Level 6 has begun, and that means registration will close at the end of the dinner break after this level is over.
The dinner break is 45 minutes long, after which time players will need to come back within the first two levels of play tomorrow if they want one last shot at this massive CA$5,000,000 prizepool!
Level: 6
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
James Romero raised to 31,000 from under the gun, and Poorya Nazari decided to three-bet to 300,000 from the small blind. After thinking about it for a full minute, Romero four-bet jammed for his remaining stack and Nazari snap-called.
Nazari tabled 
, dominating Romero's 
.
The board ran out 
and Nazari doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,400,000 | 1,215,000 |
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1,215,000 | -1,185,000 |
Antonio Esfandiari has been seen around the Playground Poker Club for the past few days, grinding away on the partypoker Live cash game feature table; usually playing 100/200 NLHE. Today he jumped into the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event to take aim at another big tournament win.
Esfandiari was slowly getting chipped away throughout the day thus far, and he finally found himself with a hand under the gun. Esfandiari raised to 30,000. An opponent from middle position re-raised to 65,000, and when the action was folded back around to Esfandiari, he jammed his remaining 300,000 into the middle. After a quick speech, his opponent made the call and Esfandiari was left with some bad news.
Esfandiari: 
Opponent:
The board ran out 
giving no help to Esfandiari. Unfortunately no magic for the magician today, but there is still time to re-enter today, and again tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800,000 | 350,000 |
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1,700,000 | 450,000 |
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1,350,000 | 750,000 |
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1,280,000 | -170,000 |
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920,000 | 620,000 |
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860,000 | -190,000 |
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800,000 | |
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750,000 | 240,000 |
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500,000 | -60,000 |
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Darren Elias was all in before the flop for his last 205,000, as was Nicholas Chinell for his last 280,000. Taran Parmar saw an opportunity to eliminate two players and took it. Sure enough, he found himself miles ahead of both players.
Parmar:
Chinell: 
Elias: 
The board ran out 
and both Elias and Chinell were out the door, sending the pot over to Parmar.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,750,000 | |
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Busted |
Jonathan Duhamel has been moving up the leaderboard in the past couple levels with some real consistent play. After failing to bag chips yesterday in Day 1a, Duhamel is back today looking to grind up a stack.
In his latest hand, Duhamel was on the button and called a 30,000 raise from his opponent in middle position. When the flop came 
, his opponent led out for 35,000 and Duhamel called.
The turn was a 
and once again his opponent led out for 65,000 and again Duhamel called.
On the river of a 
, this time his opponent checked. Duhamel bet 95,000 which was the right price for his opponent to call. Duhamel tabled 
for the nut straight and left his opponent shaking his head.
Jonathan Duhamel will need to keep up the consistent play as Antonio Esfandiari has recently sat down at his table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
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520,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on a quick 15-minute break. We have reached 547 total entries for Day 1b with still three more hours left to register.
