Host of Stars Turn Out For the MILLIONS Online Opener; Simao Shines on Day 1

MILLIONS Online kicked off at partypoker on December 9 with three events shuffling up and dealing. The lure of the MILLIONS Online appears to be as strong as ever judging by the whole host of stars who turned out on opening night.

Jasinevicius Leads the $250K Gtd Opener; Rudolph Second

Day 1A of the $320 buy-in $250,000 guaranteed Opener saw 238 players enter but only 36 of those starters managed to find a way through the shark-infested waters at the first attempt.

Ignas Jasinevicius enjoyed himself at the tables because he bagged up enough chips to claim the Day 1A chip lead. Jasinevicius finished his flight with 17,846,120 chips plus $450 worth of bounty payments, which means he is already showing a profit in this tournament before playing a single hand on Day 2!

Tailing Jasinevicius are some of the world’s best poker tournament players. Christian Rudolph finished just behind the leader with 17,180,832 chips. Arsenii Karmatckii (15,558,329), Boris Angelov (14,772,474), and Victor Ustimov (10,014,780) also ended their Day 1A grind with a top ten stack.

Plenty of other household names progressed from the first flight. These include Jerry Wong (6,366,900), and our very own Joao Simao (3,562,646).

Day 1B of the Opener commences at 19:05 GMT on December 10, with Day 1C and Day 1D starting at the same time on December 11 and December 12. There are two other flights on December 13. The first shuffles up and deals at 16:05 GMT with the turbo-structured Day 1 beginning at 18:05 GMT.

MILLIONS Online #01 Opener Day 1A Top 10 Chip Counts

Place | Player | Country | Bounties | Chips
1 | Ignas Jasinevicius | Ireland | $450 | 17,846,120
2 | Christian Rudolph | Austria | $412 | 17,180,832
3 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russia | $768 | 15,558,329
4 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | $468 | 14,772,474
5 | Christian Zapata | Austria | $150 | 13,877,750
6 | Henri Puustinen | Finland | $712 | 13,861,577
7 | Vitalie Ursu | United Kingdom | $600 | 11,064,800
8 | Viktor Ustimov | Russia | $356 | 10,014,780
9 | manfred Hermann | Austria | $506 | 9,737,320
10 | Vincent Huang | New Zealand | $553 | 8,273,078

Simao Shines in Day 1s

Team partypoker’s Joao Simao navigated his way to Day 2 of the Opener plus two other events that began on December 9. Simao finished Day 1 of MILLION Online #02 Super 500 with 7,704,304 chips, enough for seventh-place; Sebastian Sikorski claimed that flight’s chip lead with 11,260,861 chips.

Simoa was one of only eight players to make it through to Day 2 of the MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix flight he entered. He finished with 7,904,194 chips, enough for fourth place, with fellow Brazilian Ricardo Nascimento claiming the lead with 11,302,833 chips.

MILLIONS Online Events This Weekend

There is a lot of MILLIONS Online action taking place at partypoker this weekend. The weather may be freezing cold outside, but the poker tournament action is red hot online.

Date | Time (GMT) | Tournament | Buy-in
Fri 10 Dec | 16:05 | MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix Day 1B: $300K Gtd | $109
| 19:05 | MILLIONS Online #01 Opener Day 1: $250K Gtd | $320
| 20:05 | MILLIONS Online #02 Super 500 Day 1: $500K Gtd | $530
| 20:05 | MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix Day 1: $300K Gtd | $109
| 23:05 | MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix Day 1: $300K Gtd | $109
Sat 11 Dec | 16:05 | MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix Day 1: $300K Gtd | $109
| 19:05 | MILLIONS Online #01 Opener Day 1C: $250K Gtd | $320
| 20:05 | MILLIONS Online #02 Super 500 Day 1: $500K Gtd | $530
| 20:05 | MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix Day 1: $300K Gtd | $109
| 23:05 | MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix Day 1: $300K Gtd | $109
Sun 12 Dec | 16:05 | MILLIONS Online #02 Super 500 Day 1: $500K Gtd | $530
| 16:05 | MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix Day 1: $300K Gtd | $109
| 16:05 | MILLIONS Online #04 Main Event Day 1A Mega Sat 30x $5,300 Gtd | $530
| 16:05 | MILLIONS Online #05 partypoker Championship Day 1A Mega Sat 50x $1,050 Gtd | $109
| 19:05 | MILLIONS Online #04 Main Event Day 1A: $1M Gtd | $5,300
| 19:05 | MILLIONS Online #05 partypoker Championship Day 1A: $1M Gtd | $2,100
| 19:05 | MILLIONS Online #01 Opener Day 1D: $250K Gtd | $320
| 20:05 | MILLIONS Online #02 Super 500 Day 1: $500K Gtd | $530
| 20:05 | MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix Day 1: $300K Gtd | $109
| 23:05 | MILLIONS Online #03 Grand Prix Day 1: $300K Gtd | $109

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