2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Upeshka De Silva Bags Big at the End of Day 2 of the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event! (full)

Level 18 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Upeshka De Silva
Upeshka De Silva

Just like that, Day 2 of the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event has come to an end, with 173 players finding the bottom of a bag to move on to Day 3 tomorrow at noon local time. The official chip leader going into Day 2 is James Romero, sitting on 19,655,000 chips. Close behind him is WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva (18,525,000), with Karim Abdelhamid (17,970,000) rounding out the top three.

The day began with 422 players set to start, but that number quickly grew due to the fact that registration re-opened for two more 75-minute levels. There were 42 direct Day 2 entries to begin with, but this number quickly grew to a total of 128, with an additional 33 re-entries before registration closed for good.

A total of 1,168 entries made up a prizepool of CA$5,709,750, surpassing the CA$5,000,000 guarantee by a good margin. As it turns out, this event broke the record for biggest prizepool in Canada, beating out the CA$10,000 WPT Fallsview event back in 2007, which gathered a prizepool of just over $5.1 million.

First place for this event is locked in at an even CA$1,000,000, with a min-cash of CA$10,000. A detailed breakdown of the prizepool can be found under the Payouts tab above. Here is a look at the final table payouts:

PlacePrize (CAD)
1$1,000,000
2$650,000
3$450,000
4$333,500
5$235,000
6$160,000
7$110,000
8$80,000
9$60,000

A number of notable players have moved on to Day 3, including partypoker pros Sam Trickett (12,200,000), and Tony Dunst (1,195,000). World Poker Tour Champion, and first woman to win an open WPT event, Ema Zajmovic, bagged a hefty stack of 15,735,000, good for fifth in chips, looking to secure another title right here on her home turf.

Joseph Sicko won his seat through a Twitter contest via partypoker and bagged a healthy 14,745,000 chips. Other players who are in contention include Michael Addamo (11,375,000), Darren Elias (10,305,000), Christian Harder (10,185,000), Jason Koon (10,120,000), High Roller Champion Mike McDonald (4,910,000), Cate Hall (4,870,000), and Ryan Riess (740,000).

In addition to familiar players moving on, there was a ton of talent that made it through today but didn't manage to bag a stack, including Mike Sexton, Kristen Bicknell, Maria Ho, Kitty Kuo, Mike Leah, and Jonathan Duhamel.

With the money bubble looming, look for players to either be making big moves or staying super snug. Here is a look at the table draw for Day 3:

TableSeatFirst NameLast NameChip Count
491TobiasMathag4,165,000
492AsherConniff3,755,000
493SenthuranVijayaratnam2,060,000
494ThomasPenza4,270,000
495JaseRegina9,330,000
496NipunJava8,015,000
497FrederickMowatt2,500,000
498StevenWarburton4,700,000
     
501RichardBelcastro4,995,000
502ShaneBrotherwood7,965,000
503MarkoX1,980,000
504Jean-PascalSavard14,130,000
505VladMezheritsky5,575,000
506ScottMontgomery7,095,000
507AndrewWalter8,995,000
508SamTrickett12,200,000
     
511DuffCharette15,060,000
512LawrenceLeblanc2,315,000
513JordanSaccucci12,845,000
514XuanLiu7,570,000
515Karl DavidThorson3,835,000
516Adrian PatrickBuckley1,805,000
517TonyDunst1,195,000
518RyanMorrell4,370,000
     
521PatrickPezzin6,000,000
522ChristineBryant825,000
523MoritzDietrich8,060,000
524DavidEldridge15,100,000
525KarimChatur9,490,000
526Ha VanNguyen4,420,000
527Viet VanVo11,800,000
528KyleHartree4,460,000
     
531KennethMcfarlane1,110,000
532KauvseganEhamparam5,090,000
533ThomasCemm5,645,000
534RodgerJohnson2,340,000
535EricLevesque2,420,000
536FrancoisBillard9,500,000
537KoMaddock8,855,000
538DenisWard3,055,000
     
541Jean-SebastienDubois2,835,000
542AlexanderGreenblatt905,000
543Alexander JamesAllison6,730,000
544GabrielHoule-Morin5,860,000
545DemosthenesKiriopoulos8,300,000
547AustinPeck12,810,000
548DanielColman3,685,000
     
551Van NghiemNguy3,725,000
552DanielSuied6,000,000
553Michael GSmith7,140,000
554AndreasOlympios10,630,000
555AndrewDecristoforo1,305,000
556ThomasKeeper3,700,000
557DimitriMorcos6,700,000
558NorsonSaho3,660,000
     
561JieGao1,605,000
562KevinRivest8,265,000
563JulianMilliard-Feral4,270,000
564DrewDoiron6,590,000
565SasanMehrabian9,400,000
566RayanChamas17,270,000
567LawrenceWhyte1,825,000
568SeanPerry7,400,000
     
571SamuelGreenwood8,970,000
573AaronMermelstein4,330,000
574ChristopherAnnouza4,515,000
575YanPoudrier8,885,000
576Hendrik Jerome MikolaLatz9,130,000
577JocelynPoirier3,955,000
578BenoitJean4,295,000
     
581Marc AndreLadouceur7,835,000
582GuillaumeNolet1,300,000
583KarimAbdelhamid17,970,000
584DarrenElias10,305,000
585SammyLafleur5,395,000
586CarlosMortensen4,875,000
587PrestenCloutier3,900,000
588PhilippeD'Auteuil4,195,000
     
591MingzheZhang8,465,000
592StevenKerr10,640,000
593MarcGuerbilsky11,040,000
594NicolasLe Floch5,060,000
595ChristianHarder10,185,000
596KevinMacDonald13,015,000
597TroyReardon1,110,000
598QiHu12,725,000
     
601RobinHegele9,515,000
602RyanRiess740,000
603AriEngel9,250,000
604GriffinBenger7,540,000
605SylvainSiebert11,665,000
606TerryLee3,580,000
607JamesRomero19,655,000
608Jean-LouisCyr2,955,000
     
611JonathanBussieres12,035,000
612JacobBazeley11,425,000
613StephanChartrand9,500,000
614JimmyLee11,850,000
615Chun HoLaw9,735,000
616CharlesMacdonald5,070,000
617BobT4,485,000
618ChristopherDowling9,425,000
     
621SamuelChartier6,515,000
622MichaelMcDonald4,910,000
623WesleyHickey2,500,000
624JonathanKyriakides910,000
625JohnKrpan5,900,000
626JakeSchwartz1,645,000
627YuzhouChu4,800,000
628NoeungTroeung1,700,000
     
631DylanWilkerson5,042,000
632AntonioMaiolo4,745,000
633MichaelNoor5,745,000
634MadukaMeragal4,875,000
635CharlesLa Boissonniere10,390,000
636AlainChenel3,600,000
637RyanRivers3,965,000
638NiallFarrell9,400,000
     
641JosephSicko14,745,000
642ArmandKing6,000,000
643QuyenDao3,165,000
644Jean-PhilippePiquette13,285,000
645ThomasTaylor7,360,000
646KevinSchulz7,850,000
647VojtechRuzicka9,505,000
648CarlDiveglia7,830,000
     
651BuckRamsay2,200,000
652CarterSwidler1,260,000
653MaximeFlibotte-Blanchard4,875,000
654TimothyUlmer6,400,000
655DavidCloutier1,685,000
656Terrence Ka-ManChan8,705,000
657AnthonyZinno3,070,000
658ThomasLefort4,025,000
     
661JasonComtois5,940,000
662PatrickBlye1,775,000
663Michel-ClaudeBaroud11,695,000
664John PaulTabago1,445,000
665YuanJiang1,730,000
666Upeshka ManishanDe Silva18,525,000
667SantiagoPlante12,845,000
668JasonSagle4,545,000
     
671KaneKalas7,325,000
672AlexandreFournier3,875,000
673AnthonyMeli2,225,000
675MasoudTavangari3,625,000
676JasonKoon10,120,000
677MatthewWaxman6,265,000
678MichaelAddamo11,375,000
     
681CaitlinHall4,870,000
682RodneyRamalho4,900,000
683NicolasBelcourt4,670,000
684Daniel NoelNoseworthy4,170,000
685LouisBoutin7,100,000
686MichaelHahn10,100,000
687TimothyWest5,675,000
688EricBoissonneault3,065,000
     
691VictorAdams4,855,000
692JohnXenos3,055,000
693Dhaval JJoshi15,475,000
694PawelPelc2,565,000
695JoshuaWallace2,140,000
696EmaZajmovic15,735,000
697ChanracyKhun9,375,000
698AndrewBoujaoude4,390,000
     
701BennyChen12,000,000
702JoelMoreau3,610,000
703EricPlace9,200,000
704JiachenGong2,800,000
705RubenPerceval7,790,000
706RichardKirsch8,500,000
707GrahamIvany5,700,000
708ElliotSmith6,780,000

Keep following along as PokerNews brings you all of the action on the way to crowning a champion!

Player Chips Progress
James Romero us
James Romero
WPT 1X Winner
19,655,000 19,655,000
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
WSOP 3X Winner
18,525,000 15,025,000
Karim Abdelhamid ca
Karim Abdelhamid
17,970,000 14,170,000
Rayan Chamas ca
Rayan Chamas
17,270,000 4,770,000
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
WPT 1X Winner
15,735,000 385,000
Dhaval J Joshi
Dhaval J Joshi
15,475,000 15,475,000
David Eldridge us
David Eldridge
15,100,000 9,300,000
Duff Charette ca
Duff Charette
15,060,000 15,060,000
Joseph Sicko us
Joseph Sicko
14,745,000 4,345,000
Jean-Pascal Savard ca
Jean-Pascal Savard
14,130,000 13,130,000
Jean-Philippe Piquette ca
Jean-Philippe Piquette
13,285,000 13,285,000
Kevin MacDonald ca
Kevin MacDonald
13,015,000 13,015,000
Jordan Saccucci ca
Jordan Saccucci
EPT 1X Winner
12,845,000 12,845,000
Santiago Plante ca
Santiago Plante
12,845,000 3,345,000
Austin Peck us
Austin Peck
12,810,000 7,610,000
Qi Hu ca
Qi Hu
12,725,000 5,825,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
12,200,000 2,950,000
Jonathan Bussieres ca
Jonathan Bussieres
12,035,000 12,035,000
Benny Chen ca
Benny Chen
WSOP 1X Winner
12,000,000 7,200,000
Jimmy Lee ca
Jimmy Lee
11,850,000 -1,150,000
Viet Van Vo us
Viet Van Vo
11,800,000 -2,200,000
Michel-Claude Baroud ca
Michel-Claude Baroud
11,695,000 -3,705,000
Sylvain Siebert ca
Sylvain Siebert
11,665,000 6,665,000
Jacob Bazeley us
Jacob Bazeley
11,425,000 7,525,000
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
WSOP 4X Winner
11,375,000 5,975,000

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Tags: Ema ZajmovicJonathan DuhamelKitty KuoKristen BicknellMaria HoMike LeahMike SextonSam TrickettTony Dunst

Four More Hands

Level 18 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

The tournament director has announced there will be four more hands dealt before the end of the night.

Stay tuned for a quick update on the big stacks, followed by a full recap and a table draw when it is made available to the PokerNews team!

Maria Ho Eliminated by Viet Van Vo

Level 18 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Maria Ho
Maria Ho

Action folded around to Maria Ho on the button and she moved all in for 850,000 on the button. Viet Van Vo was sitting with a mountain of chips in front of him and decided to call.

Vo: {j-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Ho: {q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Ho was ahead, but not by much. The flop came {j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, putting Vo in the lead with top two pair, but Ho also flopped an open-ended straight draw.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and the river was the {7-Clubs}, ending Ho's run in this event just before the end of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Viet Van Vo us
Viet Van Vo
14,000,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
Busted

Tags: Maria HoViet Van Vo

Ema Zajmovic is Running Through Her Table

Level 18 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Ema Zajmovic
Ema Zajmovic

Ever since Ema Zajmovic was moved to table 51, just before the dinner break, she has been on a mission to get all the chips. After busting several smaller stacks throughout the day she is now starting to feast on the larger stacks.

Zajmovic was three handed on the flop that read {Q-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts} with around 800,000 in the middle already. The big blind checked and the initial raiser in middle position bet 425,000. Both Zajmovic and the big blind called.

The turn was a fourth heart {4-Hearts} and the action was checked to Zajmovic. She laid out a bet of 1,400,000 causing both of her opponents to lay their hands down.

Zajmovic now sits among the chip leaders with over 15 million chips. Can you say...mission accomplished?!

Player Chips Progress
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
WPT 1X Winner
15,350,000 2,550,000

Tags: Ema Zajmovic

Last Level of the Night!

Level 18 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

The last level of the night has begun, after which time the remaining players will bag and tag, moving on to Day 3 tomorrow for a noon start.

The first place prize is a whopping CA$1,000,000, and a min-cash will be CA$10,000.

Level: 18

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

Jimmy Lee Skyrockets Towards the Top

Level 17 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Kevin Schulz raised to 180,000 and the player in the hijack called. Jimmy Lee was in the small blind and three-bet to 530,000. Schulz thought for a moment and put in a four-bet to 1,800,000. The hijack quickly got out of the way, and the action was back on Lee. He thought for a minute before looking back at his cards, and eventually called.

The dealer fanned a flop reading {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Lee promptly checked. Schulz fired out a bet of 1,300,000. Lee thought for a moment and check-raised all in for 4,570,000. Schulz called.

Lee tabled {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} while Schulz showed {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} for a classic cooler among the big stacks at the table. Another player at the table said, "Again? Same aces for the same player", clearly indicating that Lee got them in a similar spot earlier.

The turn was the {7-Spades} and the river was the {5-Hearts}, giving Lee a massive double up to propel him towards the top of the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Jimmy Lee ca
Jimmy Lee
13,000,000 5,900,000
Kevin Schulz us
Kevin Schulz
EPT 1X Winner
1,100,000 1,100,000

Tags: Jimmy LeeKevin Schulz

Vojtech Ruzicka Doesn't Believe Griffin Benger

Level 17 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Vojtech Ruzicka
Vojtech Ruzicka

On a board reading {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{4-Spades}{k-Hearts}{7-Spades}, with about a million in chips in the middle, Griffin Benger checked from the big blind.

Vojtech Ruzicka was on the button and bet 510,000. Benger went deep into the tank before putting in a check-raise to 1,800,000.

Ruzicka, the partypoker MILLION Nottingham High Roller Champion, had a pained look on his face. He spent about a minute, clearly weighing his options in his mind. Eventually, he called.

Benger tabled {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} for a pair of kings, and Ruzicka tabled {k-Spades}{9-Clubs} for the king-high flush.

Player Chips Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
8,500,000 2,300,000
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
2,700,000 -3,300,000

Tags: Griffin BengerVojtech Ruzicka