The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona festival is in full swing and we already have two champions crowned.
Andreas Eiler is €700,000 richer than a couple of days ago courtesy of him winning the first of two €25,500 Super High Roller events. Eighth-eight entries means the €2 million guarantee was surpassed by €134,000 and it was the top nine finishers who got their hands on some prize money for their €25,500 investment.
Turkey’s Orpen Kisacikoglu bust in ninth-place for €60,000, the same sum Team partypoker’s Kristen Bicknell was awarded for finishing in eighth. Bicknell’s boyfriend, the immensely talented Alex Foxen, fell in seventh-place for €90,000 with Byron Kaverman of the United States finishing in sixth-place to pick up €120,000, the first six-figure score of the event.
Two Spanish players in the shape of Juan Pardo Dominguez and Adrian Mateos then bust in fifth and fourth-place for €150,000 and €204,000 respectively, before the legendary Erik Seidel crashed out in third for a €300,000 score.
Heads-up saw Eiler battle with fellow German Rainer Kempe and it was the former who emerged victorious thanks to his ace-nine prevailing against Kempe’s ace-six.
€25,500 Super High Roller Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Eiler | Germany | €700,000 |
| 2 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | €450,000 |
| 3 | Erik Seidel | USA | €300,000 |
| 4 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | €204,000 |
| 5 | Juan Pardo Dominguez | Spain | €150,000 |
| 6 | Byron Kaverman | USA | €120,000 |
| 7 | Alex Foxen | USA | €90,000 |
| 8 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | €60,000 |
| 9 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | €60,000 |
Davidi Kitai wins the second €25,500 Super High Roller
Belgian superstar Davidi Kitai, who is to become a father later this year, made a late decision to play in the second €25,500 Super High Roller and it was a decision that turned out to be golden.
Kitai arrived into Barcelona quite late after attending a friend’s wedding and was not going to register for the second of the €25,500 Super High Roller. He had a good feeling about the event, bought in and now he’s turned his €25,500 into a cool €700,000.
Making the victory even sweeter was the fact Kitai found himself trailing Juan Pardo Dominguez, who earlier finished fifth in the other €25,500 Super High Roller, 7:1 in chips, but managed to claw his way back into contention before brushing aside his Spanish opponent to take the title.
A coinflip decided where the trophy was heading, Kitai’s pocket sixes holding against the queen-jack of Pardo, who you may know as “Malakastyle” in online poker circles.
€25,500 Super High Roller Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | €700,000 |
| 2 | Juan Pardo Dominguez | Spain | €450,000 |
| 3 | Kamal Bejjani | Lebanon | €300,000 |
| 4 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | €204,000 |
| 5 | Manig Loeser | Germany | €150,000 |
| 6 | Ryan Riess | USA | €120,000 |
| 7 | Jake Schindler | USA | €90,000 |
| 8 | Justin Bonomo | USA | €60,000 |
| 9 | Steve O’Dwyer | Ireland | €60,000 |
MILLIONS Grand Final Action on April 10th
Joao Simao at the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona
April 10th is a busy day for the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona with Day 2 of the €2,700 buy-in Warm-Up and the €50,000 Super High Roller final table taking place.
Former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Martin Jacobson is the man to catch in the Open where 242 players return to their seats; Jacobson has 12,265,000 chips.
Team partypoker is well-represented on Day 2 of the Open with the following players all vying for a slice of glory.
- Kristen Bicknell: 4,635,000 chips
- Johnny Lodden: 3,300,000 chips
- Philipp Gruissem: 2,915,000 chips
- Joni Jouhkimainen: 2,695,000 chips
- Marcel Luske: 2,080,000 chips
- Mike Sexton: 1,935,000 chips
- Natalia Breviglieri: 1,070,000 chips
- Padraig Parkinson: 810,000 chips
Team partypoker’s Joao Simao is one of seven players who will feature on the partypoker Twitch channel which is streaming the final table of the €50,000 Super High Roller. €1 million awaits the champion with everyone now guaranteed €110,000 for their efforts to date.
Simao goes into the final table short stacked with 10 big blinds, but anything can happen. Patrik Antonius is the chip leader with 45 big blinds in his arsenal.
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