{"id":116909,"date":"2021-03-03T17:53:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=116909"},"modified":"2021-03-17T16:18:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T16:18:41","slug":"endrit-geci-wins-millions-online-main-event-774838","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/endrit-geci-wins-millions-online-main-event-774838.html","title":{"rendered":"Endrit Geci Wins MILLIONS Online Main Event ($774,838)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Endrit Geci<\/strong> is the partypoker <strong>MILLIONS Online Main Event<\/strong> champion, an accolade that came with a mouth-watering prize worth $774,838. Geci came out on top of a 1,084-strong field to secure the victory and get his hands on the largest score of his poker career.<\/p>\n<h2>MILLIONS Online Main Event Final Table Results<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Endrit Geci<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$774,838*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Francisco Pinho Correia<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$731,959*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Daniel Dvoress<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$422,421<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Dzmitry Urbanovich<\/td>\n<td>Latvia<\/td>\n<td>$276,127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Hermogenes Gelonezi Junior<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$189,320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Christian Rudolph<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$146,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Richard Mullen<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$115,424<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Martin Brinkmann<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$91,542<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Jonathan Proudfoot&lt;\/td<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$72,259<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>*reflects a heads-up deal<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Proudfoot<\/strong> sat down at the final table eighth in chips and needing a little luck to climb up the counts. That luck never arrived and Proudfoot was the first finalist eliminated. Proudfoot found himself all-in with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> against the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ts.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> of <strong>Hermogenes Gelonezi Junior<\/strong>. The final board read <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Proudfoot was gone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Martin Brinkmann<\/strong> joined Proudfoot on the rail soon after. Brinkmann collected $91,542, the last five-figure prize of the evening, when his 6.5 big blind three-bet shove with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> was called by Geci who had opened the betting with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> from under the gun. Brinkmann flopped a world of outs on the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> board but none of them landed.<\/p>\n<h2>The First Six-Figure Prize of the Evening<\/h2>\n<p>Seventh-place and $115,424 went to Canada\u2019s <strong>Richard Mullen<\/strong> who open-shoved for seven big blinds under the gun with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. The action folded to <strong>Christian Rudolph<\/strong> on the button and he called with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Mullen flopped a flush draw but Rudolph faded it as the five community cards ran <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">.<\/p>\n<p>Geci sent Rudolph to the rail in a huge coinflip. Rudolph raised to 10,850,000 under the gun with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">[K] and the action folded to Geci in the big blind. Geci responded with an all-in three-bet that put Rudolph to the test for the 110,505,956 chips he had behind. Rudolph called and was flipping against Geci&#8217;s <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/tc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">.The board ran jack-high with Geci hitting a set on the river.<\/p>\n<p>Gelonezi Junior fell in fifth-place and turned his $5,200 into $189,320. The Brazilian busted when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/daniel-dvoress-takes-down-the-wpt-montreal-mike-sexton-classic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Daniel Dvoress<\/strong><\/a> min-raised under the gun with what turned out to be <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> before calling Gelonezi Junior\u2019s 13.5 big blind all-in three-bet. Gelonezi Junior turned over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Dvoress flopped a set and sent his opponent to the showers.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the demise of the last surviving Team partypoker member, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/dzmitry-urbanovich-becomes-a-ko-series-champion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dzmitry Urbanovich<\/strong><\/a>. It was Dvoress who sent our hero to the rail. Dvoress min-raised with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and called when Urbanovich jammed for 32.7 big blinds from the small blind with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Dvoress flopped another set and Urbanovich crashed out albeit with a $276,127 score in tow.<\/p>\n<h2>Dvoress Goes From Hero to Zero<\/h2>\n<p>That hand gifted Dvoress the chip lead, but he was the next player eliminated from the MILLIONS Online Main Event. He lost a crucial coinflip with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> against Geci\u2019s <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and was left with 16 big blinds. They went into the middle when <strong>Francisco Pinho Correia<\/strong> shoved on him on the river of the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> board and Dvoress called. Dvoress showed <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ts.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> but his opponent had turned a straight with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">.<\/p>\n<p>Geci held a 616,020,780 to 467,087,462 chip lead going into heads-up, but fell behind before clawing his way back into contention again. The heads-up pair struck a deal that left an additional $50,000 for the eventual champion.<\/p>\n<p>Geci got his hands on that extra money after limping in with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Pinho Correia checked with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ts.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> flop saw Pinho Correia check and Geci check behind. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/tc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> turn was greeted with a check-call a half pot-sized bet. A <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river saw Pinho Correia check again, but then snap-call when Geci over-bet shoved. Good game, Pinho Correia.<\/p>\n<p>The runner-up banked $731,959 courtesy of the aforementioned deal, while Geci was crowned the MILLIONS Online Main Event champion and walked away with $774,838.<\/p>\n<h3>Love poker? Join party!<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to jump into the action, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/download\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>click here to download partypoker and get started<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you already have an account with us, click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/promo.partypoker.com\/en\/promo\/launch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Endrit Geci is the partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event champion, an accolade that came with a mouth-watering prize worth $774,838. Geci came out on top of a 1,084-strong field to secure the victory and get his hands on the largest score of his poker career. 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