2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
956,000 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,300 CAD
Prize Pool
5,709,750 CAD
Entries
1,168
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Left 1 / 1,168
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Kings Are No Good for Jimmy Lee

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: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Lee: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

Steinberg was way behind with ace-king, but the flop came {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and he pulled ahead with a pair of aces. The {j-Spades} on the turn gave Lee some outs to chop the pot, but the river was the {7-Hearts} and Steinberg doubled up.

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

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Updated Stacks: Patrick Serda Soars

Level 7 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Patrick Serda ca
Patrick Serda
2,700,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Karim Chatur ca
Karim Chatur
2,200,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
Profile photo of Tomislav Pavkovic
Tomislav Pavkovic
1,600,000
600,000
600,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Chinell
Nicholas Chinell
1,350,000
1,350,000
1,350,000
Profile photo of Richard Mullen ca
Richard Mullen
1,300,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Sam Tsehai
Sam Tsehai
960,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Sheraz Nasir ca
Sheraz Nasir
950,000
50,000
50,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Will Failla us
Will Failla
800,000
50,000
50,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Malcolm Bolger ca
Malcolm Bolger
760,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Wesley Wong
Wesley Wong
750,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
560,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Harley Stoffmaker ca
Harley Stoffmaker
550,000
450,000
450,000
Profile photo of Nicole Cervenka
Nicole Cervenka
550,000
450,000
450,000
Profile photo of Ryan Smith ca
Ryan Smith
520,000
1,030,000
1,030,000
Profile photo of Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
520,000
280,000
280,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
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Isabelle Tremblay
410,000
230,000
230,000
Profile photo of Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
400,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Quentin Siffledeen
Quentin Siffledeen
350,000
270,000
270,000
Profile photo of Serge Pouliot
Serge Pouliot
300,000

Jason Koon Runs Into Quads

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

Jason Koon has been cruising through the day and building a healthy stack until he ran into a recent cooler. Jonathan Roy from late position raised to 45,000, Eli Israel called from the button, and Jason Koon called from the big blind. The dealer fanned the flop of {J-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Hearts}. Koon checked, Roy bet 75,000 and got called by Israel and Koon.

The turn was an {A-Diamonds} and once again Koon checked and Roy fired 200,000. This time Israel raised to 525,000. Koon thought for a brief moment and put out the chips for a call. Roy folded.

The river brought the {3-Spades} and Koon checked a third time. Israel bet 650,000 which got Koon out of his chair and scratching his head. Koon announced to the table "This is so sick!" and not only was he referring to the hand but also to his stomach after he made the call and Israel showed him {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for quads. Koon mucked his hand as he mentioned he had {A-}{J-}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eli Israel
Eli Israel
3,600,000
3,600,000
3,600,000
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
2,700,000
500,000
500,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
pokerstars

More Eliminations

Level 7 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Christoper Bolek
Busted
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Charles Shapiro
Busted
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Alexender Wong
Busted
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Yann Prevost-Dumont
Busted
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Arold Experience
Busted
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Jamie Sequeira
Busted
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Jon Borenstein
Busted
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Robert Di Trapani
Busted
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Sinan Tawfik
Busted
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Jeffrey Kostyniuk
Busted
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Van Nguy
Busted
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Olivier Brunelle-Garon
Busted
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Rafik Yeghnazari
Busted
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Hamza Firdawcy
Busted
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Sean Grover
Busted
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Yanick Labattaglia
Busted
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Ara Asatoorian
Busted
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Brian Friesen
Busted
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Jospeh Monaco
Busted
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Fouad Akli
Busted
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George Kazarian
Busted
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Sasa Stancic
Busted
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Tina S
Busted
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Jaques Iza
Busted
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Paul El-Khouri
Busted

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Level: 8

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Malcolm Bolger Loses a Cat Fight

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Kitty Kuo
Kitty Kuo

Firing his second bullet of the day, Malcolm Bolger found himself seated at the same table as Kitty Kuo. The action was folded around to Kuo in the cutoff, the short stack on the table, who pushed all in for her remaining 363,000. Bolger was in the big blind and looked down at {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} and made no hesitation in making the call. He was glad to see he was in a dominating position up against Kuo's {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}, however this was no fight Bolger was going to win.

The flop came {A-}{4-}{3-} and Bolger leaped out of his chair in disgust. The turn would have him drawing dead as another Ace hit the board, and Bolger was in disbelief.

"I can't win a hand today! This is unbelievable", Bolger said with pure disappointment on his face. Kuo silently stacked her chips and lived to fight another day, hopefully not with Bolger for his sake.

Player Chips Progress
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Kitty Kuo
700,000
300,000
300,000
Natural8
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Malcolm Bolger
520,000
240,000
240,000

Tags: Kitty Kuo

Tons of Players Have More Than Doubled!

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Wesley Hickey ca
Wesley Hickey
3,000,000
2,200,000
2,200,000
Profile photo of Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
2,900,000
100,000
100,000
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Rocco us
Michael Rocco
2,850,000
1,550,000
1,550,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jerome Makonen
Jerome Makonen
2,700,000
2,350,000
2,350,000
Profile photo of Ryan Yu ca
Ryan Yu
2,600,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
Profile photo of Kelly Kellner ca
Kelly Kellner
2,600,000
1,020,000
1,020,000
Profile photo of Taran Parmar ca
Taran Parmar
2,500,000
750,000
750,000
Profile photo of Eric Wasylenko ca
Eric Wasylenko
2,400,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
Profile photo of Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
2,300,000
2,300,000
2,300,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 4X Winner
BetMGM Poker
Profile photo of Khaly Dang ca
Khaly Dang
2,200,000
900,000
900,000
Profile photo of Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
1,700,000
550,000
550,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
1,650,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
1,600,000
350,000
350,000
Profile photo of Thomas Taylor ca
Thomas Taylor
1,600,000
400,000
400,000
Profile photo of Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
1,550,000
270,000
270,000
Profile photo of Said Michailidis us
Said Michailidis
1,350,000
450,000
450,000
Profile photo of Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
1,250,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
1,200,000
340,000
340,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
1,100,000
600,000
600,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shankar Pillar
Shankar Pillar
1,050,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Qi Hu ca
Qi Hu
1,000,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Tony Hoang ca
Tony Hoang
950,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
950,000
350,000
350,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ron Lauzon ca
Ron Lauzon
920,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
900,000
100,000
100,000
Raise Your Edge
GGPoker

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Leor Wasserman Punishes the Limpers

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

A player from middle position limped in, as did the players in the hijack, the button and the small blind. Leor Wasserman was in the big blind and moved all in for 426,000. The first player to limp folded, and the hijack called fairly quickly. The button folded, and the small blind flashed {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} before folding.

Wasserman tabled {a-Spades}{k-Spades} and was delighted to see that his opponent called with {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, keeping Wasserman in the lead with ace-high, but giving his opponent a straight draw.

The turn was the {4-Spades} and the river was the {8-Clubs}, giving Wasserman the double up he was looking for.

Player Chips Progress
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Leor Wasserman
1,000,000

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Conniff Connects and Collects

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Asher Conniff
Asher Conniff

On a board reading {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}, with about 450,000 in the pot already, the player in the hijack led out for 225,000. Asher Conniff was on the button and thought for a moment before deciding to call.

The river was the {j-Hearts}. The hijack led out for 350,000 this time. Conniff took his time and eventually called.

"King high," said the hijack, tabling {k-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. Conniff showed {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts} for two pair and scooped the pot.

Conniff has now tripled his starting stack and is sitting healthy with just a couple of more levels left in the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Asher Conniff
3,000,000
2,070,000
2,070,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Asher Conniff

Thomas Taylor's Aces Hold On

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

With over 500,000 in the pot already and a board reading {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, Thomas Taylor checked his option to Ryan Yu who fired a bet of 375,000. Taylor eventually made the call and the {5-Clubs} came on the river. Taylor checked and Yu subtly checked behind him. Taylor announced he had Aces, and once he showed them, Yu sent his cards into the muck and tapped the table.

Both players are trying to work their way toward the chip lead and maintain a healthy stack heading into Day 2 tomorrow. Here is a look at some other big stacks:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ryan Rivers ca
Ryan Rivers
4,100,000
Profile photo of David Eldridge us
David Eldridge
4,100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Karim Chatur ca
Karim Chatur
3,900,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
Profile photo of Michael Smith us
Michael Smith
3,700,000
2,900,000
2,900,000
Profile photo of Alexandre Blanc fr
Alexandre Blanc
2,800,000
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
2,600,000
700,000
700,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Yu ca
Ryan Yu
2,400,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Thomas Taylor ca
Thomas Taylor
2,300,000
700,000
700,000