Day 1B of Partypoker Millions Online Gets Underway at 20:00 CET
Published on November 29th, 2018 10:47 am ESTDay 1B of the largest tournament in the history of online poker will get underway on partypoker later today.
Earlier this week, 1,574 players turned out for Day 1A of the partypoker Millions Online event. The players were lured by the eye-popping $20 million guaranteed prize pool - the top four finishers in the tournament will all be guaranteed a minimum of a million dollars, with the eventual winner taking home $2.5 million.
partypoker collected nearly $8 million in total prize money on Day 1A, which means that there is an increasing likelihood that the tournament will surpass its ambitious guarantee.
There are still four starting flights left to be played, with Day 1B getting underway later today (Thursday, November 29th) at 20:00 CET.
partypoker has been pushing their satellite events to this tournament very hard over the past couple of days, so Day 1B should have another big field.
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More than 200 players made it through to the next day of play on Day 1A.
The current chip leader for the event is "Phil_Gruissem", who managed to finish Day 1A with nearly 27 million in chips. Players from Finland, the UK, Canada and Sweden are trailing close behind.
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partypoker has used everything that they have in their arsenal to make this tournament as large as possible, from their stable of superstar sponsored pros to their offering of over $10 million in satellite seats.
partypoker is looking to make a very big point with this tournament - they are looking to compete directly with Pokerstars. Many people have been unhappy with Pokerstars over the past couple of years, and the fact that another site is attempting to host the largest tournament in the history of online poker is drawing a great deal of support from the online poker community.
As of this moment, partypoker seems primed to pull off the seemingly impossible - host an online poker tournament with a $20 million guarantee and not be forced to pay out millions in overlay.
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