Welcome to Day 1e of the ￡5,300 partypokerLIVE MILLIONS Main Event
With 193 entries in Day 1d, the pioneering ￡6m guaranteed partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Main Event reaches another Day 1 with the opportunity for players to try to reach a Day 2 seat across ten levels of top class poker action.
With the ￡1million minimum top prize now looming large for players of all levels, today's raft of entrants will feature more direct buy-ins as big names continue to flock to the home of Robin Hood and Nottingham Forest in a bid to walk away with the biggest prize ever awarded in a live tournament on British soil.
Yesterday saw Neel Murthy top the chipcounts with an incredible 7,630,500, but he was followed by Koray Aldemir (5,373,000), Britain's Paul Siddle (5,321,000) and WSOP Main Event finalist Kenny Hallaert, who bagged up 4,907,500. Those are some very big Day 2 stacks to try and top for today's players, with Murthy the man to shoot for across the tournament itself.
Phase 1 players through last night include Qin Ling (1,977,000), Jake Quinsee (805,500) and Adrian Veghinas (1,279,500) but there are dozens through from online and with many big names expected to buy into the MILLLIONS Main Event on Friday, plenty of professionals and amateurs alike will surely pitch up today in an attempt to find an edge in what is increasing turning into one of the toughest fields in a ￡5,300 tournament.
Day 1 Level Structure
| Level | Clock | SB | BB | Ante |
| 20 | 60 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 |
| 21 | 60 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 600 |
| 22 | 60 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 800 |
| 23 | 60 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
| 24 | 60 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 |
| 25 | 60 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 1,500 |
| 26 | 60 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 |
| 27 | 60 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 2,500 |
| 28 | 60 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 3,000 |
| 29 | 60 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 4,000 |
With ten hour-long levels due to take place from 2pm local time to the close of play roughly 12.5 hours later, it will be a gruelling effort at the felt from any player lucky enough to make Day 2. But was winning a million pounds ever easy?
As ever, PokerNews will bring you all the action, interviews with the players, features and chipcounts as well as the feature table coverage with cards up commentary on a 30-minute delay all on the same page.
You're right at the partypokerLIVE MILLIONS felt with us today, so pick your winner and rail from the comfort of your own home. The blue touch paper is about to be well and truly lit.