￡550 Finale
Day 2 Completed
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK
￡550 Finale
Day: 2
Event Info
Level 43
: 7,000,000/14,000,000, 7,000,000 ante
Konstantinos Nanos has been crowned the winner of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Finale after he came through the 871 entrants field to claim ￡84,014 and the trophy. It marks the crowning of two Greek champions after his compatriot and friend Ioannis Angelou-Konstas had earlier won the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event title.
Today saw 123 players return for Day 2 after six starting flights took place over the course of the last four days, with players looking to turn just ￡550 into a big payday.
Pim de Goede was eliminated in second place for ￡70,485 after the final two players agreed to an ICM deal, after Mauricio Pais departed in third place for ￡40,000.
partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK ￡550 Finale Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (GBP) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konstantinos Nanos | Greece | ￡84,014 | $109,699 |
| 2 | Pim de Goede | Netherlands | ￡70,485 | $92,063 |
| 3 | Mauricio Pais | Germany | ￡40,000 | $52,246 |
| 4 | James Golder | United Kingdom | ￡28,500 | $37,219 |
| 5 | Richard Barr | United Kingdom | ￡20,000 | $26,119 |
| 6 | Catalin Dumitrascu | United Kingdom | ￡13,500 | $17,629 |
| 7 | Garinder Purewal | United Kingdom | ￡9,000 | $11,752 |
Action of the day
Eventual winner Nanos was involved in action from the off when he eliminated both Fredrik Bergmann and Tamer Kamel in separate hands on the money bubble to become the chip leader. Nanos then lost a significant portion of his stack but regained the momentum to climb up the chip counts as the field reduced to the final three tables.
When the official final table of seven was set Garinder Purewal was the first player to depart after he called off a river all in from Mauricio Pais on a jack-five-nine-five-ace board. Purewal held a jack for two pair but Pais tabled five-four for trips, and Purewal exited.
Catalin Dumitrascu, who eliminated two players with pocket jacks when just two tables remained, exited in 6th place for ￡13,500 when his ace-ten was unable to find any connection on the board and Pim de Goede's pocket eights held.
There was then a series of double ups before short stack Richard Marr saw Nanos reluctantly call his four big blind shove while in the big blind. Marr admitted he only looked at one of his cards, which was an ace, and he was surprised to see another ace when he flipped over his second card. Nanos only held eight-four offsuit, but Marr was even more shocked to see Nanos hit a straight on the river after the board fell queen-nine-three-jack-ten, and Marr departed in fifth place for ￡20,000.
Not long after it was James Golder, who experienced the same feeling when he got his short stack into the middle with pocket aces having called a small blind shove from De Goede who held nine-six offsuit. The board once again went against the pocket aces, and De Goede hit a straight on the river to eliminate Golder in fourth place for ￡28,500.
Pais was the short stack of the final three, and although he found an early double up, he then fell away from his two opponents and ultimately departed when his pocket sixes were unable to survive against the king-jack of Nanos after they two players got all their chips into the middle preflop from the blinds.
After the money-deal was agreed between De Goede and Nanos, there was ￡15,000 left to play for as well as the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS trophy.
Nanos won a big pot when he hit a straight on the river and held a five-to-one chip lead over De Goede. Nanos then limp-called a shove from De Goede with ace-king suited and was ahead of king-three. Nanos held to claim the extra prize money and the title.
With that being said, the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK has come to an end after ten days of fantastic poker action!
And the next stop for the partypoker LIVE Tour is the Caribbean!
Level 43
: 7,000,000/14,000,000, 7,000,000 ante
Konstantinos Nanos called on the button and Pim de Goede shoved from the big blind for 120m, which Nanos called.
Pim de Goede: 
Konstantinos Nanos: 
Board: 
Nanos had De Goede dominated and held his lead on the flop. The turn and river were no help to De Goede, and his fate was sealed to take second place for ￡70,485 after the heads-up money-deal was agreed.
Nanos wins the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Final for ￡84,014 for his share of the money-deal plus the ￡15,000 on top.
A recap of the day's action will be posted later on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
870,000,000
140,000,000
|
140,000,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Level: 43
Blinds: 7,000,000/14,000,000
Ante: 7,000,000
Level 42
: 6,000,000/12,000,000, 6,000,000 ante
The flop was down 
, and Pim De Goede check-raised a 12m bet from Konstantinos Nanos to 40m, which Nanos called.
The turn was the 
, and Nanos called a 60m bet.
On the 
river, De Goede checked, and Nanos bet 90m. De Goede went into the tank used a time bank card. After a minute he called and mucked after Nanos tabled 
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
730,000,000
330,000,000
|
330,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
140,000,000
-335,000,000
|
-335,000,000 |
Level 42
: 6,000,000/12,000,000, 6,000,000 ante
The players have begun the action once more.
Level 42
: 6,000,000/12,000,000, 6,000,000 ante
The final two players have agreed to a money deal.
Pim de Goede - ￡70,485.80
Konstantinos Nanos - ￡69,014.92
￡15,000 is left to play for alongside the trophy.
Level 42
: 6,000,000/12,000,000, 6,000,000 ante
Play paused while the two remaining players discuss a money deal.
Level 42
: 6,000,000/12,000,000, 6,000,000 ante
Konstantinos Nanos moved all in from the small blind, and Mauricio Pais called in the big blind.
Konstantinos Nanos: 
Mauricio Pais: 
Board: 
Pais was all set for a double up until Nanos hit a jack on the river to win the pot with a higher two pair. Pais was eliminated in 3rd place for ￡40,000 and Nanos increased his stack to 400m.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
475,000,000
85,000,000
|
85,000,000 |
|
|
400,000,000
150,000,000
|
150,000,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level: 42
Blinds: 6,000,000/12,000,000
Ante: 6,000,000