Online Day 1's
Day 1a Started
2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America
Online Day 1's
Day: 1a
Welcome to Day 1a of the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event
The partypoker MILLION North America Main Event kicks off at 9 p.m. ET at partypoker with the first of its two online opening days. The tournament 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 second and last online opening day will take place on April 30, followed by three live opening days on May 5-7 at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Canada. The tournament is guaranteed to produce the largest prize pool in Canadian live poker history.
Players buying into any of the opening days will start off with 1,000,000 chips and compete for 10 blind levels. However, those qualifying in via Phase 1 tournaments will start Day 1 with their ending chip stack from that tournament. Most of the players thus far in today's field have qualified into the tournament via this path.
Players can choose to play as many Day 1s as they wish. Any player bagging chips on multiple Day 1s will finish off the final three days of the tournament on May 8-10 with their largest stack. Players can also choose to late register on Day 2 up until the second blind level is completed.
Blinds increase every 24 minutes during the online opening days and every 60 minutes during the live opening days. The structure becomes deeper as play moves on with Day 2 and 3 featuring 75-minute blind levels and the final day featuring 90-minute blind levels.
"CanadianPharaoh" kicks off today's opening flight in the lead with 1,741,501 followed by Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer in second place with 1,618,662. Other notable players already registered include Joao "Azor_Ahai" Neves Jr, Toby "eightenclubs" Lewis and Toby "jesusneedsaces" Joyce.
The field currently stands at 17 players but stands to get bigger before the first cards are dealt with a $530 satellite currently running guaranteeing 20 seats to the event. Additionally, players can late-register up until the conclusion of the Level 6 and can reenter today's flight once.
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 |
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Play Begins in One Hour
The partypoker MILLION North American Main Event Online Day 1a field is currently at 18 players with play set to begin in about one hour. Most of the players are starting with chip stacks they accumulated during Phase 1 play while a handful of others are starting with a flat 1 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,741,501
1,741,501
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1,741,501 |
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1,618,662
1,618,662
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1,618,662 |
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1,600,000
1,600,000
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1,600,000 |
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1,324,571
1,324,571
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1,324,571 |
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1,095,928
1,095,928
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1,095,928 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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972,714
972,714
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972,714 |
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814,000
814,000
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814,000 |
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805,141
805,141
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805,141 |
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800,242
800,242
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800,242 |
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603,258
603,258
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603,258 |
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583,092
583,092
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583,092 |
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453,760
453,760
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453,760 |
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433,101
433,101
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433,101 |
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143,540
143,540
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143,540 |
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128,412
128,412
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128,412 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Cards in the Air!
Level 1
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The first hand of the tournament has just begun with 20 players seated at three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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"TheKelster" Folds on the Turn
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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840,400
-159,600
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-159,600 |
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645,008
41,750
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41,750 |
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Two More Players in the Field
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 |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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"I_rivered_U" Eliminated
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 |
|---|---|---|
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1,706,512
87,850
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87,850 |
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1,674,558
-66,943
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-66,943 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 2
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Three New Players
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 |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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