Online Day 1's | 2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America

04-30-2017 22:46 UTC-4

'Philip_Ward' and 'Edoiler' Dominating the Field

ElleSriracha

Level 5 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip_Ward	2,879,175 1,704,175	1,704,175

Edoiler	2,830,733 274,773	274,773

samygold13	1,442,576 32,780	32,780

number_10	1,104,475 -58,000	-58,000

RandyB0bandy	1,017,353 115,303	115,303

JeanClaude1970	955,477 139,000	139,000

Eni28	790,275 -265,750	-265,750

maria_amelia	735,500 -174,000	-174,000

GG_WP	433,696 80,000	80,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

04-30-2017 22:39 UTC-4

'number_10' Gets Tricky With Aces

ElleSriracha

Level 4 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Edoiler raised to 20,000 on the button and 'number_10' three-bet to 60,000. David 'JeanCaude1970' was in the big blind and four-bet to 153,000 and Edoiler folded. Number_10 called and the two players both checked on a flop of .

The turn was the and both players checked again. The river was the and this time number_10 led out for 198,250. Peters wasted no time and called. Number_10 tabled two red aces and Peters mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
number_10	1,162,475 223,250	223,250

JeanClaude1970	816,477 -494,500	-494,500

04-30-2017 22:25 UTC-4

'qcscfi' Eliminated by 'Philip_Ward'

ElleSriracha

Level 4 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Phili_Ward and 'qcscfi' decided to flip for it all before the flop, with the latter being the player at risk.

Philip_Ward:
qcscfi:

The flop came , and qcscfi made a pair of kings, but Philip_Ward flopped a set of queens.

The turn was the and qcscfi was drawing dead to the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip_Ward	1,175,000 304,900	304,900

qcscfi	Busted

Level: 4

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

04-30-2017 22:15 UTC-4

Thomas 'raidershabsjays' Taylor Eliminated by RandyB0bandy

ElleSriracha

Level 3 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Thomas 'raidershabsjays' Taylor moved all in from under the gun for his remaining 156,053 chips. It looked like he was going to get through, but RandyB0bandy was in the small blind and woke up to a monster, prompting him to call.

RandyB0bandy:
Taylor:

The flop came and Taylor picked up some outs to make a straight, but two of them were in RandyB0bandy's hands.

The turn was the and the river was the , sending Taylor to the rail.

Taylor has a few shots after qualifying multiple times, so he will definitely be one to watch in Montreal this coming week.

Player	Chips	Progress
raidershabsjays	Busted

Tags: Thomas Taylor

04-30-2017 22:07 UTC-4

Rami 'phenom11218' Hammoud Eliminated by 'Edoiler'

ElleSriracha

Level 3 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded to Rami 'phenom11218' Hammoud on the button and he raised to 16,000. Edoiler was in the small blind and three-bet to 50,000. Hammoud four-bet shoved for 191,768 and Edoiler snap-called.

Edoiler:
Hammoud:

The board ran out and Hammoud was eliminated. Fortunately for him, he already has a Day 2 stack around 3,500,000 after qualifying on Day 1a last week.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edoiler	2,555,960 194,265	194,265

phenom11218	Busted

04-30-2017 21:58 UTC-4

First Break of the Day

ElleSriracha

Level 3 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining 14 players are now on their first break of the day.

Play resumes at 10:00 p.m. ET

Level: 3

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

04-30-2017 21:50 UTC-4

'RandyB0bandy' Catches 'Jesusneedsaces'

ElleSriracha

Level 2 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

With about 46,600 in the pot, on a board reading , jesusneedsaces bet 30,756 from under the gun and RandyB0bandy called from the cutoff.

The river was the and jesusneedsaces paused for a few seconds before leading out for 77,750. RandyB0bandy called, showing for aces full of nines. Jesusneedsaces showed for a pair of tens.

Jesusneedsaces was short and busted soon after and has opted not to re-enter.