Martinelli Leads The Way into Day 2

After a run of nice spots and well-made plays, WSOPC ring holder Luke Martinelli leads a strong pack of players who took bags from Day 1B of the partypoker MILLIONS Irish Festival Main Event.

Martinelli showed his class but also found a spell of run good which saw him cooler a few opponents and take a bag of 325k (162bb).

Joshua Stewart bagged a healthy 90k (45bb), despite his stack hitting close to 150k at one point. He managed to manoeuvre a tough few table in the last few levels and moves on to Day 2.

High-stakes MTT crusher Ami Barer joined Michael Molenaar, Bruno Desimoni and 20 more players into Day 2, whilst Niall Farrell fell just short in this flight.