2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America

Online Day 1's
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America

Event Info
Buy-in
5,300 CAD
Entries
15
Players Left
6
Average Chip Stack
2,054,210
Total Chips
12,325,260
Level Info
Level
10
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Toby "jesusneedsaces" Joyce Almost Doubles

Level 9 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Toby "jesusneedsaces" Joyce
Toby "jesusneedsaces" Joyce

Toby "jesusneedsaces" Joyce opened from under the gun to 63,000. "Tomcemm" to his left called as did "phenom11218" from the big blind.

"Phenom11218" and Joyce both checked the {3-Hearts}{6-Spades}{j-Clubs} flop. "Tomcemm" opted to bet 90,000 and both players called.

The trio of players all checked when the {4-Diamonds} appeared on the turn and the {k-Clubs} completed the board on the river. Joyce with {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} shipped the pot and almost doubled up his short stack.

Player Chips Progress
phenom11218 ca
phenom11218
3,884,921
-357,032
-357,032
tomcemm ca
tomcemm
1,318,307
-72,000
-72,000
jesusneedsaces ie
jesusneedsaces
872,885
348,000
348,000

Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer Eliminated by Joao "Azor_Ahai" Neves Jr

Level 9 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer
Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer

"Slim5hady69" opened from early position for 63,000 before Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer three-bet to 300,000.

Brazil's Joao "Azor_Ahai" Neves Jr four-bet to 727,100. "Slim5hady69" folded and Ulmer called.

Neves Jr bet 642,500 on the {6-}{9-}{6-} flop before Ulmer jammed for around 2 million. Neves Jr. quickly called with pocket queens and Ulmer was eliminated after blanks appeared on the turn and the river.

Meanwhile, Neves Jr now has a substantial chip lead on the rest of the field with over 6 million in chips.

The remaining 16 players are now seated at two tables of eight players each.

Player Chips Progress
Azor_Ahai br
Azor_Ahai
6,316,810
2,701,617
2,701,617
RandyB0bandy au
RandyB0bandy
Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

Chip Stack Update

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
phenom11218 ca
phenom11218
4,241,953
153,452
153,452
Azor_Ahai br
Azor_Ahai
3,615,193
482,380
482,380
a.urli ca
a.urli
3,040,748
2,040,748
2,040,748
RandyB0bandy au
RandyB0bandy
2,716,438
-232,500
-232,500
slim5hady69 gb
slim5hady69
2,643,944
-317,540
-317,540
BIGSHOT188 ca
BIGSHOT188
1,816,180
816,180
816,180
Skunk419 ca
Skunk419
1,642,881
642,881
642,881
Molegian ca
Molegian
1,638,432
824,432
824,432
tomcemm ca
tomcemm
1,390,307
-86,668
-86,668
Ignent at
Ignent
1,110,396
-168,157
-168,157
Navins9 ca
Navins9
1,079,774
561,137
561,137
Heinz_76 de
Heinz_76
1,059,432
-847,262
-847,262
Pocket_Flush ca
Pocket_Flush
1,005,609
-239,465
-239,465
Ross_Geller99 gb
Ross_Geller99
826,528
-408,836
-408,836
jesusneedsaces ie
jesusneedsaces
524,885
-111,305
-111,305
eightenclubs gb
eightenclubs
401,740
-403,401
-403,401
jsdubois11 ca
jsdubois11
363,522
-499,694
-499,694

"RiskyStar77" Eliminated

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

"RiskyStar77" was the latest player to hit the showers after he was unable to spin up his short-stack. There are now 17 players remaining on three tables out of the original field size of 31 players, which included two reentries.

Player Chips Progress
RiskyStar77 ca
RiskyStar77
Busted

"Slim5hady69" Wins Another

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
partypoker MILLION North America
partypoker MILLION North America

With the pot already at 542,000, "slim5hady69" fired a pot-sized bet against "Navins9" on the turn with the board showing {4-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{j-Spades}. "Navins9" had slightly fewer chips behind and tanked before he folded.

Player Chips Progress
slim5hady69 gb
slim5hady69
2,718,944
-242,540
-242,540
Navins9 ca
Navins9
518,637
-262,185
-262,185

"Buck82" Eliminated

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

"Buck82" had an early good start, but after that was consistently at or below his opening stack of 1 million chips. He was just eliminated to bring the Day 1a field down to 18 players sitting at three tables.

Player Chips Progress
buck82 ca
buck82
Busted

"Slim5hady69" Jams on the River

Level 8 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
partypoker MILLION North America
partypoker MILLION North America

"Slim5hady69" from the small blind checked on a {5-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} flop before "Ignent" continuation bet. "Slim5hady69" three-bet to 128,000 and called a four-bet after "Ignent" raised the action to 242,000.

Both players checked when the {7-Clubs} appeared on the turn before "slim5hady69" jammed the river for a bet of almost 1.6 million. His opponent quickly folded and "slim5hady69" whose chip stack was on the decline soared back over 2 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
slim5hady69 gb
slim5hady69
2,252,944
-708,540
-708,540
Ignent at
Ignent
1,278,553
278,553
278,553

Level: 8

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

David "JeanClaude1970" Peters Eliminated

Level 7 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

David "JeanClaude1970" Peters lasted just one hand after play resumed from the break. Meanwhile, on another table "phenom11218" extended his chip lead and has over 4 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
phenom11218 ca
phenom11218
4,088,501
502,880
502,880
JeanClaude1970 ca
JeanClaude1970
Busted