet 125,000 before he called a jam by Kassouf for 425,000. Kassouf’s opponent held A 3 and was still alive with one card to come with a flush draw. The flush draw didn’t get there after the K river completed the board and Kassouf won the pot.

Will Kassouf – 1,030,000