2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Quads for Griffin Benger

Level 20 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Robin Hegele was in middle position and raised to 360,000. Action was on Griffin Benger in the cutoff and he moved all in for his last 2,815,000. Hegele quickly called.

It was a flip, with Benger tabling two red eights and Hegele revealing {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Benger pulled much further ahead, making a set of eights. The turn was the {4-Spades}, and the river was the {8-Spades}, just for good measure. Benger doubled with quad eights, surviving another hand as the bubble looms.

Table 60 is stacked with chips and notables. Here is a look at their counts:

Player Chips Progress
David Eldridge us
David Eldridge
18,800,000
-700,000
-700,000
James Romero us
James Romero
16,100,000
-3,555,000
-3,555,000
WPT 1X Winner
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
12,700,000
3,450,000
3,450,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Sylvain Siebert ca
Sylvain Siebert
11,000,000
3,000,000
3,000,000
Robin Hegele de
Robin Hegele
10,100,000
585,000
585,000
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
5,800,000
5,800,000
5,800,000
Terry Lee ca
Terry Lee
5,500,000
-800,000
-800,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
1,750,000
1,010,000
1,010,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Griffin BengerRobin Hegele

Updated Stacks: Upeshka De Silva Has Heaps

Level 20 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
26,000,000
4,500,000
4,500,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Chanracy Khun ca
Chanracy Khun
19,200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
16,000,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michel-Claude Baroud ca
Michel-Claude Baroud
14,500,000
2,805,000
2,805,000
Benny Chen ca
Benny Chen
13,400,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Addamo au
Michael Addamo
12,500,000
1,125,000
1,125,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
9,500,000
WPT 1X Winner
Kane Kalas us
Kane Kalas
8,000,000
675,000
675,000
Matthew Waxman us
Matthew Waxman
7,000,000
735,000
735,000
Tim West us
Tim West
6,300,000
6,300,000
6,300,000
Danny Noseworthy
Danny Noseworthy
6,000,000
6,000,000
6,000,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
5,500,000
-4,620,000
-4,620,000
Cate Hall us
Cate Hall
5,350,000
480,000
480,000
Rodney Ramalho ca
Rodney Ramalho
4,600,000
-300,000
-300,000
Josh Wallace ca
Josh Wallace
3,000,000
860,000
860,000
Jiachen Gong ca
Jiachen Gong
1,600,000
-1,200,000
-1,200,000

Tags: Upeshka De Silva

Shane Brotherwood Eliminated by Terrence Chan

Level 20 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Terrence Chan raised to 365,000 from the hijack and Anthony Zinno called from the cutoff. Shane Brotherwood was in the small blind and three-bet to 830,000. Chan went into the tank and after about a minute, four-bet to 2,100,000. Zinno got out of the way, and Brotherwood five-bet shoved for about 5,500,000. Chan snap-called.

Chan: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Brotherwood: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{5-Spades} and Brotherwood was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
16,000,000
16,000,000
16,000,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Shane Brotherwood ca
Shane Brotherwood
Busted

Tags: Terrence ChanAnthony ZinnoShane Brotherwood

Khun Takes From Zajmovic

Level 20 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Ema Zajmovic raised to 350,000 from late position, and Chanracy Khun three-bet to 1,000,000. Zajmovic thought for a moment and decided to call.

The flop came {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and both players checked to the turn, which was the {3-Clubs}. Both players checked again, and the dealer put out the {j-Diamonds} on the river. Zajmovic checked, and Khun reached into his stack to make a bet of 1,525,000. Zajmovic thought for a moment and called.

Khun tabled {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for two pair, queens and jacks. Zajmovic mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Chanracy Khun ca
Chanracy Khun
19,200,000
5,200,000
5,200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
9,500,000
-6,235,000
-6,235,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Chanracy KhunEma Zajmovic

Level: 20

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 20,000

Updated Stacks: David Eldridge is Climbing

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
David Eldridge us
David Eldridge
19,500,000
4,400,000
4,400,000
Jordan Saccucci ca
Jordan Saccucci
17,000,000
2,500,000
2,500,000
EPT 1X Winner
Duff Charette ca
Duff Charette
17,000,000
1,940,000
1,940,000
Jean-Pascal Savard ca
Jean-Pascal Savard
16,000,000
1,870,000
1,870,000
Viet Van Vo us
Viet Van Vo
13,500,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
9,500,000
-2,700,000
-2,700,000
partypoker
Andrew Walter ca
Andrew Walter
9,200,000
205,000
205,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
8,100,000
530,000
530,000
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
7,500,000
-560,000
-560,000
Ha Van Nguyen ca
Ha Van Nguyen
6,400,000
1,980,000
1,980,000
Richard Belcastro ca
Richard Belcastro
6,000,000
1,005,000
1,005,000
Marko X
Marko X
6,000,000
4,020,000
4,020,000
Karim Chatur ca
Karim Chatur
4,800,000
-4,690,000
-4,690,000
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
4,300,000
-2,795,000
-2,795,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Vlad Mezheritsky us
Vlad Mezheritsky
4,000,000
-1,575,000
-1,575,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam ca
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
3,700,000
1,640,000
1,640,000
Lawrence Leblanc ca
Lawrence Leblanc
3,500,000
1,185,000
1,185,000
Karl David Thorson
Karl David Thorson
3,200,000
-635,000
-635,000
Kyle Hartree ca
Kyle Hartree
3,200,000
-1,260,000
-1,260,000
Shane Brotherwood ca
Shane Brotherwood
2,700,000
-5,265,000
-5,265,000
Asher Conniff us
Asher Conniff
2,300,000
-1,455,000
-1,455,000
WPT 1X Winner
Ryan Morrell ca
Ryan Morrell
2,100,000
-2,270,000
-2,270,000
Christine Bryant
Christine Bryant
1,025,000
200,000
200,000

Terry Lee Rejoices!

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 10,000 ante

With about 1,500,000 in the pot already, the board read {8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Terry Lee made a bet of 625,000 which was called by James Romero. The action was on Sylvain Siebert on the button, who raised to 1,500,000. Lee moved all in for 2,520,000 and Romero got out of the way. Siebert instantly called and the cards were tabled.

Terry Lee: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}
Sylvain Siebert: {7-Spades}{5-Spades}

Siebert flopped a straight and Lee was in dire straits. The turn gave Lee some hope when the {A-Diamonds} hit the felt. When the {8-Clubs} fell on the river pairing the board, Lee let out a big "YES!!", loud enough for everyone in the room to hear and gather around the table.

Player Chips Progress
Sylvain Siebert ca
Sylvain Siebert
8,000,000
-3,665,000
-3,665,000
Terry Lee ca
Terry Lee
6,300,000
2,720,000
2,720,000

Joshi Doesn't Feel Like Showing

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 10,000 ante

John Xenos limped in from under the gun, and Dhaval Joshi raised to 275,000. Chanracy Khun was in the small blind and three-bet to 875,000. Xenos folded, and Joshi called.

The flop came {8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and both players checked to the turn, which was the {k-Spades}. Khun checked, and Joshi bet 1,375,000. Khun paused for a moment and eventually called.

The river was the {6-Clubs}. Khun checked for a third time, and Joshi fired out a bet of 2,500,000. Khun went deep into the tank, and finally called after a couple of minutes. Joshi was reluctant to table his hand and said, "You're good. Ace high." Khun waited for Joshi to table his hand, but he was waiting for Khun to table his. Eventually he said, "If you don't show, I don't have to show" and Joshi finally tabled {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts}. Khun revealed {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Chanracy Khun ca
Chanracy Khun
14,000,000
4,625,000
4,625,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Dhaval J Joshi
Dhaval J Joshi
10,000,000
-5,475,000
-5,475,000

Tags: Chanracy KhunDhaval Joshi

Christian Harder Gets Coolered

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 10,000 ante

There has been no shortage of action early on as Christian Harder was all in on a board that read {A-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. His opponent, Mingzhe Zhang took his time to think about the decision as his tournament life was on the line. Not long after, Zhang made the call and Harder tabled {A-}{2-}. Zhang, however, held {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} for a bigger a full house and took most of Christian Harder's chips. Zhang now holds one of the largest stacks in the room early on in Day 3.

Player Chips Progress
Mingzhe Zhang ca
Mingzhe Zhang
17,200,000
8,735,000
8,735,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
2,200,000
-7,985,000
-7,985,000

Tags: Christian Harder

Tony Dunst is the First One Out

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 10,000 ante
Tony Dunst
Tony Dunst

partypoker's own Tony Dunst was the first to be eliminated today, starting the day with just 1,195,000 chips. He was seen leaving the tournament area, and the table explained how he got it in good but couldn't hold.

Dunst raised it up with two queens, and Jordan Saccucci decided to defend his big blind with {8-Spades}{4-Spades}. The flop brought three spades, and the two players got it all in.

The turn paired the board, giving Dunst some more outs along with his lone queen of spades, but the river was a brick, sending Dunst home early.

Player Chips Progress
Jordan Saccucci ca
Jordan Saccucci
14,500,000
1,655,000
1,655,000
EPT 1X Winner
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Tony Dunst