CA$10,300 Main Event | 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America

05-27-2019 00:32 UTC-5

Hands #299-303: Billard Gets Value from Bottom Pair

Tim Duckworth

Level 40 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante

Hand #299: Kevin Rabichow shoved all in from the small blind for 180 million and won the big blind and ante.

Hand #300: Kevin Rabichow raised to 10 million on the button and Francois Billard three-bet the big blind to 38 million. Rabichow shoved all in for 190 million and Billard folded.

Hand #301: Francois Billard limped the small blind and Kevin Rabichow checked. The flop landed and Billard bet 5 million and Rabichow called. The turn fell the and Billard now checked. Rabichow bet 15 million and Billard called as the completed the board on the river.

Both players checked and Billard tabled his and Billard mucked.

Hand #302: Francois Billard raised to 10 million and Joni Jouhkimainen called in the big blind. The flop fell and Jouhkimainen checked to Billard who continued for 8 million. Th turn landed the and both players checked as the completed the board on the river.

Both players checked and Jouhkimainen's took down the pot.

Hand #303: Kevin Rabichow raised the button to 10 million and Francois Billard called from the big. The flop landed and Billard checked to Rabichow who bet 18 million. Billard called, and the turn landed the .

Both players checked as the completed the board on the river. Billard bet out 20 million and Rabichow called. Billard tabled his , and Rabichow mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Billard	282,000,000 19,000,000	19,000,000
Kevin Rabichow	150,000,000 30,000,000	30,000,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	84,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000

Tags: Joni Jouhkimainen Kevin Rabichow Francois Billard

05-27-2019 00:36 UTC-5

Joni Jouhkimainen Eliminated in 3rd Place (CA$583,310)

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Adam Lamers

Level 40 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante

Hand #304: Francois Billard raised to 15 million in the small blind and Kevin Rabichow folded his big blind.

Hand #305: Billard opened to 10 million on the button and Joni Jouhkimainen defended from the big blind. The flop came and Jouhkimainen check-folded to a bet of 8 million from Billard.

Hand #306: Jouhkimaien shoved all in for 69 million in the small blind and Billard snap-called from the big blind. Jouhkimainen was at risk and needed some help.

Billard:
Jouhkimainen:

The flop came and Billard remained in the lead with his ace-high. The turn was the as Jouhkimainen picked up a straight and flush draw. The bricked off on the river and Jouhkimainen was eliminated in third place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Billard	378,500,000 96,500,000	96,500,000
Kevin Rabichow	142,500,000 7,500,000	7,500,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	Busted

Tags: Francois Billard Joni Jouhkimainen Kevin Rabichow

05-27-2019 00:37 UTC-5

Short Break

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brandyn trenholm

Level 40 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante

The remaining two players will now be taking a short break before resuming heads-up play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Billard	378,500,000
Kevin Rabichow	142,500,000

05-27-2019 00:49 UTC-5

Heads-Up Play Underway

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Tim Duckworth

Level 40 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
3	Kevin Rabichow	United States	142,500,000	29
5	Francois Billard	Canada	378,500,000	76

05-27-2019 00:55 UTC-5

Hand #307-311: Back and Forth Battle

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brandyn trenholm

Level 40 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante

Hand #307: Francois Billard called on the button, Kevin Rabichow raised to 20 million and Billard moved all in. Rabichow folded and Billard took down the first hand of heads-up play.

Hand #308: Rabichow opened to 10 million from the button, Billard called and the flop came down . Billard checked, Rabichow bet 6 million and Billard folded.

Hand #309: Billard opened to 10 million, Rabichow called and the flop came down . Rabichow checked to Billard, he bet 15 million and Rabichow folded.

Hand #310: Rabichow limped the button, Billard moved all in and Rabichow folded.

Hand #311: Billard limped the button, Rabichow moved all in and Billard folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Billard	398,500,000 20,000,000	20,000,000
Kevin Rabichow	121,500,000 21,000,000	21,000,000

Tags: Francois Billard Kevin Rabichow

05-27-2019 01:00 UTC-5

Hands #312-316: Billard Climbing; Now Over 400 Million

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Tim Duckworth

Level 40 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante

Hand #312: Francois Billard received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #313: Francois Billard limped and Kevin Rabichow checked. The flop landed and a bet of 5 million from Billard took the pot down.

Hand #314: Francois Billard received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #315: Francois Billard raised to 10 million and Kevin Rabichow called. The flop landed and Rabichow checked to Billard who bet 6 million. Rabichow called, and the turn fell the .

Both players checked as the completed the board on the river. Both players checked, and Billard tabled his to collect the pot over Rabichow's .

Hand #316: Kevin Rabichow raised to 10 million and won the big blind and ante.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Billard	419,500,000 21,000,000	21,000,000
Kevin Rabichow	101,500,000 20,000,000	20,000,000

Tags: Francois Billard Kevin Rabichow

05-27-2019 01:09 UTC-5

Hands #317-321: Rabichow Falling Behind

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Adam Lamers

Level 40 : 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante

Hand #317: Francois Billard limped in on the button and Kevin Rabichow checked his option. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn and the on the river. Rabichow tossed in a bet of 20 million and Billard quickly folded.

Hand #318: Rabichow folded his button.

Hand #319: Billard shipped all in on the button and Rabichow folded his big blind.

The blinds were increased to 3,000,000/6,000,000

Hand #320: Rabichow just called on the button and Billard checked his option. The flop came and Billard check-called a bet of 6 million from Rabichow. The turn brought the and Billard folded to a bet of 16 million from Rabichow this time.

Hand #321: Billard raised to 12 million on the button and Rabichow called from the big blind. The flop fell and Rabichow check-called a bet of 6 million from Billard.

The turn was the and Rabichow checked once more. Billard threw in a bet of 20 million and Rabichow mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Billard	431,000,000 11,500,000	11,500,000
Kevin Rabichow	90,000,000 11,500,000	11,500,000

Tags: Kevin Rabichow Francois Billard

Level: 41

Blinds: 3,000,000/6,000,000

Ante: 6,000,000

05-27-2019 01:18 UTC-5

Hand #322-326: Rabichow Not Backing Down

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brandyn trenholm

Level 41 : 3,000,000/6,000,000, 6,000,000 ante

Hand #322: Francois Billard received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #323: Billard opened to 12 million, Kevin Rabichow moved all in for 84 million and Billard called, players turned over their hands.

Rabichow:
Billard:

The dealer spread out on the flop and Rabichow's ace-high was still ahead. A peeled off on the turn and the river a , changing nothing as Rabichow held on for a double.

Hand #324: Rabichow opened to 12 million from the button, Billard three-bet to 40 million and Rabichow called. The flop came down , Billard bet 25 million and Rabichow folded, shipping some chips back to Billard.

Hand #325: Billard opened to 12 million on the button, Rabichow called and spread out on the flop. Rabichow checked to Billard, he bet 7 million and Rabichow folded.

Hand #326 Rabichow opened to 12 million from the button and won the blinds and ante.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Billard	393,000,000 38,000,000	38,000,000
Kevin Rabichow	128,000,000 38,000,000	38,000,000

Tags: Francois Billard Kevin Rabichow

05-27-2019 01:24 UTC-5

Hands #327-331: Rabichow Gains Some Ground

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Tim Duckworth

Level 41 : 3,000,000/6,000,000, 6,000,000 ante

Hand #327: Kevin Rabichow received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #328: Francois Billard received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #329: Francois Billard raised to 12 million on the button and Kevin Rabichow called in the big blind. The flop landed and both players checked to see the on the turn as both players checked once more.

The river fell the and both players checked. Rabichow tabled his and Billard mucked.

Hand #330: Kevin Rabichow limped the button and Francos Billard raised the big blind to 20 million. Rabichow called, and the flop landed .

Billard bet out 10 million and Rabichow called as the fell on the turn and both players checked. The river landed the and Billard checked. Rabichow bet 50 million and Billard folded.

Hand #331: Francois Billard raised to 12 million on the button Kevin Rabichow moved all in for 176 million. Billard folded.