Action folded to Scott Montgomery on the button and he raise to 1,800,000. Christopher Annouza was in the big blind and moved all in for about 10 million. Montgomery asked for a count and eventually called.
Montgomery:
Annouza:
The flop came and Montgomery took the lead with a pair of queens. The turn was the , and the river was the , making Annouza the third elimination of the day in just the third hand of play.
Vo started the day with just two big blinds and a single ante, so he was likely going to be getting his chips in the middle rather early in the day. Ari Engel was on the button, and Viet Van Vo was in the big blind when the two players got their stacks in the middle.
Engel tabled while Vo held for a flip. The flop came and Vo took the lead with a pair of sixes. The turn, however, was the and Vo was drawing dead to the on the river.
Vo has earned himself CA$30,000 for his 36th place finish in this record-breaking event!
In the first hand of Day 4, Jordan Saccucci raised from middle position and Andrew Walter moved all in from late position for 14,400,000. The action was folded back around to Saccucci and he called.
Tournament director, Martin Roy, has announced "Shuffle up and deal!"
Cards are in the air for Day 4 of the partypoker MILLION North American Main Event. There are 37 players remaining, and play will conclude today when just eight players remain.
A total of 37 players are coming back at noon local time to play down to the final eight, on this penultimate day of the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event! This CA$5,000,000 guaranteed event has set a Canadian record for biggest prizepool in live poker history. The winner is going to receive CA$1,000,000 and bragging rights for making history!
The tournament reached 1,168 entries, making a prizepool of CA$5,709,750!
The leading player is WSOP bracelet winner, Scott Montgomery, also known for making the final table of the 2008 WSOP Main Event. He starts the day with an impressive 83,450,000 chips, out of the more than 1.1 billion chips in play. Yes. One billion chips!
Niall "Firaldo" Farrell isn't too far behind with 79,000,000, with Philippe D'Auteuil (71,300,000), Jonathan Bussieres (62,350,000), and Jean-Pascal Savard (61,000,000) rounding out the top five stacks.
The blinds begin at level 27 at 400,000/800,000 with a 100,000 ante, and play will complete when just eight players remain.
As usual, there will be a break every two levels. Best of luck to everyone, and congratulations on making Canadian live poker history!
Here is a look at the table draw for today:
Table
Seat
Player
Chip Count
33
1
Michael Addamo
46,600,000
33
2
Michel-Claude Baroud
17,625,000
33
3
Joel Moreau
6,775,000
33
4
Stephan Chartrand
14,600,000
33
5
Sam Greenwood
20,200,000
33
6
Qi Hu
36,775,000
33
7
Kenneth Mcfarlane
22,800,000
33
8
Nicolas Le Floch
36,525,000
37
1
Ari Engel
44,000,000
37
2
Scott Montgomery
83,450,000
37
3
David Eldridge
31,000,000
37
4
Viet Van Vo
1,700,000
37
5
Christopher Annouza
10,675,000
37
6
Thomas Cemm
17,675,000
37
7
Sasan Mehrabian
15,950,000
37
8
Terry Lee
19,325,000
38
1
Louis Boutin
27,100,000
38
2
Yuzhou Chu
16,550,000
38
3
Vlad Mezheritsky
6,350,000
38
4
Patrick Blye
20,450,000
38
5
Jordan Saccucci
31,375,000
38
6
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos
27,600,000
38
7
Andrew Walter
14,400,000
39
1
Rayan Chamas
44,700,000
39
2
Jonathan Bussieres
62,350,000
39
3
Philippe D'Auteuil
71,300,000
39
4
Marc Guerbilsky
50,900,000
39
5
Kevin Rivest
58,525,000
39
6
Carl Diveglia
15,975,000
39
7
Matthew Waxman
23,650,000
40
1
Ha Van Nguyen
19,025,000
40
2
Jean-Pascal Savard
61,000,000
40
3
Alexander James Allison
19,025,000
40
4
Joseph Sicko
14,725,000
40
5
Duff Charette
23,200,000
40
6
Mingzhe Zhang
26,300,000
40
7
Niall Farrell
79,000,000
Keep following along as the PokerNews team brings you all of the action!
and Montgomery took the lead with a pair of queens. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
, making Annouza the third elimination of the day in just the third hand of play.
while Vo held 
for a flip. The flop came 
and Vo took the lead with a pair of sixes. The turn, however, was the 
and Vo was drawing dead to the 
on the river. 
, giving no help to Walter.
