The partypoker MILLION North America $5,000,000 Guaranteed Main Event is Firing Up Today!
The atmosphere at the Playground Poker Club is inexplicable in anticipation of the biggest live poker event in Canada's history. The partypoker MILLION North America Main Event is ready to break records, as there will be CA$1,000,000 guaranteed to the winner, and CA$5,000,000 guaranteed in the prizepool.
Live Day 1a is set to begin in a couple of hours at 12:00 p.m. local time in Montreal, Canada. Players buying into the tournament for CA$5,300/$4,000 will receive 1,000,000 chips to start, however there will be a variety of different stacks for the Phase 1 qualifiers. All players who qualified this way will bring over the number of chips they accumulated through the Phase 1 satellites. There will be 60-minute levels on Day 1, with one re-entry permitted until the end of the break, following level 6. Registration will also be open on Day 2 until the end of the first break after two levels, and blinds will be rolled back to begin at level 7, at 10,000/20,000 with an ante of 2,000.
There will be a 15-minute break every two levels, with a 45-minute dinner break after level 6.
Here is a look at the Live Day 1 structure:
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 | |
| 2 | 60 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 600 | |
| 3 | 60 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 800 | |
| 4 | 60 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | |
| 5 | 60 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 | |
| 6 | 60 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 1,500 | |
| 7 | 60 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 | |
| 8 | 60 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 2,500 | |
| 9 | 60 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 3,000 | |
| 10 | 60 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 4,000 |
There are 87 entries confirmed for Live Day 1a from the Phase 1 qualifiers, with Sylvain Siebert leading the way with 3,054,000 chips. Close behind him is Ryan Smith with 2,366,500 and third in chips is Steven Joudry with 1,900,000.
Live Day 1b will have the same structure of play starting at 12:00 p.m. on May 6th. Players will battle it out for ten levels on Day 1 and the remaining players will bag and tag to return for Day 2 on May 7th. Blind levels will increase to 75-minutes on Days 2, 3, and 4, and 90-minutes on the final day where a winner will be crowned!
Here is a look at the Live Day 1a table draw for the qualifiers. The open spots will be filled by direct buy-ins:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 2 | Adam Cader | 237,000 |
| 49 | 4 | [Removed:192] | 883,000 |
| 49 | 6 | Richard Gagnon | 1,165,000 |
| 49 | 8 | Mike Lafable | 609,000 |
| 49 | 10 | Yves Loiselle | 1,320,000 |
| 50 | 2 | Mark Dube | 277,500 |
| 50 | 4 | Quyen Dao | 1,374,000 |
| 50 | 6 | John Folkins | 429,500 |
| 50 | 8 | Reid Fortin | 922,500 |
| 50 | 10 | Diana Shamshoum | 188,000 |
| 51 | 2 | Keith Laflam | 398,000 |
| 51 | 4 | Igor Tregoubov | 904,500 |
| 51 | 6 | Laurence Louie | 1,030,000 |
| 51 | 8 | Nicholas Civitarese | 1,184,000 |
| 51 | 10 | Giuseppe Gabriele | 505,000 |
| 52 | 2 | Dejuante Alexander | 525,000 |
| 52 | 4 | Rodney Ramalho | 1,003,500 |
| 52 | 6 | Nick Nickoletopoulos | 542,500 |
| 52 | 8 | Adam Peltier | 1,483,500 |
| 52 | 10 | Yanci Ferris Matteau | 704,500 |
| 53 | 2 | Yannick Labattaglia | 873,500 |
| 53 | 4 | Asif Vayani | 531,500 |
| 53 | 6 | [Removed:539] | 200,000 |
| 53 | 8 | Piotr Siwiec | 285,000 |
| 53 | 10 | Gerald Macloed | 417,500 |
| 54 | 2 | Paul Trebuss | 1,350,500 |
| 54 | 4 | Alexandru Baron | 1,200,000 |
| 54 | 6 | Pinto S | 445,500 |
| 54 | 8 | Jonathan Poissant | 677,000 |
| 54 | 10 | Vladislav Adoniev | 654,000 |
| 55 | 2 | Gary Johnson | 1,456,500 |
| 55 | 4 | Sherif Saad | 484,000 |
| 55 | 6 | Matthew Wilkins | 814,500 |
| 55 | 8 | Chanso Munn | 1,161,500 |
| 55 | 10 | Sylvain Siebert | 3,054,000 |
| 56 | 2 | Ian Modder | 344,500 |
| 56 | 4 | Nadir Lalji | 1,600,000 |
| 56 | 6 | Francois Billard | 1,100,000 |
| 56 | 8 | Brent Wajcman | 865,000 |
| 56 | 10 | Preston Cloutier | 1,600,000 |
| 57 | 2 | Denis Cyr | 364,000 |
| 57 | 4 | Julie Poliquin | 743,500 |
| 57 | 6 | Troy Reardon | 246,000 |
| 57 | 8 | George Caragiorgas | 170,500 |
| 57 | 10 | Gaetan Perreault | 690,000 |
| 58 | 2 | Louis-Philippe Goulet | 743,000 |
| 58 | 4 | Francis Jette | 782,000 |
| 58 | 6 | Armand King | 282,000 |
| 58 | 8 | Sylvain Lepage | 1,082,000 |
| 58 | 10 | Jean-Pascal Savard | 369,000 |
| 59 | 2 | Taylor Black | 460,000 |
| 59 | 4 | Tam Ho | 1,303,000 |
| 59 | 6 | Anthony Dalpra | 758,000 |
| 59 | 8 | Marc Fortin | 836,000 |
| 59 | 10 | Jean-Marc Le Bouthillier | 296,000 |
| 60 | 2 | Kathy Sawers | 807,500 |
| 60 | 4 | Jonathan Roberge | 620,000 |
| 60 | 6 | Ryan Smith | 2,366,500 |
| 60 | 8 | Francis Trudeau | 305,000 |
| 60 | 10 | Wai Kit Ngai | 200,500 |
| 61 | 2 | Peter Katsoulis | 659,000 |
| 61 | 4 | Jeremy Chandler | 725,000 |
| 61 | 6 | Mathieu Lavigne | 502,000 |
| 61 | 8 | Wesley Wong | 567,000 |
| 61 | 10 | Francois Tarrab | 1,232,000 |
| 62 | 2 | Ali Zakeri | 841,500 |
| 62 | 4 | Simon Pin-Disle | 999,500 |
| 62 | 6 | Hugo Dumoulin | 1,838,500 |
| 62 | 8 | Aerial Noseworthy | 1,313,000 |
| 62 | 10 | Drew Doiron | 1,354,500 |
| 64 | 2 | Mitchell Johnson | 1,000,000 |
| 64 | 4 | Kevin Schulz | 619,500 |
| 64 | 6 | Lowell Kim | 893,000 |
| 64 | 8 | Carlos Mora Alvarez | 268,500 |
| 64 | 10 | Philippe Belley | 367,000 |
| 65 | 2 | Ken Ransom | 1,004,000 |
| 65 | 4 | Jie Gao | 230,500 |
| 65 | 6 | Dave Rathwell | 203,000 |
| 65 | 8 | Kyle Janisse | 900,000 |
| 66 | 2 | Steven Joudry | 1,900,000 |
| 66 | 4 | Marco Caza | 999,000 |
| 66 | 6 | Jocelyn Poirier | 1,290,000 |
| 66 | 8 | Frank Szelepcsenyi | 165,500 |
| 68 | 2 | Sebastien Legault | 119,500 |
| 68 | 4 | Francesco Maltese | 611,000 |
| 68 | 6 | Mark M | 557,500 |
| 68 | 8 | Daniel Watton | 1,772,500 |
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