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

"Freshttboy88" Eliminated

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

The field is down to 21 players after "freshttboy88" freshly eliminated.

Meanwhile, "slim5hady69" grabbed his first chip lead of the day with over 2.4 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
slim5hady69 gb
slim5hady69
2,413,440
302,440
302,440
tomcemm ca
tomcemm
2,362,297
63,610
63,610
freshttboy88 ca
freshttboy88
Busted

Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer Joins the 2 Million Club

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

Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer is one of online poker's most successful all-time pros with almost $9 million in online cashes according to PocketFives.com where he is currently ranked 50th in the world.

The Australian just became the third player to pass the 2 million mark in chips.

Player Chips Progress
RandyB0bandy au
RandyB0bandy
2,112,962
406,450
406,450

David "JeanClaude1970" Peters Joins the Field

Level 4 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
David "JeanClaude1970" Peters
David "JeanClaude1970" Peters

David "JeanClaude1970" Peters has just joined the field. The American poker refugee, registered on partypoker in Canada, likely needs no introduction with huge successes both in online and live poker with over $20 million in combined cashes.

Around the same time, "M0k0to" was eliminated from the tournament keeping the field at 21 remaining players.

Player Chips Progress
JeanClaude1970 ca
JeanClaude1970
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
M0k0to gb
M0k0to
Busted

David "JeanClaude1970" Peters Nails a Flush

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

David "JeanClaude1970" Peters lost an early pot but has already rebounded. He opened for 25,000 before "Navins9" three-bet to 60,000. The player in the big blind flat called and Peters called behind.

Peters checked before he called a bet of 74,860 from his opponent on a {4-Hearts}{k-Spades}{q-Spades} flop. Both players checked when the {4-Spades} appeared on the turn.

Peters led out for 145,645 and got a call from his opponent. His opponent mucked after Peters turned over the {a-Spades}{7-Spades} for the nut-flush.

Player Chips Progress
JeanClaude1970 ca
JeanClaude1970
1,183,825
183,825
183,825
Navins9 ca
Navins9
780,822
-19,420
-19,420

Level: 5

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Chip Count Update

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

Here is a look at the top 10 players in chips.

Player Chips Progress
slim5hady69 gb
slim5hady69
2,664,640
251,200
251,200
tomcemm ca
tomcemm
2,213,297
-149,000
-149,000
phenom11218 ca
phenom11218
1,890,963
117,754
117,754
Azor_Ahai br
Azor_Ahai
1,885,200
885,200
885,200
Heinz_76 de
Heinz_76
1,818,431
412,861
412,861
TheKelster ca
TheKelster
1,290,724
450,324
450,324
Pocket_Flush ca
Pocket_Flush
1,245,074
245,074
245,074
Ross_Geller99 gb
Ross_Geller99
1,235,364
235,364
235,364
RandyB0bandy au
RandyB0bandy
1,188,838
-924,124
-924,124
JeanClaude1970 ca
JeanClaude1970
1,148,525
-35,300
-35,300

"Slim5hady69" Passes 4 Million

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

While we missed the hand, "slim5hady69" just extended his lead in a big way by eliminated "TheKelster" to bring the remaining field size down to 20 players.

He not only became the first player to pass 3 million in chips, but also nudged passed 4 million as well.

Player Chips Progress
slim5hady69 gb
slim5hady69
4,002,364
1,337,724
1,337,724
TheKelster ca
TheKelster
Busted

"Buck82" Trending Downwards

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

"Buck82" was off to an early start, but has given a bit of his stack to his opponents. In a recent hand, he three-bet the opening bet from "Heinz_76" to 84,200 and got a call from his opponent.

Flop: {8-Spades}{2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

"Buck82" checked the flop before he called a bet of 51,000 from his opponent. Both players checked when the {10-Spades} appeared on the turn.

"Buck82" checked for a third time when the {8-Diamonds} paired the board on the river before "Heinz_76" bet 138,000. "Buck82" folded and his chip stack dipped to under 700,000.

Player Chips Progress
Heinz_76 de
Heinz_76
1,896,821
78,390
78,390
buck82 ca
buck82
684,164
-600,278
-600,278