Online Day 1's
Day 1b Started
2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America
Online Day 1's
Day: 1b
Welcome to Day 1b of the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event!
The final online starting day of the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event kicks off in just one hour at 9 p.m. ET at partypoker under tournament ID#138485924 . This Canadian record-breaking event guarantees a huge CA$5,000,000 prize pool with at least CA$1,000,000 guaranteed to the winner for a CA$5,300/$4,000 buy-in.
The opening online day was last Sunday, April 23rd and attracted 31 entries, with 29 unique players and two re-entries. With today's tournament being the last of the online starting days, Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Canada will host this live event with three opening days from May 5-7 in the coming week. With this massive guaranteed prizepool and a minimum of CA$1,000,000 for first place, this is slated to be the largest prize pool in Canadian live poker history.
Any player deciding to buy in directly on one of the Day 1's will start with 1,000,000 chips, playing 10 levels before bagging for Day 2. Additionally, late registration is open on Day 2 until the end of the second level of play. Players who made it through Phase 1 will compete with the number of chips they carried over, which is the case for most of the players who are playing online today. There are unlimited re-entries throughout all Day 1's and players will continue on Day 2 with their largest stack, should they choose to enter multiple times and bag chips more than once.
Blinds increase every 24 minutes during the online opening days and every 60 minutes during the live opening days. The structure becomes deeper as the tournament progresses, with Day 2 and 3 featuring 75-minute blind levels and the final day featuring 90-minute blind levels.
With 11 players registered so far, the current leader is samygold13 sitting on 1,315,146 chips, with raidershabsjays in second with 1,206,153 and SetKat74 close behind with 1,200,000 chips. With the online Phase 1 qualifier running, and the option to re-enter once today, there are sure to be more entries before registration closes at the end of Level 6 at 10:17 p.m. ET.
Here is the online Day 1 level structure:
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 |
| 2 | 24 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 500 |
| 3 | 24 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
| 4 | 24 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
| 5 | 24 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 |
| 6 | 24 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
| 7 | 24 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 |
| 8 | 24 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 3,000 |
| 9 | 24 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 3,000 |
| 10 | 24 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 4,000 |
Stick around as PokerNews brings you all of the live updates from start to finish throughout the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Not Just a Canadian Affair
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Play is underway here on this final online Day 1 on partypoker and action has kicked off with 14 players.
Some familiar faces include Alberta, Canada's Thomas 'raidershabsjays' Taylor and Rami 'phenom11218' Hammoud, who already qualified with 3,500,000 chips on Day 1a.
While this is an event in Canada, many players from around the world are doing their best to qualify. Here's a look at the field so far:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,250,646
-64,500
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-64,500 |
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1,229,653
23,500
|
23,500 |
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1,126,000
126,000
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126,000 |
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1,042,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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1,000,000 | |
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988,000
-12,000
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-12,000 |
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972,500 | |
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943,344
2,750
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2,750 |
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797,640
-202,360
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-202,360 |
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524,592
-58,500
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-58,500 |
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510,720
138,360
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138,360 |
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365,696
-10,500
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-10,500 |
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293,020
13,000
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13,000 |
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248,449
-3,250
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-3,250 |
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David 'JeanClaude1970' Peters Fires Again
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
After firing two bullets in last week's opening Day 1 online, David 'JeanClaude1970' Peters has hopped in to take another shot!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
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Level: 2
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Edoiler Off to a Blazing Start
Level 2
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Edoiler has more than doubled his starting stack and leads the field so far into the second level of the day. This player is one of the few that bought in directly, so they began the day with the starting stack of 1,000,000 chips.
The chip leader at the start of the day was samygold13 and he has added a little bit to his stack, sitting in second. David 'JeanClaude1970' Peters is third in chips with just over the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,268,965
1,226,965
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1,226,965 |
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1,400,646
150,000
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150,000 |
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1,095,500
95,500
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95,500 |
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'RandyB0bandy' Catches 'Jesusneedsaces'
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.
Level: 3
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
First Break of the Day
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