On a board reading with about 60,000 in the pot, opponent from middle position bet 37,000. Francois Billard made the call as well as his opponent on his left. The completed the board and once again Billard's opponent led out for 110,000. Billard thought for a couple moments and evaluated both of his opponents' stacks before moving all in for 700,000 having both his opponents covered. Both opponents mucked their cards instantly and Billard stacked the chips as he continues to push through Day 1a.
Jon Borenstein raised to 15,000 from under the gun and Andreas Olympios three-bet to 45,000 from middle position. Borenstein called.
The flop came and Borenstein checked to Olympios who bet 50,000. Borenstein called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the river, which was the . Borenstein checked for a third time, and Olympios went into the tank before deciding to bet 130,000. Borenstein quickly called and Olympios tabled for two pair, tens and sixes with an ace kicker. Borenstein mucked his hand.
Sylvain Siebert came into Day 1 as the chip leader after qualifying through phase 1 with over 3,000,000 chips. He has used his large stack to his advantage and continues to put pressure on his opponents at the table. Siebert seems to be forcing the action with preflop raises and continuation bets to increase his chip stack.
With roughly 40,000 in the pot preflop and the board reading , Peter Weinand checked his action to his opponent who led out for 35,000. Weinand called and the turn brought the . This time Weinand led out for a bet of 160,000 and his opponent quickly announced a call. The hit the river and Weinand led out for 200,000 this time, again quickly called by his opponent.
Weinand tabled for top two pair, and his opponent threw his into the muck in disgust.
World Poker Tour Champion, Eric Afriat, raised to 13,000 from middle position and the hijack called. Kunal Patel was on the button and three-bet to 50,000. The big blind called, and action was back on Afriat. After a moment, Afriat four-bet to 215,000.
Patel asked for a confirmation of the bet, and then asked, "How much did you start with?"
Afriat put his hands up in the air and exclaimed, "We just started the tournament 19 minutes ago!" Patel didn't respond and opted to call, as did the big blind.
The flop came and the big blind checked. Afriat bet 160,000 and both of his opponents folded.
Afriat looked at Patel and asked, "You wanna see?" Patel didn't respond and Afriat raked in the pot.
As expected, this opening day of the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event is stacked.
Mike Sexton is looking for his second win here at the Playground Poker Club, as is three-time World Poker Tour Champion, Darren Elias.
Players from around the world have traveled here to be a part of this record-breaking tournament in Canada. This includes players such as Matt Affleck and Chance Kornuth.
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The partypoker MILLION North America Main Event has kicked off with Mike Sexton announcing "Shuffle Up and Deal". There are currently 203 entrants and much more expected to walk through the doors of the Playground Poker Club today to give it their best shot at the CA$1,000,000 guaranteed first place prize.
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with about 60,000 in the pot, opponent from middle position bet 37,000. Francois Billard made the call as well as his opponent on his left. The 
completed the board and once again Billard's opponent led out for 110,000. Billard thought for a couple moments and evaluated both of his opponents' stacks before moving all in for 700,000 having both his opponents covered. Both opponents mucked their cards instantly and Billard stacked the chips as he continues to push through Day 1a.
and Borenstein checked to Olympios who bet 50,000. Borenstein called. 
and both players checked to the river, which was the 
. Borenstein checked for a third time, and Olympios went into the tank before deciding to bet 130,000. Borenstein quickly called and Olympios tabled 
, Peter Weinand checked his action to his opponent who led out for 35,000. Weinand called and the turn brought the 
. This time Weinand led out for a bet of 160,000 and his opponent quickly announced a call. The 
hit the river and Weinand led out for 200,000 this time, again quickly called by his opponent. 
