2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival

$10,300 MILLIONS High Roller ($1 Million Gtd.)
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$275,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$999,100
Entries
103
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
0

Francois Billard Bags the Lead at the End of Day 1

Level 8 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Francois Billard
Francois Billard

An action-packed Day 1 at the 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival has come to an end. The $10,300 MILLIONS High Roller has reached its conclusion with no shortage of notable names moving on to Day 2. Francois Billard managed to bag the largest stack when all was said and done, nearly reaching the 4 million chip mark.

Billard will return with 3,899,000 tomorrow and will start the day as the chip leader. Throughout the day, Billard held on to an average stack until he got involved in a massive pot with Sam Trickett. Trickett flopped a full house on the {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop with pocket fives, but Billard rivered a larger full house, holding {a-Spades}{9-Spades}. That pot vaulted Billard over the 3 million chip mark and he continued to roll through the last level of play.

To date, Billard has over $1.5 million in career tournament earnings with his largest cash coming back in 2014 when the EPT stopped in Prague. Earlier this year, he finished second in another $10,300 event in Barcelona for $297,911. Billard will be looking to move up one more place to reach the top of the podium here in Punta Cana.

There were only two other players to bag a stack over 3 million at day's end and they were fellow Canadian, Daniel Dvoress (3,496,000), and Michael Watson (3,076,000). Other notables to find a bag include Mustapha Kanit (2,779,000), Sergio Aido (2,224,000), Rainer Kempe (2,141,000), Ryan Riess (1,158,000), and partypoker ambassador Kristen Bicknell (553,000).

It wasn't all smiles for everyone as Tom Marchese, Niall Farrell, and Steve O'Dwyer all fell short on two bullets fired today. Matt Kirk was the first elimination of the day, lasting less than an hour when he flopped a set but ran into a bigger set of Sean Winter. On the other hand, Bryn Kenney busted in the last few hands of the night but will surely be back tomorrow to try his luck again.

With a total of 67 entries on the day, the tournament will need to attract at least 33 more in order to reach the $1,000,000 guaranteed prizepool. Late registration will remain open for 4 more levels on Day 2, and there are still unlimited re-entries. Of those 67 entries today, 43 will be returning tomorrow for another eight levels of play starting at 12:00 P.M. local time.

Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
121Bartlomiej MachonPoland649,00027
123Ivan DeyraFrance941,00039
124Seth DaviesUnited States747,00031
125Marc-Olivier Carpentier-PerraultCanada1,228,00051
126Felipe RamosBrazil486,00020
128Jake SchindlerUnited States1,885,00079
      
131Martyn FreyUnited Kingdom2,874,000120
132Michael WatsonCanada3,076,000128
134Sean WinterUnited States1,387,00058
135Manig LoeserGermany1,776,00074
136Barry HutterUnited States2,202,00092
137Philipp GruissemGermany1,719,00072
      
141Pavel PlesuvUkraine636,00027
142Steffen SontheimerGermany1,191,00050
143Vicente DelgadoSpain800,00033
144Adrian MateosSpain2,008,00084
146Rainer KempeGermany2,141,00089
148Dmitry MakarovRussian Federation2,550,000106
      
151Jonathan LittleUnited States702,00029
153Stefan SchillhabelGermany850,00035
154Carlos ChadhaUnited States403,00017
156Gal YifrachUnited States2,310,00096
157Chris HunichenUnited States772,00032
      
162Kristen BicknellCanada553,00023
163Felix BleikerSwitzerland2,140,00089
164Jack SinclairUnited Kingdom478,00020
165Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom1,709,00071
166Sam GreenwoodCanada1,660,00069
      
172Sergio AidoSpain2,224,00093
173Preben StokkanNorway2,120,00088
174Mustapha KanitItaly2,779,000116
175Benjamin PollakFrance1,832,00076
177Pablo Joaquin Melogno CabreraUruguay713,00030
      
181David PetersUnited States924,00039
182Kenny HallaertBelgium1,006,00042
183Julian StuerAustria710,00030
185Francois BillardCanada3,899,000162
186Daniel DvoressCanada3,496,000146
      
191Alexandru PapazianRomania1,529,00064
192Ryan RiessUnited States1,158,00048
193Ludovic GeilichGermany559,00023
194Koray AldemirGermany1,563,00065
196Michael ZhangUnited Kingdom1,690,00070

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Tags: Bryn KenneyDaniel DvoressFrancois BillardMatt KirkMichael WatsonMustapha KanitNiall FarrellRainer KempeRyan RiessSam TrickettSean WinterSergio AidoSteve O'DwyerTom Marchese