The two starting days of the €3,000 Party Poker MILLIONS main event are now in the can. A further 89 players entered the tournament on Day 1b, adding to the 51 who played in the first flight, for a combined field of 140 players. As late registration remains open until the start of play tonight, at 9pm, the final number of entrants ands prize pool is as yet unknown.
MILLIONS Day 1B
Day 1b of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event concluded with 51 of the flight’s 89 starters making it through to today’s day2, which starts at 9pm. The chip champ at this point in the proceedings is Italian Albert Cigliano on a 243k stack, with compatriot Paulo Boi sitting in second place on 215k.
Here is the full list of players who avoided the chop on day 1b and their chip counts.
Party Poker MILLIONS Day 1b End of Day Chip Counts
Position
Player
Nationality
Chips
1
Albert Cigliano
Italian
243,000
2
Paolo Boi
Italian
215,000
3
Nima Saken Shaft
German
163,900
4
Giuliano Boellis
Italian
149,200
5
Michel Glansberg
Swedish
132,900
6
Andrei Buta
Romanian
121,800
7
Raman Strakovich
Belarus
115,600
8
Matthew O’Donnel
Ireland
110,600
9
Georgios Skarparis
Cyprus
109,100
10
Michael Nagy
USA
105,500
11
Jacques Ammiel Blit
Argentinian
104,800
12
Barrera Diaz
Spanish
103,900
13
Mathias Julian Bustos
Argentinian
100,600
14
Erik Lindqwist
Swedish
87,400
15
Joaquin Matias Ruiz Travi
Argentinian
86,000
16
Thomas Powell
English
81,200
17
Ciao Capistrano Teixeira
Brazilian
73,800
18
Dominik Nitsche
German
73,700
19
Philipp Kampf
German
66,600
20
William Byrne
Irish
63,000
21
Gaspare Sposato
Italian
62,200
22
Jozsefd Fauszt
Hungarian
60,500
23
Antoine Rahal
France
60,400
24
Ettore Esposito
Italian
60,100
25
Grigori Rodin
Russian
57,400
26
Daniel Montagnolli
Austrian
57,000
27
Daniel Oliver
English
55,600
28
Zlatin Penev
Bulgarian
55,400
29
Farid Jattin
Colombian
55,000
30
Diego Santos Ferreira
Brazilian
52,400
31
Fabio Pelusa
Italian
47,600
32
Fabian Kunze
Thore Fabian Kunze
47,200
33
Andrea Radicchi
Italian
43,300
34
Jonathan Wong
English
42,900
35
Mattia Brusoni
Italian
42,100
36
Eros Nastasi
Italian
42,000
37
Gabriele Cappiello
Italian
41,200
38
Yann Benlloch
French
40,000
39
Gyorgy Mlinarik
Bulgarian
37,100
40
Santiago Esparza Duran
Spanish
36,200
41
Nicky Levene
English
31,300
42
Pavlos Xanthopoulos
Greek
30,300
43
Ioannis Konstas Angelou
Greek
28,000
44
Jason Donaldson
English
27,100
45
Alessandro Pichierri
Italian
26,900
46
Jarko Selander
Finnish
22,200
47
Martin Buur Christensen
Danish
21,700
48
Domenico Gala
Italian
21,500
49
Peter Kramer Sandberg
Danish
16,100
50
Maxime Chilaud
French
14,000
51
Daniel Lisbona
Spanish
9,200
The top ten chip counts so far from both starting days combined:
Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Top 10 Chip Leaders after Day 1
Position
Player
Nationality
Chips
1
Albert Cigliano
Italian
243,000
2
Paolo Boi
Italian
215,000
3
Sebastian Mortensen
Danish
165,100
4
Nima Saken Shaft
German
163,900
5
Jakub Wojtas
German
162,100
6
Villr Jyrki santeri Pohjalainen
Finnish
161,400
7
Thomas Clack
English
155,600
8
Giuliano Boellis
Italian
149,200
9
Michel Glansberg
Swedish
132,900
10
Mario Trattou
English
126,100
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
Photos from the event can be found here
Photography by Jean Marc Zerafa
Jonathan Raab
Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator