Pierre-Paul Paulin Leads Headed into Final Day of partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America CA$10,300 High Roller
Day 2 of the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America CA$10,300 High Roller is now in the books after ten grueling hours of play. The late registration/Re-Entry period was still open for another four hours to begin the day and by the completion of that period, there were a total of 102 slips sold. By nights end it was Pierre-Paul Paulin leading the way with an impressive 21,425,000 in chips.
Paulin started the day just slightly above average in chips but instantly catapulted to the top of the food chain. He was the first player to reach the ten million mark and he did so by eliminating the start of the day chipleader James Romero. The two found themselves in a flipping situation with Paulin holding big slick against Romero's pair of sixes. Romero flopped a six and seemed to have the hand all but locked up. Paulin managed to hit a runner-runner full house, taking down the pot and eliminating Romero from the tournament.
The New Brunswick, Canada native continued to run hot and it seems like a standard for him here in the Playground Poker Club as he finished seventh in the partypoker Main Event held in October of last year for his first six-figure cash. Paulin will be looking to surpass that personal best and add another six-figure cash to his resume.
Right behind the chipleader is Brian Yoon with a healthy 15,525,000 stack. Yoon started the day around average and just like Paulin, he started to climb quickly. Yoon played an aggressive style of poker but always seemed to have a hand when the cards were turned over. He is a competitor with enough experience to take over during Day 3 so be sure to keep an eye out for him as the action unfolds on the final day.
The tournament started the day with 52 runners and by the end of late registration, a total of 102 had joined, gathering $989,400 for the prize pool. A total that came up just shy of the one million guarantee that was set. Only 16 found a bag at the end of play and those who did will be returning tomorrow to battle it out. The money bubble is lingering around the corner with only 11 receiving a payday. A min-cash will be worth CA$25,000 and the eventual winner will be pulling in an immense CA$300,000.
Many familiar faces will be returning tomorrow for that top prize but two, in particular, stand out. partypoker pro's Anatoly Filatov and Bertran Grospellier are two people that everyone will have their eyes on tomorrow. Filitov is starting the day third in chips and always brings excitement to the table whenever he plays. Grospellier is starting at the bottom of the pack but knows his way around a short stack and will look to prove that once again.
A lot of pros took a shot, or in some cases, several, and failed to make it to Day 3, including Germanies Rainer Kempe, Lauren Roberts, Artem Metalidi, Javier Gomez, Alan Schein, Kitty Kuo, and Ryan Riess.
The action will restart on at 1 p.m. EST with the blinds resuming at 60,000/120,000 and a 120,000 big blind ante. There will be a 15-minute break after every two levels of play and the levels will remain at 60-minutes in length. A winner will be crowned tomorrow and the tournament will not stop until someone takes down first place for that cool $300,000 cash prize.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the action throughout the rest of the tournament so be sure to stay tuned.
and Weinand was still way ahead with his kings. A 
peeled off on the turn, giving Speiser a set of sevens and the lead.
, giving him the nut straight. Filatov took down the pot with his straight, eliminating two opponents while doing so.
on the flop.
for the same pair with an ace kicker. 
, giving him two pair and the lead. The river bricked out when a 
hit the felt and Paulin took down another large pot, sending Smith home in the process.
and he took a commanding lead with his set of sixes. An 
peeled off on the turn and Paulin now picked up some full house outs.
turned over, giving Paulin a higher full house to take down the pot and send the start of the day chipleader packing.
and Ho's aces held on for the pot, grabbing a full double up through Yoon.
landed as a turn card. Romero pushed in 200,000 and Roberts thought for a minute before she pushed in enough to call.
