Main Event
Day 4 Started
2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
5,300 CAD
Prize Pool
5,709,750 CAD
Entries
1,168
Level
39
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Left 1 / 1,168
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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), [Removed:528] (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 | [Removed:528] | 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!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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83,450,000 | |
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79,000,000 | |
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71,300,000 | |
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62,350,000 | |
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61,000,000 | |
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58,525,000 | |
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50,900,000 | |
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46,600,000 | |
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44,700,000 | |
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44,000,000 | |
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36,775,000 | |
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36,525,000 | |
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31,375,000 | |
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31,000,000 | |
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27,600,000 | |
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27,100,000 | |
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26,300,000 | |
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23,650,000 | |
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23,200,000 | |
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22,800,000 | |
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20,450,000 | |
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20,200,000 | |
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19,325,000 | |
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19,025,000 | |
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19,025,000 | |
Level: 27
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000
Level 27
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
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.
Good luck!
Level 27
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
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.
Saccucci: 
Walter: 
The board ran out 
, giving no help to Walter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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45,700,000
14,325,000
|
14,325,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 27
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
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!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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46,000,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 27
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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91,000,000
7,550,000
|
7,550,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 27
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Scott Montgomery opened to 1,800,000 from under the gun, and Sasan Mehrabian moved all in for 15,600,000 on the button. Montgomery called and the cards were tabled.
Montgomery: 
Mehrabian: 
The board ran out 
and Montgomery hit an ace on the river to eliminate Mehrabian. Montgomery is now over the 100 million chip mark and the tournament director is officially entering the one million chip denomination into play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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106,700,000
15,700,000
|
15,700,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 27
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Eliminations have been coming fast and furious early on to start Day 4. Vlad Mezheritsky was the short stack and with action folded to him, he moved all in for his remaining 5,800,000 chips. Patrick Blye was on the button and also moved all in. Everyone else folded and the cards were rolled over.
Vlad Mezheritsky:
Patrick Blye: 
The flop came 
giving Blye top set. Mezheritsky would need a lot of help but the on the turn would seal the win for Blye sending Mezheritsky to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,200,000
6,750,000
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6,750,000 |
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Busted |
Level 27
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
On a board reading 
, with about 6,000,000 in the pot, Yuzhou Chu was all in for 16,100,000 from the big blind.
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos was in late position and called, having Chu covered.
Chu tabled 
for the nut straight, and Kiriopoulos was disappointed to see he was drawing dead with . The river was the insignificant and Chu secured the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000,000
25,450,000
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25,450,000 |
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8,200,000
19,400,000
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19,400,000 |
