$10,300 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America
$10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America
Buy-in
10,300 CAD
Entries
80
Level
26
Blinds
350,000 / 700,000
Ante
700,000
Level 12
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
The opening day has wrapped up for the partypoker MILLIONS North America inside the Playground Poker Club. The $10,300 High Roller has concluded with just 26 players finding a bag. Darren Elias emerged as the chip leader with an impressive 6,200,000 and will surely be the man to beat when Day 2 begins.
Elias has a well-documented resume to back up his Day 1 performance. The New Jersey native has amassed over $5.5 million in career earnings with his biggest win coming at the WPT Borgata in 2014 for $843,744. Elias will be looking to add to his totals but will have some stiff company to get through.
Marc MacDonnell is not sitting too far in the distance, bagging up 6,135,000. MacDonnell held the chip lead for the better part of the day but a late rally by Elias barely surpassed him. Rounding out the top three is David Eldridge (6,000,000) who was the only other player to bag at least six million chips.
Some other notables to find a bag at the end of the day include partypoker Sponsored Pro Kristen Bicknell (1,285,000), Parker Talbot (2,850,000), Chris Moorman (5,280,000), Victor Ramdin (5,900,000), Anthony Zinno (3,190,000), and Martin Jacobson (870,000). There was no question there would be a lot of familiar faces in the field today, but unfortunately, not all of them would make it through the day unscaved. Some of the big names to fall out of contention were partypoker Sponsored Pro Roberto Romanello, partypoker Ambassador Joao Simao, Alex Foxen, Brian Yoon, and Jonathan Duhamel.
When the action got underway at 12:00 PM local time, there were just 11 players in their seats. That number quickly grew and by the first break the number of entries was up to over 40. Players were only given the option to re-enter once, so they were forced to tread lightly after whipping through their first bullet. By the time late registration closed, a total of 80 entries were tallied, bringing the prizepool to $970,000. There will be 10 players able to walk away with some cash in their pockets and the winner will take home a cool $300,000.
The remaining 26 players will return at 12:00 PM on Sunday, April 22 for Day 2 of the tournament. The action will start on level 13 with the blinds at 35,000/70,000 and a button ante of 70,000. The action will continue throughout the day with 40-minute levels and will play until a winner is crowned.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates.
Level 12
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 1 | Peter Jetten | 2,565,000 |
| 58 | 3 | Chris Moorman | 5,285,000 |
| 58 | 4 | Martin Jacobson | 870,000 |
| 58 | 5 | Benoit Galland | 3,960,000 |
| 58 | 6 | Victor Ramdin | 5,900,000 |
| 58 | 7 | Yuan Jiang | 2,300,000 |
| 58 | 8 | Christopher Kruk | 1,325,000 |
| 62 | 2 | Taj Alakoozi | 1,500,000 |
| 62 | 3 | Louis Boutin | 3,280,000 |
| 62 | 5 | Shaan Siddiqui | 3,020,000 |
| 62 | 6 | Viktor Blom | 2,550,000 |
| 62 | 7 | Mike Watson | 1,295,000 |
| 62 | 8 | Anthony Zinno | 3,190,000 |
| 66 | 2 | David Eldridge | 6,000,000 |
| 66 | 4 | Mohsin Charania | 740,000 |
| 66 | 5 | Niall Farrell | 600,000 |
| 66 | 6 | Michael Del Vecchio | 2,935,000 |
| 66 | 7 | Samuel Chartier | 2,255,000 |
| 66 | 8 | Kevin Hobbs | 5,890,000 |
| 70 | 1 | Gal Yifrach | 4,930,000 |
| 70 | 2 | Ami Alibay | 940,000 |
| 70 | 3 | Darren Elias | 6,200,000 |
| 70 | 5 | Jonathan Vanfleet | 2,050,000 |
| 70 | 6 | Parker Talbot | 2,850,000 |
| 70 | 7 | Marc MacDonnell | 6,135,000 |
| 70 | 8 | Kristen Bicknell | 1,285,000 |
Level 12
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,200,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
|
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|
6,135,000
705,000
|
705,000 |
|
6,000,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
||
|
5,900,000
1,965,000
|
1,965,000 |
|
5,890,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
5,280,000
1,640,000
|
1,640,000 |
|
||
|
4,930,000
4,930,000
|
4,930,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,960,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
3,280,000
605,000
|
605,000 |
|
3,190,000
2,190,000
|
2,190,000 |
|
||
|
3,020,000
3,020,000
|
3,020,000 |
|
|
2,935,000
2,935,000
|
2,935,000 |
|
2,850,000
2,245,000
|
2,245,000 |
|
2,565,000
2,565,000
|
2,565,000 |
|
2,550,000
2,550,000
|
2,550,000 |
|
2,300,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
2,255,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
2,050,000
2,050,000
|
2,050,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
1,325,000
1,565,000
|
1,565,000 |
|
1,295,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
|
||
|
1,285,000
615,000
|
615,000 |
|
||
|
940,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
870,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
||
|
740,000
740,000
|
740,000 |
|
||
Level 12
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
With just 15 minutes remaining on the tournament clock, the tournament director has announced that each table will play their last four hands of the night before the players bag and tag for Day 2.
Level 12
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Niall Farrell raised to 125,000 from early position and Kevin Hobbs re-raised to 400,000 from the hijack. The action folded back around to Farrell who just decided to call and go heads-up to a flop of 
.
Farrell checked to Hobbs who continued for 500,000. Farrell took a brief moment before check-raising all in, putting Hobbs to the test for the remainder of his stack. "I'm not good enough to fold this hand," Hobbs said before sticking in the rest of his chips.
Hobbs tabled 
while Farrell flipped over his overpair of 
. The turn brought the 
and the 
on the river paired the board improving Hobbs to a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,400,000
5,750,000
|
5,750,000 |
|
930,000
1,276,000
|
1,276,000 |
|
||
Level: 12
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Level 11
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Victor Ramdin opened to 110,000 from middle position, Darren Elias three-bet to 300,000 in late position and Ramdin called. On an all-heart flop of 
, Ramdin checked, Elias bet 225,000 and Ramdin called after a few seconds.
The turn was the 
and Ramdin checked again to Elias who checked behind. The river was the 
which did not change much as both players checked once more. At showdown, Ramdin showed 
which was good enough as Elias mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,560,000
2,660,000
|
2,660,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,935,000
2,105,000
|
2,105,000 |
Level 11
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Kristen Bicknell raised to 110,000 from the hijack and was called my Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault in the cutoff, Benoit Galland on the button, and Louis Boutin in the small blind. With the action on Yuan Jiang in the big blind, Jiang shipped all in for 1,435,000. Bicknell quickly mucked her hand while Carpentier-Perrault re-shipped all in over the top. Galland and Boutin also laid their hands down, meaning the final two hands were face up.
Yuan Jiang: 
Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault: 
The flop came 
and Carpentier-Perrault spiked a set of sevens to take a commanding lead in the pot. Jiang would need to go runner-runner to make a flush. The turn brought the 
giving Jiang some hope and the river landed the 
. Jiang made a flush to overcome Carpentier-Perrault's flopped set and get a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000 | |
|
|
1,900,000
1,163,000
|
1,163,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,075,000
2,245,000
|
2,245,000 |
Level 11
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
The numbers have been tallied and with a total of 80 entries, there will be $970,000 up for grabs. There will be 10 players lucky enough to walk away with some money, with a min-cash being worth $22,500 and the winner taking home $300,000. A full list of payouts can be seen in the 'Payouts' tab.
The 2014 WSOP Main Event winner, Martin Jacobson, was busy building up a stack in the $1,100 Open event but saw the number of entries in the $10,300 High Roller. He quickly paid the registration desk a visit during the last break and has taken a new seat across the room. Jacobson will be looking to quickly build up a stack or he will find himself back in the $1,100 Open event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | |
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