Giorgiy Skhulukhiya has won the 2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, outlasting a field of 839 entries to earn the title and the first-place prize of $683,285. This was the largest payday of Skhulukhiya’s tournament career, surpassing the $220,643 he earned as the champion of the 2020 Merit Poker Western $5,000 buy-in event. The Georgian now has more than $1.6 million in lifetime earnings to his name. In addition to the title and the money, Skhulukhiya was also awarded 1,824 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. This was his second title of the year, having won a R53,900 ($737 USD) buy-in event at the Sochi Casino & Resort’s Autumn Poker Festival for $58,424 USD and 360 points. With four other POY-qualified final tables under his belt so far in 2021, Skhulukhiya has surged up the rankings and into 16th place in the POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker. He currently has 2,888 points. Th