CA$10,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America

05-23-2019 20:42 UTC-4

Lopez Takes Some from Ho

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Level 7 : 7,000/14,000, 14,000 ante

The board was showing and there was around 350,000 in the middle. David Lopez pushed in a bet of 275,000 and Maria Ho called.

Lopez tabled for jacks over nickels with an ace kicker and Ho threw her hand in the muck, sending the pot to Lopez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	2,800,000 -50,000	-50,000
David Lopez	2,450,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Maria Ho David Lopez

05-23-2019 20:44 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 7 : 7,000/14,000, 14,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Nolet	1,925,000
Darren Elias	1,875,000 50,000	50,000

Javier Gomez	1,835,000 35,000	35,000
Martin Raus	1,725,000 -25,000	-25,000

Jamie Sequeira	1,095,000
Pierre-Paul Paulin	980,000 -5,000	-5,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

05-23-2019 21:09 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Schein	1,000,000
Govert Metaal	1,000,000
Hannes Speiser	1,000,000
Jakob Miegel	1,000,000
Carla Sabini	1,000,000
Philipp Gruissem	1,000,000

Romero Has a Gravitational Pull on Chips Late in Day 1

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Level 8 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Maria Ho opened to 35,000 from the hijack, James Romero defended his big blind and the flop came down . Romero checked to Ho who bet 30,000.

Romero thought for several moments before he check-raised to 140,000. Ho folded and Romero continued his heater late on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Romero	4,200,000 455,000	455,000

Maria Ho	1,950,000 -850,000	-850,000

Tags: James Romero Maria Ho

05-23-2019 21:25 UTC-4

Papazian Grabs a Late Double Up Through Smith

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Level 8 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The board showed and Elliot Smith moved Alexandru Papazian all in. Papazian thought for a moment and then moved his remaining 359,000 into the pot.

Smith tabled for king high and Papazian showed for a set of threes, taking down the pot for a full double through Smith.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliot Smith	1,950,000 -600,000	-600,000
Alexandru Papazian	1,400,000 575,000	575,000

Tags: Alexandru Papazian Elliot Smith

05-23-2019 21:49 UTC-4

Final Three Hands of the Night

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Level 8 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The tournament clock has now been paused and the remaining runners will now be playing just three more hands.

05-23-2019 21:50 UTC-4

Sabini Sails Her Way to a Double Through Rezaei

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Level 8 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Carla Sabini opened to 35,000 from late position, John Krpan called in the cutoff, Daniel Rezaei called on the button and Rainer Kempe defended his big blind.

The dealer spread out on the flop, action checked to Sabini who bet 125,000 and only Rezaei called. The dealer burned and turned a , Sabini bet 225,000 and again Rezaei called.

The river came down the and Sabini moved all in for 475,000. Rezaei called and Sabini turned over for a full house. Razei mucked, sending the pot to Sabini for a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carla Sabini	1,825,000 825,000	825,000
Daniel Rezaei	1,050,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000

Tags: Carla Sabini Daniel Rezaei John Krpan Rainer Kempe

05-23-2019 21:58 UTC-4

Farrell Takes Down a Pot Preflop

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Level 8 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Anton Morgenstern opened to 35,000 from under the gun, Martin Raus three-bet to 90,000 in early position and Niall Farrell four-bet to 500,000 from late position. Both of his opponents folded and he showed as he smiled while he scooped in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	1,250,000 1,020,000	1,020,000

Tags: Anton Morgenstern Martin Raus Niall Farrell

05-23-2019 22:13 UTC-4

Day 1 of partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America CA$10,300 High Roller Ends with James Romero Leading the Way

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Level 8 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The first day of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America CA$10,300 High Roller has concluded. There were a total of 52 registration slips sold and by nights end only 28 found a bag.

James Romero sat down late in the day and instantly started taking down pots. He will be the start of the day chipleader heading into Day 2 with his 4,320,000 stack.

Right on the heels of Romero is David Lopez who took down several small pots throughout the last level of the night to accumulate a stack of 4,300,000.

A full recap of the day, along with a list of chip counts will be posted shortly.

Tags: David Lopez James Romero