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

Updated Stacks

Level 16 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
10,700,000 -500,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
6,000,000 3,400,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
4,700,000 -300,000
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
WPT 1X Winner
4,300,000 4,300,000
Sam Gottiparthi
Sam Gottiparthi
4,000,000 3,100,000
Karim Chatur ca
Karim Chatur
3,700,000 -639,000
Jimmy Lee ca
Jimmy Lee
3,400,000 2,400,000
Marc Etienne McLaughlin ca
Marc Etienne McLaughlin
3,000,000
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
WPT 3X Winner
2,700,000 -1,070,000
Alexander Greenblatt us
Alexander Greenblatt
2,600,000 371,000
Armand King ca
Armand King
2,350,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
1,900,000 -457,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
850,000 -700,000

Giddy Up: The Ladies Love Thomas Taylor

Level 16 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Thomas Taylor was seen four-betting before the flop, and he was faced with a five-bet shove and called.

Taylor tabled {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}, while his opponent showed {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}. Taylor had over three million chips in front of him, with his opponent sitting on over two million.

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}, which looked fairly safe for kings. The turn was the {6-Spades}, and the entire table gasped when the {q-Clubs} hit the felt on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Taylor ca
Thomas Taylor
6,000,000 3,150,000

Tags: Thomas Taylor

Battle of the French-Canadian Pros

Level 16 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Jonathan Roy
Jonathan Roy

Action folded around to Marc Etienne McLaughlin in late position and he raised to 130,000. Jonathan Roy was in the big blind and decided to defend.

The flop came {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Roy check-called a bet of 80,000 from McLaughlin.

The turn was the {k-Spades} and Roy checked again. This time, McLaughlin bet 180,000. Roy went into the tank and eventually called.

The river was the {8-Spades}. Roy checked for a third time, and McLaughlin opted to check back. It was a fortunate play for him, as Roy tabled {8-Hearts}{6-Spades} for a full house.

Tags: Jonathan RoyMarc Etienne McLaughlin

The King is Not Dead!

Level 16 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Upon walking by one of the tables, Armand "Oyster King" King yelled out at the PokerNews team, "The king is almost dead! Write that in your blog!"

Funny enough, he was all in the very next hand with {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, and was called by {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}.

The board ran out {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and secured the double up, after which time the "King" did a dance and cheered.

Marc Etienne McLaughlin was at the table and laughed and said, "The king is not dead anymore!"

Player Chips Progress
Armand King ca
Armand King
2,350,000

Tags: Armand King

Level: 16

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

Kristen Bicknell Chips Up with Aces

Level 15 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Kristen Bicknell
Kristen Bicknell

Kristen Bicknell clicked the fold button and put the iPad aside during the partypoker Pokerfest series going on right now online. She was dealt a big hand in the live Main Event happening at the Playground Poker Club. Facing a raise of 130,000 Bicknell looked down at two black aces and re-raised to 360,000. Action was folded back around to her opponent and he called.

The dealer fanned the flop of {K-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}, and the trap was set as both players checked. When the turn landed a {7-Clubs}, Bicknell's opponent bet 325,000 but she wasn't going anywhere. Bicknell called and the two players were off to the river.

The board double paired as the {3-Diamonds} came on the river. The action was checked to Bicknell, and she bet 775,000. Her opponent called and Bicknell showed the aces to make the two biggest pair possible. That was good enough to win the pot and chip herself up to over five million.

Player Chips Progress
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
WSOP 4X Winner
5,250,000 1,650,000

Tags: Kristen Bicknell

Joseph Sicko Sitting on Ten Milly

Level 15 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Joseph Sicko was just seen calling his opponent's all in, tabling {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}. His opponent started to get up from his seat, accepting defeat when he showed {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}, massively dominated by Sicko.

The flop came {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{6-Clubs}, and Sicko's opponent picked up some outs to make trips or a back-door straight. The turn was the {5-Hearts}, and the river was the {6-Diamonds}, earning Sicko the pot, the elimination, and putting his stack at a cool ten million.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Sicko us
Joseph Sicko
10,000,000 2,050,000

Tags: Joseph Sicko

Sean Perry Moves Close to the Top

Level 15 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

In the far back of the room, Sean Perry has built up a solid chip stack and with this most recent hand, moved close to the leaders.
His opponent raised from early position to 175,000. Perry was on the button and chose to re-raise to 400,000. His opponent made the call.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} and Perry's opponent checked to him. Perry bet 325,000 and his opponent called.

With a turn of {4-Diamonds}, Perry was checked to again, and bet 575,000. This time his opponent released his hand and Perry stacked up some more chips.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Perry us
Sean Perry
10,300,000

Payouts: First Place Will Pocket CA$1,000,000!

Level 15 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

The numbers are in, and first place in this record-breaking CA$5,300 partypoker MILLION North America Main Event is paying a cool CA$1,000,000. A min-cash is worth CA$10,000, but the end-goal is to become a millionaire!

The total prizepool surpassed the CA$5,000,000 guarantee, reaching a grand total of CA$5,709,750! This has broken the record in Canada for the biggest live tournament prizepool, surpassing the 2007 WPT Fallsview record of CA$5,133,335.

A breakdown of the prizes is posted under the 'Payouts' tab above, but in the meantime, have a look:

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
10-11$50,000
12-13$45,000
14-16$40,000
17-24$35,000
25-32$32,500
33-40$30,000
41-48$27,500
49-56$25,000
57-64$22,500
65-72$20,000
73-80$17,500
81-88$15,000
89-104$12,500
105-119$10,000

Dropping Like Flies

Level 15 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mark A
Mark A
Busted
Bradley Smith ca
Bradley Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Richard Mullen ca
Richard Mullen
Busted
Laurence Louie
Laurence Louie
Busted
Stuart Fox
Stuart Fox
Busted
Nektarios Papadedes ca
Nektarios Papadedes
Busted
Charles-Eric Benoit ca
Charles-Eric Benoit
Busted
Kevin Andriamahefa us
Kevin Andriamahefa
Busted
Gary Lucci ca
Gary Lucci
Busted
Timothy Miles us
Timothy Miles
Busted
Jonathan Kalmar gb
Jonathan Kalmar
Busted
Kris Klimosko ca
Kris Klimosko
Busted
Patrick Stacey ca
Patrick Stacey
Busted
Joe Godbout
Joe Godbout
Busted
Nikolas Vervaik
Nikolas Vervaik
Busted
Maxime Lejeune Hebert
Maxime Lejeune Hebert
Busted
Azim Popatia ca
Azim Popatia
Busted
Carlos Kuo Chang
Carlos Kuo Chang
Busted
Max Donnell
Max Donnell
Busted
Mathieu Aymerich
Mathieu Aymerich
Busted
Sam Tsehai
Sam Tsehai
Busted
Sam Panzica us
Sam Panzica
Busted
Riyaz Abdulla
Riyaz Abdulla
Busted

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