Main Event Day 1b | 2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America

05-06-2017 19:57 UTC-4

Updated Stacks: Patrick Serda Soars

ElleSriracha

Level 7 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Serda	2,700,000	1,700,000
Karim Chatur	2,200,000	1,900,000
Tomislav Pavkovic	1,600,000	600,000
Nicholas Chinell	1,350,000	1,350,000
Richard Mullen	1,300,000	80,000
Sam Tsehai	960,000	10,000
Sheraz Nasir	950,000	-50,000
Will Failla	800,000	-50,000
Malcolm Bolger	760,000	10,000
Wesley Wong	750,000	-300,000
Seth Davies	560,000	-300,000
Harley Stoffmaker	550,000	-450,000
Nicole Cervenka	550,000	-450,000
Ryan Smith	520,000	-1,030,000
Mike Sexton	520,000	-280,000
Isabelle Tremblay	410,000	-230,000
Shyam Srinivasan	400,000	-200,000
Quentin Siffledeen	350,000	-270,000
Serge Pouliot	300,000

05-06-2017 19:51 UTC-4

Kings Are No Good for Jimmy Lee

ElleSriracha

Level 7 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Jimmy Lee was in middle position and raised to 46,000. Lance Steinberg was in late position and three-bet to 108,000. Action was back on Lee and he decided to four-bet to 235,000. Steinberg wasted no time and dramatically shoveled his entire stack of 1,150,000 chips in the middle to go all in. Lee quickly called.

Steinberg:
Lee:

Steinberg was way behind with ace-king, but the flop came and he pulled ahead with a pair of aces. The on the turn gave Lee some outs to chop the pot, but the river was the and Steinberg doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lance Steinberg	2,400,000
Jimmy Lee	250,000	-450,000

Tags: Jimmy Lee Lance Steinberg

Level: 7

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

05-06-2017 18:47 UTC-4

Dinner Break!

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Players are going to help themselves to some food during this 45-minute dinner break. At the conclusion of the break, registration will also be finished for the day. There has been a total of 581 entries thus far in Day 1b. Here is a look at the leader's chip counts in the room thus far:

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Blanc	4,300,000	1,340,000
Alexandre Lavigne	3,500,000	-200,000
Jason Koon	3,200,000	200,000
Martin Finger	3,000,000	1,100,000

05-06-2017 18:44 UTC-4

More Chip Updates

ElleSriracha

Level 6 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Afriat	2,800,000	1,650,000
Anthony Zinno	1,900,000	900,000
Antonio Esfandiari	1,900,000	1,900,000
Sam Chartier	1,500,000
Mike McDonald	1,300,000	450,000
Michael Rocco	1,300,000
Shane Brotherwood	1,250,000
Alexander Greenblatt	1,200,000	1,200,000
Thomas Taylor	1,200,000	400,000
Mark Radoja	1,150,000	190,000
Sam Panzica	920,000	-230,000
Ryan Yu	600,000	-120,000
Johnny Lodden	320,000	-680,000
Luc Greenwood	250,000	-750,000

05-06-2017 18:42 UTC-4

Duhamel Finds Himself in a Tough Spot

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

In a hand with six players to the flop, and around 250,000 already in the pot, the dealer fanned a board of . Both blind positions checked and action was on Duhamel who bet 125,000. Action folded to the small blind who called, and the big blind put out a raise of 355,000. Duhamel made the call and the small blind folded. They were heads up to the turn.

With only 465,000 remaining, Duhamel's opponent moved all in when the hit the turn. Duhamel was in a tough spot but knew he couldn't fold his hand. He made the call and the cards were turned over.

Duhamel:
Opponent:

The river was a making his opponent a full house and Duhamel's chip stack took a hit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	1,200,000	-900,000

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel

05-06-2017 18:41 UTC-4

Kitty Kuo Shoves the River

ElleSriracha

Level 6 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

A fairly big pot had come together, and Kitty Kuo had her stack of 217,000 chips in the middle, putting her opponent to the test.

The board read , and her opponent had checked to her from the big blind. Kuo shoved all in from early position and had Jiachen Gong in the tank first from the cutoff position. He folded, and the big blind went into the tank. He flashed , and eventually folded.

Kuo emphatically whipped over for a pair of tens and a busted flush draw and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kitty Kuo	400,000	100,000

Tags: Kitty Kuo

05-06-2017 18:17 UTC-4

Jiachen Gong Takes Aim at Cate Hall

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Jiachen Gong has been collecting chips from his opponents throughout the day and his most recent victim was Cate Hall. Gong opened to 41,000 from late position and Cate Hall three-bet from the small blind to 150,000. Gong made the call and the two players went heads-up to the flop of . Hall bet 112,000 and Gong called.

When the turn came a , Hall bet again, this time for 405,000. Once again Gong called.

The river was a and this time Hall chose to check. Gong bet 1,500,000 which was enough to put Hall all in, however she chose to fold and Gong stacked the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiachen Gong	3,600,000	1,700,000
Cate Hall	1,100,000	-700,000

05-06-2017 18:16 UTC-4

Some Day1b Photos

Danny Maxwell

05-06-2017 18:13 UTC-4

Updated Stacks: Sam Trickett is in the Field

ElleSriracha

Level 6 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	2,500,000	-300,000
Rodney Ramalho	1,900,000	300,000
Cate Hall	1,800,000	800,000
Sam Gottiparthi	1,500,000	400,000
Jonathan Roy	1,300,000	100,000
Qi Hu	1,120,000	320,000
Wesley Wong	1,050,000	-50,000
Sam Trickett	980,000
Erick Lemarquand	980,000	80,000
Sam Tsehai	950,000	-50,000
Jimmy Lee	700,000	130,000
Kevin Zeidler	620,000	-380,000
Shyam Srinivasan	600,000	-260,000
Mike Dentale	300,000	-700,000
Kitty Kuo	300,000	-700,000