{"id":45501,"date":"2017-12-29T11:23:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T10:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=45501"},"modified":"2018-01-02T10:47:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T09:47:27","slug":"looking-back-2017-partypoker-live-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/looking-back-2017-partypoker-live-tour.html","title":{"rendered":"Looking back at the 2017 partypoker LIVE tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is safe to say that 2017 was a spectacular year for the partypoker LIVE tour<\/strong>. Massive fields, even larger guarantees and a marvellous time had by everyone who competed at the tables, the 2017 partypoker LIVE tour had it all.<\/p>\n

Looking back at the 2017 schedule, which featured tournaments with buy-ins from \u20ac110 all the way up to a wallet-damaging $25,500, it is a difficult task to pick out one event as the standout stop on the tour. It is probably unfair to single out a specific event because each and every one of them would be worthy of a special mention in its own right.<\/p>\n

That said, the partypoker blog has selected a handful of events from the 2017 partypoker LIVE tour which helped to put the tour on the poker map.<\/p>\n

2017 partypoker LIVE tour: Huge Sochi event<\/h3>\n
\"Dimitry

Dimitry Chop<\/p><\/div>\n

The partypoker LIVE tour headed to Sochi, Russia in late March and guaranteed $1 million would be won for a $1,100 buy-in. After 1,170 entries were processed, a $1,134,900 prize pool was created, the lion\u2019s share of which went to Ukraine\u2019s Dmitry Chop<\/strong><\/a> who got his hands on a massive $225,000 score after defeating Lev Mnatsakanyan<\/strong> heads-up.<\/p>\n

2017 partypoker LIVE tour: Maria becomes a millionaire<\/h3>\n
\"Maria

Maria Lampropulos<\/p><\/div>\n

Less than a month after the inaugural Sochi event, partypoker LIVE headed to Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, United Kingdom for the \u00a35,300 buy-in MILLIONS event, which boasted of a \u00a36 million guaranteed prize pool. Amazingly, the guarantee was beaten when 1,204 players created a \u00a36,017,395 prize pool.<\/p>\n

The field was a mixture of online qualifiers and elite poker professionals, one of whom being the eventual champion Maria Lampropulos<\/strong><\/a>. The Argentinian was the last player standing and her reward was a potentially life-changing \u00a31 million.<\/p>\n

2017 partypoker LIVE tour: Another massive Sochi event<\/h3>\n
\"Aleksandr

Aleksandr Gofman<\/p><\/div>\n

The partypoker LIVE tour returned to Sochi in September for a $5 million guaranteed Main Event. Some 999 players bought in for $5,300.<\/p>\n

partypoker LIVE Sochi MILLIONS went down in the record books as the largest poker tournament in CIS history and Aleksandr Gofman<\/strong><\/a> is the man who was crowned the tournament\u2019s champion. Gofman collected $1 million after beating David Laka<\/strong> heads-up; Laka banked $600,000 for his runner-up finish.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the festival, David Laka won the $10,300 High Roller for $250,000, making his trip to Russia very profitable indeed.<\/p>\n

2017 partypoker LIVE tour: Fun in the Caribbean sun<\/h3>\n
\"Sam

Sam Greenwood<\/p><\/div>\n

Rounding out the year was the 2017 Caribbean Poker Party and what a festival it turned out to be. With a myriad of off-the-felt activities sandwiched between five stellar events, the 2017 CPP will go down in history as one of the greatest poker events partypoker has run.<\/p>\n

Preben Stokkan<\/strong><\/a> won the $10,300 MILLIONS High Roller for $275,000 and a couple of days later Rainer Kempe<\/strong><\/a> topped a field of 812 entrants in the $1,100 MILLION Open for $200,000.<\/p>\n

Chris Hunichen<\/strong><\/a> secured the $400,000 first-place prize of the $25,500 MILLIONS Super High Roller on the same day Kempe emerged victorious before Sam Greenwood<\/strong><\/a> came out on top of a 1,061-strong field in the $5,300 MILLION Main Event to become the latest poker millionaire created by the partypoker LIVE tour.<\/p>\n

The $5,300 MILLIONS Finale was won by Spanish sensation Adrian Mateos<\/strong> who added $250,000 to his lifetime winnings after defeating Team partypoker\u2019s Anatoly Filatov<\/strong><\/a> heads-up.<\/p>\n

2017 partypoker LIVE tour: Performances of the year<\/h3>\n

Everyone who won a partypoker LIVE event can consider their performance as being first class, but a couple of examples stand out from the crowd.<\/p>\n

Andrej Desset<\/strong> won the \u20ac225 partypoker Grand Prix Main Event in Vienna<\/a>, Austria in April and banked a cool \u20ac92,350 after outlasting 2,594 players. A couple of weeks later, Desset entered the \u20ac225 partypoker Grand Prix Germany Main Event<\/a> with 2,888 other opponents and did the unthinkable by winning the event for \u20ac100,000!<\/p>\n

Desset\u2019s achievements looked hard to beat but one man run hotter than the sun towards the end of the year and caught the eye of the poker world.<\/p>\n

Sam Greenwood had a Caribbean Poker Party to remember. The Canadian pro kicked off the festival with a third-place finish in the $10,300 High Roller for $124,100 and followed that up with a runner-up finish in the $25,500 Super High Roller for an additional $242,750. Not content with almost $400,000 in winnings, Greenwood went on to triumph in the $5,300 Main Event for his first seven-figure score, a cool $1 million.<\/p>\n

Mike Sexton<\/strong>, partypoker President, stated that he didn\u2019t think Greenwood\u2019s week would ever be beaten it was that tremendous.<\/p>\n

partypoker LIVE tour continues in 2018<\/h3>\n

The partypoker LIVE tour looks to build on 2017\u2019s success during the coming year with several gigantic events.<\/p>\n

Some of the highlights of 2018 include the \u20ac5 million guaranteed MILLIONS Germany<\/a> at King\u2019s Casino in Rozvadov, the CAD$10 million guaranteed MILLIONS North America<\/a> where at least three players will become millionaires, and the inaugural \u20ac10 million guaranteed MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona<\/a>. The coming year is going to be nothing short of spectacular, will you be a part of it?<\/p>\n

Ready to join the party?<\/h3>\n

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If you already have an account with us, click here to\u00a0open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is safe to say that 2017 was a spectacular year for the partypoker LIVE tour. Massive fields, even larger guarantees and a marvellous time had by everyone who competed at the tables, the 2017 partypoker LIVE tour had it all. Looking back at the 2017 schedule, which featured tournaments with buy-ins from \u20ac110 all<\/p>\n

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