The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final in Barcelona is off to a great start with 88-entrants ensuring the €2m GTD €25,000 runs swimmingly, and Andreas Eiler takes home the €700,000 first prize.

If partypoker is going to become the king of the live tournament jungle they need to sink teeth into the necks of the most celebrated players in the world. They need to build a big bad brood, and an event like partypoker LIVE Grand MILLIONS Barcelona becomes a crucial breeding ground.

Yes, the beating heart of the live tournament consists of the teeming schools of fish, but it’s those that compete in the high stakes echelons that act as the sparkling lure in these things.

If the Grand Final goes well, and these superstars feel well looked after, who knows, they may call this brand ‘home?’