The prizepool numbers are in, and it's official - the $5,000,000 guarantee set on this event has been surpassed, for a Canadian, live poker, record-breaking total of CA$5,709,750!
The winner has been guaranteed CA$1,000,000, along with bragging rights an some beautiful hardware.
The previous record was set back in 2007 at the World Poker Tour Fallsview in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The CA$10,000 buy-in event attracted 503 entries for a record prizepool of CA$5,133,335.
Congratulations to everyone involved in making this event such a great success!
Payouts will be posted as soon as they become available. In the meantime, it's time to get back to playing some poker!
As players head onto a 45-minute dinner break, stacks are starting to rise and more players are starting to fall. There are currently 341 players remaining and Jason Koon leads them all with 11,200,00. Take a look at some other notable stacks around the room:
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:
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 and Perry's opponent checked to him. Perry bet 325,000 and his opponent called.
With a turn of , Perry was checked to again, and bet 575,000. This time his opponent released his hand and Perry stacked up some more chips.
Joseph Sicko was just seen calling his opponent's all in, tabling . His opponent started to get up from his seat, accepting defeat when he showed , massively dominated by Sicko.
The flop came , and Sicko's opponent picked up some outs to make trips or a back-door straight. The turn was the , and the river was the , earning Sicko the pot, the elimination, and putting his stack at a cool ten million.
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 , and the trap was set as both players checked. When the turn landed a , 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 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.
and Perry's opponent checked to him. Perry bet 325,000 and his opponent called. 
, Perry was checked to again, and bet 575,000. This time his opponent released his hand and Perry stacked up some more chips.
. His opponent started to get up from his seat, accepting defeat when he showed 
, massively dominated by Sicko. 
, and Sicko's opponent picked up some outs to make trips or a back-door straight. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
, earning Sicko the pot, the elimination, and putting his stack at a cool ten million.
, and the trap was set as both players checked. When the turn landed a 
, Bicknell's opponent bet 325,000 but she wasn't going anywhere. Bicknell called and the two players were off to the river.
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.
, and was called by 
. 
and secured the double up, after which time the "King" did a dance and cheered. 