The partypoker MILLION North America Main Event Day 1b is Set to Kick Off!
The partypoker MILLION North America Main Event heads into Day 1b in just one short hour. With a CA$5,000,000 guaranteed prizepool and CA$1,000,000 guaranteed to the champion, this is the biggest event Canada has seen in several years!
Live Day 1b is set to begin at 12:00 p.m. local time in Montreal, Canada. Players that buy into the tournament for CA$5,300/$4,000 will receive 1,000,000 chips to start, however there will be a variety of different stacks from the Phase 1 qualifiers. There will be 60-minute levels on Day 1, with one re-entry permitted until the end of the break, following level 6. Registration will also be available on Day 2 until the end of the first break after two levels.
Here is a look at the Live Day 1 structure:
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 | |
| 2 | 60 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 600 | |
| 3 | 60 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 800 | |
| 4 | 60 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | |
| 5 | 60 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 | |
| 6 | 60 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 1,500 | |
| 7 | 60 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 | |
| 8 | 60 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 2,500 | |
| 9 | 60 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 3,000 | |
| 10 | 60 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 4,000 |
There are 123 entries confirmed for Live Day 1b from the Phase 1 qualifiers, with Sammy Chao leading the way with 3,149,000 chips. After 372 total entries filed through the doors at the Playground Poker Club yesterday, this marquee tournament is well on its way to reaching the guarantee. 137 players bagged chips on Day 1a and will be returning on Day 2 which will commence on May 7th.
Here is a look at the Live Day 1b table draw for the qualifiers. The open spots will be filled by direct buy-ins:
| Table | Seat | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | Bradley | Smith | 745,000 |
| 17 | 3 | Srinivas | Gotiparthi | 979,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Robin | Mastine | 542,500 |
| 18 | 1 | Louis | Crete | 1,000,000 |
| 18 | 5 | Julien | Giguere | 638,000 |
| 18 | 7 | Rodney | Ramalho | 1,400,000 |
| 19 | 1 | Gary | Farrell | 1,003,000 |
| 19 | 3 | Pawel | Pelc | 1,142,000 |
| 19 | 5 | Sasan | Mehrabian | 970,000 |
| 20 | 1 | Joey | Boczek | 826,000 |
| 20 | 5 | Rami | Hammoud | 1,004,000 |
| 20 | 7 | Stephan | Chartrand | 1,093,500 |
| 21 | 3 | Wesley | Wong | 1,200,000 |
| 21 | 5 | Alexandre | Lavigne | 841,000 |
| 21 | 9 | Sammy | Chao | 3,149,000 |
| 22 | 1 | Co | Tran | 793,500 |
| 22 | 3 | Rafik | Yeghnazari | 800,000 |
| 22 | 7 | Laura | Farrell | 460,000 |
| 23 | 1 | Bill | Kontaratos | 1,219,500 |
| 23 | 3 | Noy | U | 1,396,000 |
| 23 | 5 | Frank | Szlepcsenyi | 360,000 |
| 24 | 1 | Jean-Francois | Cyr | 905,000 |
| 24 | 3 | William | Blais | 1,132,000 |
| 24 | 5 | Jean-Francois | Bruens | 541,000 |
| 25 | 3 | Daniel Noel | Noseworthy | 897,000 |
| 25 | 5 | Jonathan | Bussieres | 1,179,500 |
| 25 | 9 | Daniel | Charette | 1,037,000 |
| 26 | 1 | Alexander James | Allison | 1,140,500 |
| 26 | 3 | Jospeh | Monaco | 718,500 |
| 26 | 5 | Nicholas | St-Laurent | 671,500 |
| 27 | 1 | Kauvsegan | Ehamparam | 1,439,000 |
| 27 | 3 | Ara | Asatoorian | 1,249,000 |
| 27 | 5 | Kevin | Zeidler | 644,000 |
| 28 | 1 | Wing | Seto | 344,500 |
| 28 | 5 | John | Vrettas | 904,000 |
| 28 | 9 | Sebastien | Proulx | 1,771,500 |
| 29 | 1 | Martin | Messier | 373,500 |
| 29 | 7 | Arold | Experience | 586,500 |
| 29 | 9 | Sammy | Lafleur | 494,000 |
| 30 | 3 | Eric | Beck | 1,057,500 |
| 30 | 5 | Lucas | Greenwood | 497,000 |
| 31 | 1 | Alexandre | Fournier | 1,207,000 |
| 31 | 5 | George | Kazarian | 800,000 |
| 31 | 9 | Leor | Wasserman | 1,530,500 |
| 32 | 9 | Xin | Qi | 939,500 |
| 33 | 1 | Jean-Francois | Dupont | 1,174,500 |
| 33 | 3 | Daune | Fernandez | 911,000 |
| 33 | 5 | Mounzer | Awada | 965,000 |
| 33 | 7 | Kieu Hoa | Lam | 528,000 |
| 34 | 1 | Ho Kwan Jeremy | Yip | 325,000 |
| 34 | 3 | Neil | Trahey | 1,600,000 |
| 34 | 5 | Pierre | Daigle | 2,800,500 |
| 35 | 1 | Samuel | Hamilton | 1,423,500 |
| 35 | 5 | Gerald | Karlic | 1,292,500 |
| 35 | 7 | Nektarios | Papadedes | 294,000 |
| 36 | 1 | Andrew Mason | Dixon | 585,000 |
| 36 | 3 | Curtis | Burlet | 645,000 |
| 36 | 5 | Feizal | Satchu | 537,500 |
| 37 | 1 | Arthur | W | 693,000 |
| 37 | 3 | Claude | Begin | 400,000 |
| 37 | 5 | Maurizio | Lo Russo | 1,100,000 |
| 38 | 1 | Carl | Diveglia | 434,000 |
| 38 | 3 | Marco | Cannizzaro | 772,000 |
| 38 | 5 | Fraser | Swidler | 702,500 |
| 39 | 1 | Glen | Hammers | 993,000 |
| 39 | 3 | Alexandre | Blanc | 2,552,000 |
| 39 | 5 | Jason | Guiley | 270,000 |
| 49 | 1 | Michael | Shorts | 453,000 |
| 49 | 3 | Carlos | Rivas | 1,527,000 |
| 49 | 7 | Mario | Lepine | 1,497,000 |
| 50 | 3 | Daniel | Le | 900,500 |
| 50 | 7 | Geng | Chen | 316,500 |
| 50 | 9 | Nikolas | Vervaik | 550,500 |
| 51 | 3 | Jaques | Iza | 1,319,000 |
| 51 | 5 | Luc | Richard | 907,000 |
| 52 | 5 | Michael | Malm | 993,500 |
| 53 | 1 | Carlos | Mora Alvarez | 838,000 |
| 53 | 5 | Giovanni | Massa | 500,500 |
| 53 | 7 | Azim | Popatia | 1,755,000 |
| 54 | 1 | Marc | Guerbilsky | 1,534,500 |
| 54 | 3 | Kenneth | Mcfarlane | 727,000 |
| 54 | 9 | Michel | Dubreuil | 467,000 |
| 55 | 1 | Hong Wei | Jin | 211,000 |
| 55 | 3 | Elie | A | 707,000 |
| 55 | 7 | Christian | Paradis | 1,217,500 |
| 56 | 1 | Antonio | Sozinho | 1,066,500 |
| 56 | 3 | Nikolas | Chinell | 515,000 |
| 56 | 5 | Paul | Dalrymple | 730,000 |
| 57 | 3 | Asif | Vayani | 531,500 |
| 58 | 3 | Nathan | Hall | 685,000 |
| 58 | 9 | Olivier | Brunelle-Garon | 1,237,000 |
| 59 | 3 | Conrado | Corpus | 1,550,000 |
| 59 | 7 | Andre | Vezina | 292,500 |
| 60 | 7 | Kurt | Vaters | 650,000 |
| 60 | 9 | Jonathan | Kyriakides | 1,520,000 |
| 61 | 1 | Dave | Jeanneau | 618,000 |
| 61 | 3 | Pauline | Briand | 1,262,000 |
| 61 | 5 | Stephane | Gosselin | 574,000 |
| 62 | 5 | Lukas | Soucek | 2,200,000 |
| 62 | 7 | Carl | Martel | 1,412,000 |
| 63 | 1 | Marcello | Simonetti | 433,500 |
| 63 | 5 | Cedrik | Angrove-Bernier | 1,700,000 |
| 63 | 7 | Anthony | Hughes | 1,199,000 |
| 64 | 1 | Peter | Johnson Messer | 861,000 |
| 64 | 5 | Aaron | Shepard | 1,616,000 |
| 64 | 9 | Giancarlo | Santolin | 316,000 |
| 65 | 1 | Paul | El-Khouri | 525,000 |
| 65 | 3 | Mark | Radoja | 1,254,500 |
| 65 | 5 | Tomas | Fara | 2,300,000 |
| 65 | 9 | Ahmad | Baalbaki | 1,682,500 |
| 66 | 5 | Karl | Gingras | 427,500 |
| 66 | 7 | Laurence | Grondin | 510,000 |
| 67 | 5 | Donald | Somers | 892,000 |
| 67 | 7 | Mike | Mirfaizy | 940,000 |
| 67 | 9 | Patrick | Mailloux | 322,000 |
| 68 | 3 | Henri | Balcazar | 150,000 |
| 68 | 5 | William | Molson | 890,500 |
| 69 | 1 | Karl David | Thorson | 1,247,000 |
| 69 | 3 | Van Nghiem | Nguy | 357,000 |
| 69 | 5 | Karam | Saleh | 816,500 |
| 70 | 1 | Maxime | Flibotte-Blanchard | 2,323,000 |
| 70 | 3 | Marc | Brisson | 1,054,000 |
| 70 | 5 | Richard | Sysko | 951,500 |
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