2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas @ Aria
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
From the 536 players that entered, just 100 players remain in the $10,300 partypoker MILLIONS Vegas at Aria.
With just over a level remaining in the day, the magic number for a min-cash is 79. Here is a reminder of the payouts:
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | $650,000 |
| 3 | $445,000 |
| 4 | $319,200 |
| 5 | $230,000 |
| 6 | $170,000 |
| 7 | $130,000 |
| 8 | $100,000 |
| 9 | $80,000 |
| 10-11 | $60,000 |
| 12-15 | $45,000 |
| 16-32 | $35,000 |
| 33-48 | $30,000 |
| 49-64 | $25,000 |
| 65-79 | $20,000 |
With many faces at Table 34 having had plenty of success throughout their careers not only in the world of poker, but also in the high-roller scenes, there is no wonder the chip stacks seem to be fluctuating so much. Scott Margereson has been taking the hardest hit to his stack this past level, to no one's fault but his own.
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was spread across the felt with nearly 250,000 in the pot. The action was on Margereson in early position who thought for a minute before shoving all in. He was met by a snap-call from Josip Simunic on the button who had 175,000 remaining. Margereson turned over ![]()
for just jack-high while Simunic held ![]()
for the nut straight.
In the next hand, Norbert Szecsi opened to 18,000 from under the gun and Gal Yifrach three-bet to 50,000 on the button. "Just fold," Yifrach said as Szecsi pondered his decision. Szecsi didn't listen to Yifrach's advice as he made the call.
The flop fell ![]()
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and Szecsi check-called a bet of 50,000 from Yifrach. The turn was the
and Szecsi checked again. Yifrach fired out another 105,000 and Szecsi finally laid his hand down.
Kahle Burns opened to 17,000 and Nacho Barbero three-bet to 45,000 from late position. Burns called and Barbero continued for 33,000 on a ![]()
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Burns called and the pair checked the
turn.
The river was the
. Burns bet 133,000 and eventually Barbero called. Burns showed ![]()
for a rivered straight and Barbero mucked ![]()
face up on the table for a rivered set.
Chris Moneymaker and Thomas Boivin were heads-up in the blinds with the board reading ![]()
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. There was already around 175,000 in the middle and the two players decided to check the turn.
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on the river put four cards to a straight on the board and Moneymaker checked. Boivin tossed in a bet of 56,000 and Moneymaker snapped him off. Boivin turned over ![]()
for top pair and Moneymaker flew his cards to the muck.
Manig Loeser raised it up from the cutoff and only Kahle Burns called on the button. The two players saw a flop of ![]()
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and Loeser continued for 18,000. Burns called and the
paired the board on the turn.
Loeser checked this time and Burns checked it back. The river was the
and Loeser tapped the table again. Burns instantly checked as well and Loeser turned over ![]()
with a grin on his face.
Jeremy Pekarek was raking in a monster pot after doubling for 858,000 through Goran Mandic.
According to Pekarek, he opened and got one call before Mandic three-bet to somewhere in the region of 80,000. Pekarek then four-bet to 250,000 forcing out the caller.
Mandic then moved all in and Pekarek called. Mandic held ![]()
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of Pekarek, which held on the ![]()
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run out and he moved up to 1.7 million in chips.
Adrian Mateos opened to 16,000 and his compatriot Ana Marquez defended her big blind.
The flop was ![]()
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and Marquez check-called 14,000. The pair checked the ![]()
runout and Marquez showed ![]()
. Mateos turned over ![]()
and won the pot.
Mateos was left with 200,000 but a short while later he was out of the MILLIONS Vegas after losing with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Ivan Deyra.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000