Main Event
Day 1b Started
2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America
Buy-in
5,300 CAD
Prize Pool
5,709,750 CAD
Entries
1,168
Level
39
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
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 |
Keep following along as the PokerNews team continues to bring you all of the action on our way to crowning a winner!
Level: 1
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 500
Cards Are in the Air!
Level 1
: 2,000/5,000, 500 ante
It's time! The last opening flight of the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event is underway, and cards are in the air.
Late registration closes at the end of the dinner break after level 6!
Good luck! Shuffle up and deal!
Mike Sexton Among Those in the Field to Start!
Level 1
: 2,000/5,000, 500 ante
Mike Sexton is back for another shot at this massive prizepool after firing on Day 1a yesterday.
Here is a look at some of the players who opened this event:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | -1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | -20,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
1,000,000 | 180,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | -700,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 500,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 10,000 |
Sexton Struggles Out of the Gate
Level 1
: 2,000/5,000, 500 ante
Mike Sexton, a well-known icon in the poker community, is one of the more familiar faces amongst the players competing here in Montreal this week. However, with the fame, comes a target on your back as well.
In a more recent hand, action was on Sexton in the big blind and he was facing a raise of 20,000 with two callers in between. Sexton made the call and four players saw the flop of 
. Action was checked to his opponent in late position who made a bet of 30,000, and Sexton was the only one who called.
Heads up to the turn 
, Sexton led out for 35,000 and his opponent raised to 75,000. Sexton shrugged his shoulders and called.
The river 
killed the action as it went check-check and the hands were tabled. Sexton showed 
, but his opponent got the best of him on the turn, showing 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,220,000 | 1,220,000 |
|
|
820,000 | -180,000 |
Troy Reardon Eliminates His Opponent Early
Level 1
: 2,000/5,000, 500 ante
With 80,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Troy Reardon called a bet of 30,000 from his opponent in early position. The player to Reardon's left moved all in for his remaining 170,000. The initial bettor folded and Reardon threw one chip in the pot, signifying a call. His opponent showed 
but was way behind Reardon's 
. The turn was a 
and Reardon locked up the pot and an early elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
They Keep Rolling In!
Level 1
: 2,000/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | -1,600,000 |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
1,000,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
2013 WSOP Main Event Champion Ryan Riess Enters the Field
Level 2
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
The room is filling up at a rapid pace here at the Playground Poker Club.
World Series of Poker 2013 Main Event Champion, Ryan Riess, has taken his seat and looks to add another title to his already-impressive resume. Riess has already had a phenomenal year with deep runs in the Bahamas and Panama, followed by a World Poker Tour win in the $10,000 Main Event at the Seminole Hard Rock, and then a final table finish in Monte Carlo just a couple of weeks later.
Riess' latest success has pushed his lifetime recorded earnings over $10 Million.
Here is a look at some of the entries this last level:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | -1,550,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 300,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |