888poker Millions Superstorm: Russia’s “bazzzarov” Wins Nearly $10K

The biggest online poker festival ever to take place in the long history of 888poker is more than halfway through its schedule with the Millions Superstorm guaranteeing at more than $8 million across 480 tournaments from Sept. 10 to Oct. 11.

Russia’s “bazzzarov” claimed the biggest win over the past two days in the festival after finishing on top of a field of 325 entrants in the 888Millions $160 PKO 8-Max – $50,000 GTD to bank $9,637 ($4,997 prize + $4,640 in bounties).

The highlight of the festival is the two-day $320 888Millions Superstorm Main Event boasting a huge $1 million guarantee. Opening flights have already begun for this event and there are plenty of chances every day for you to earn a ticket to this event for free.

Check below for a complete overview of the past few days of the Millions Superstorm at 888poker.

888Millions Superstorm Recent Results

“bazzzarov” wasn’t the only player to hit big the past couple of days. Winning nearly as much was Canada’s “danimal19” who took home $9,455 ($5,466 prize + $3,979 in bounties) after shipping the 888Millions $109 PKO 9-Max – $50,000 GTD.

Other players to win events included Alex “AGelinski” Gelinski, Michael “HyperX.” Skeldon, and Ben “DoobieFish” Kett.

Check out all of the 888Millions results from Monday and Tuesday:

888Millions $16.50 PKO – $5,000 GTD

888Millions $44 PKO 8-Max – $5,000 GTD

888Millions $88 PKO 8-Max – $10,000 GTD

888Millions $33 BIG Fish – $12,000 GTD

888Millions $109 Mega Deep – $12,000 GTD

888Millions $22 PKO – $8,000 GTD

888Millions $7.50 PKO 8-Max – $6,000 GTD

888Millions $55 Monsoon – $12,000 GTD

888Millions $109 PKO 9-Max – $50,000 GTD

888Millions $22 Mini PKO 9-Max – $20,000 GTD

888Millions $16.50 BIG Fish – $15,000 GTD

888Millions $33 BIG Fish – $12,000 GTD

888Millions $5.50 BIG Fish – $7,000 GTD

888Millions $55 PKO 6-Max – $10,000 GTD

888Millions $22 PKO – $8,000 GTD

888Millions $16.50 PKO – $5,000 GTD

888Millions $44 PKO 8-Max – $5,000 GTD

888Millions $88 PKO 8-Max – $10,000 GTD

888Millions $33 BIG Fish – $12,000 GTD

888Millions $109 Mega Deep – $12,000 GTD

888Millions $22 PKO – $8,000 GTD

888Millions $7.50 PKO 8-Max – $6,000 GTD

888Millions $55 Monsoon – $12,000 GTD

888Millions $160 PKO 8-Max – $50,000 GTD

888Millions $22 Mini PKO 8-Max – $20,000 GTD

888Millions $16.50 BIG Fish – $15,000 GTD

888Millions $33 BIG Fish – $12,000 GTD

888Millions $5.50 BIG Fish – $7,000 GTD

888Millions $55 PKO 6-Max – $10,000 GTD

888Millions $22 PKO – $8,000 GTD

888Millions Superstorm Main Event Update

Opening flights for the Superstorm Main Event are underway with thus far 1,609 entrants (including 171 inflight re-entries) already hopping into the action in hopes for a lion’s share of the at least $1 million guaranteed in the prize pool.

A total of 241 players and counting have thus far virtually bagged a stack with many more to come. Brazil’s “vitola99” has kept the chip lead for since near the beginning of the series after growing his 10,000 opening chip stack into a monster stack of 227,527 in chips.

There were no changes in the top ten chip stacks on the leaderboard entering Day 2 in the past two days. Here is a look at who has the biggest stacks thus far in the 888Millions Superstorm Main Event.

The Main Event provides plenty of action with 20-minute blind levels on Day 1. Opening flights end the sooner of 12 blind levels in the books or the field trimmed down to 14 percent of its starting size.

The next opening flight takes place on Monday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. GMT / 3 p.m. EDT. There are plenty of satellites for players to qualify for pennies on the dollars along with many paths for players to get their tickets for free!

Surviving players will return for one final day of play on Sunday, Oct. 11 when all of the action will be reported under the watchful eye of the PokerNews Live Reporting team.