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

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Chip Counts

Azor_Ahai

6,393,098

slim5hady69

3,943,735

phenom11218

3,617,399

tomcemm

2,447,614

a.urli

2,225,421

Navins9

2,148,354

Molegian

1,736,500

jsdubois11

1,586,088

Heinz_76

1,545,491

Ignent

1,087,432

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04-23-2017 21:48 UTC-4

"Al3x53" Sliding

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Jason Glatzer

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

"Al3x53" lost a bit less than half his stack during the first 45 minutes of the day. He just took a stab at a pot with a bet of 43,277 into a pot of 123,650 on a board against "jesusneedsaces." He mucked his hand after "jesusneedsaces" tanked for 20 seconds before calling with .

Player	Chips	Progress
jesusneedsaces	669,944 86,852	86,852

al3x53	278,658 175,102	175,102

04-23-2017 21:41 UTC-4

New Chip Leader and Another Elimination

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Jason Glatzer

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

Just after "tomcemm" lost a small pot to "buck82," he eliminated "superdaq" as the second casualty of the tournament for a much bigger pot.

After the big hand, "tomcemm" grabbed the chip lead and is the only player above the 2 million chip threshold thus far in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
tomcemm	2,298,687 628,187	628,187

superdaq	Busted

04-23-2017 21:33 UTC-4

"Buck82" Making an Early Splash

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Jason Glatzer

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

Canada's "buck82" was among the last group of players to join the field and has immediately been active. In a recent hand, he raised to 13,500 from early position and got called by "jesusneedsaces" from the button and "tomcemm" from the small blind.

All three players checked on the flop before "buck82" bet 19,000 when the action was checked to him on the turn. "Jesusneedsaces" folded and "tomcemm" called. The completed the board on the river and "tomcemm" check-folded to a bet from "buck82."

Player	Chips	Progress
tomcemm	1,670,500 670,500	670,500

buck82	1,284,442 284,442	284,442

04-23-2017 21:26 UTC-4

Three New Players

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Jason Glatzer

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

Canada's "buck82" and United Kingdom's "Ross_Geller99" and "slim5hady69" have joined the action to bring today's field size up to 25 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
buck82	1,000,000

slim5hady69	1,000,000

Ross_Geller99	1,000,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

04-23-2017 21:20 UTC-4

"I_rivered_U" Eliminated

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Jason Glatzer

Level 1 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

"I_rivered_U" entered the day as the shortest stack with 26 big blinds. He was unable to spin it up and became the first casualty of the tournament.

Meanwhile, Australian online poker sensation, TJ "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer, has grabbed the chip lead with 1,706,512.

Player	Chips	Progress
RandyB0bandy	1,706,512 87,850	87,850

CanadianPharaoh	1,674,558 66,943	66,943

I_rivered_U	Busted

04-23-2017 21:17 UTC-4

Two More Players in the Field

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Jason Glatzer

Level 1 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The field has grown to 22 players after "a.urli" and "useless1985" joined the action.

Player	Chips	Progress
a.urli	1,000,000

useless1985	1,000,000

04-23-2017 21:15 UTC-4

"TheKelster" Folds on the Turn

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Jason Glatzer

Level 1 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The action folded to "jsdubois11" who opened for 20,000. "TheKelster" three-bet to 62,500 and his opponent called.

Flop:

"TheKelster" bet 65,500 on the flop and quickly called after the action was raised to 131,000. "TheKelster" gave up on the pot after the on the turn after he check-folded a bet of 253,008 from his opponent.