2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America

CA$10,300 Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America
Final Results
Winner
Francois Billard
Winning Hand
109
Prize
961,400 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 CAD
Prize Pool
5,210,000 CAD
Total Entries
521
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Ante
6,000,000
Players Left 1 / 521
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Hand #231-235: Action Starting to Heat Up

Level 39 : 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Hand #231: Kevin Rabichow opened to 8 million on the button, Francois Billard defended his big blind and the dealer fanned out {5-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} on the flop. Billard checked to Rabichow who bet 6 million and Billard quickly check-raised to 16 million. Rabichow folded and Billard scooped in the pot.

Hand #232: Joni Jouhkimainen opened to 8.5 million from the button, Rabichow defended his big blind and {4-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{8-Spades} fell as the flop. Both players checked and the {10-Clubs} landed on the turn. A {5-Spades} fell on the river, both players checked, Rabichow showed {a-Hearts}{2-Spades} for ace high and Jouhkimainen mucked, sending the pot to Rabichow.

Hand #233: Jouhkimainen received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #234: Jouhkimainen limped the small blind, BIllard checked the big blind and the flop came down {10-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{8-Spades}. Both checked to the {4-Clubs} turn and both checked again to the {5-Diamonds} river. Jouhkimainen pushed in 4 million, Billard called and Jouhkimainen mucked his cards, shipping the pot to Billard without having to even show a card.

Hand #235: Jouhkimainen opened to 8.5 from the button, Billard shoved for 181 million in the small blind and Jouhkimainen threw his cards into the muck.

Tags: Francois BillardKevin RabichowJoni Jouhkimainen

Hand #231-235: Action Starting to Heat Up

Level 39 : 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Hand #231: Kevin Rabichow opened to 8 million on the button, Francois Billard defended his big blind and the dealer fanned out {5-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} on the flop. Billard checked to Rabichow who bet 6 million and Billard quickly check-raised to 16 million. Rabichow folded and Billard scooped in the pot.

Hand #232: Joni Jouhkimainen opened to 8.5 million from the button, Rabichow defended his big blind and {4-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{8-Spades} fell as the flop. Both players checked and the {10-Clubs} landed on the turn. A {5-Spades} fell on the river, both players checked, Rabichow showed {a-Hearts}{2-Spades} for ace high and Jouhkimainen mucked, sending the pot to Rabichow.

Hand #233: Jouhkimainen received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #234: Jouhkimainen limped the small blind, BIllard checked the big blind and the flop came down {10-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{8-Spades}. Both checked to the {4-Clubs} turn and both checked again to the {5-Diamonds} river. Jouhkimainen pushed in 4 million, Billard called and Jouhkimainen mucked his cards, shipping the pot to Billard without having to even show a card.

Hand #235: Jouhkimainen opened to 8.5 from the button, Billard shoved for 181 million in the small blind and Jouhkimainen threw his cards into the muck.

Tags: Francois BillardKevin RabichowJoni Jouhkimainen

Hands #227-230: Rabichow Wins Small, Billard Shoves

Level 39 : 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Hand #227: Kevin Rabichow limped in from the small blind and Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 14 million from the big blind. Rabichow folded.

Hand #228: Kevin Rabichow raised the button to 8 million and Francois Billard called from the big blind. The flop landed {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and both players checked to reveal the {q-Hearts} on the turn. Billard led out for 6 million and Rabichow called as the river fell the {4-Hearts}.

Billard bet 10 million and Rabichow called. Billard tabled his {q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, and Rabichow mucked.

Hand #229: Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 8.5 million on the button, and Francois Billard three-bet shoved from the small blind for 142.5 million. Jouhkimainen folded.

Hand #230: Kevin Rabichow limped in from the small blind and Joni Jouhkimainen checked his option as the flop landed {10-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{9-Hearts}. Both players checked as the {3-Spades} fell on the turn. Rabichow bet out 5.5 million and Jouhkimainen called as the {k-Clubs} land on the river.

Rabichow tables his {j-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and takes down the pot.

Tags: Joni JouhkimainenKevin RabichowFrancois Billard

Hands #223-226: Rabichow Doubles Through Billard

Level 39 : 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Kevin Rabichow
Kevin Rabichow

Hand #223: Kevin Rabichow received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #224: Francois Billard raised to 8 million on the button and Rabichow three-bet shoved all in for 117 million in the small blind. Joni Jouhkimainen folded the big blind and Billard also quickly folded.

Hand #225: Jouhkimainen limped in from the small blind and Billard decided to see a flop. It came {8-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs} and Jouhkimainen check-folded to a bet of 7 million from Billard.

Hand #226: Billard raised to 12 million from the small blind and Rabichow pushed all in for 129 million in the big blind. Billard instantly called and Rabichow was at risk.

Rabichow: {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Billard: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The flop came {k-Spades}{q-Spades}{8-Spades} to give Billard a pair of kings but Rabichow had the only spade in his hand. The turn was the {10-Diamonds} to give Rabichow even more outs. The river brought the {2-Spades} and Rabichow made a flush to double through Billard.

Tags: Kevin RabichowJoni JouhkimainenFrancois Billard

Hand #218-222: Jouhkimainen Takes Down a Couple Pots

Level 39 : 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Hand #218: Francois Billard opened the button, Joni Jouhkimainen raised and Billard folded.

Hand #219: Francois Billard received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #220: Billard moved all in from the small blind and won the blinds and ante.

Hand #221: Kevin Rabichow limped the small blind, Jouhkimainen raised to 14 million. Rabichow called and the flop came down {a-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs}. Rabichow checked to Jouhkimainen who bet 9 million and Rabichow folded.

Hand #222: Rabichow moved all in on the button and won the blinds and ante.

Tags: Alexandros KoloniasFrancois BillardJoni JouhkimainenKevin Rabichow

Hands #213-217: Jouhkimainen Limp-Shoves Twice

Level 39 : 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Hand #213: Joni Jouhkimainen limped the small blind and Francois Billard raised to 12 million. Jouhkimainen shoved all in for 120.6 million and Billard folded.

Hand #214: Francois Billard raised to 12 million from the small blind and won the big blind and ante.

Hand #215: Francois Billard raised to 8 million on the button and Kevin Rabichow shoved all in for 109 million and Billard folded.

Hand #216: Joni Jouhkimainen limped the small blind and Francois Billard raised to 12 million from the big. Jouhkimainen shoved for 128.5 million and Billard folded.

Hand #217: Francois Billard raised the small blind to 12 million and won the big blind and ante.

Tags: Joni JouhkimainenKevin RabichowFrancois Billard

Level: 39

Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000

Ante: 4,000,000

A Deal Has Been Made

Level 38 : 1,700,000/3,500,000, 3,500,000 ante
Table
Table

Just after the dinner break, the three players got together and discussed a deal. The tournament director informed them that CA$212,370 must remain to play for. Francois Billard will be taking home CA$749,030, Joni Jouhkimainen will earn $583,310, and Kevin Rabichow will pocket CA$578,990. The winner will claim the remaining CA$212,370 along with the trophy.

Tags: Kevin RabichowJoni JouhkimainenFrancois Billard

Dinner Break

Level 38 : 1,700,000/3,500,000, 3,500,000 ante

The three players have decided to take a 40-minute dinner break.

Play will resume at approximately 10:20 p.m. (EDT).

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
3Kevin RabichowUnited States117,400,00029
4Joni JouhkimainenFinland120,600,00030
5Francois BillardCanada283,100,00071

Hands #210-212: Billard the Runaway Leader

Level 38 : 1,700,000/3,500,000, 3,500,000 ante
Kevin Rabichow and Joni Jouhkimainen
Kevin Rabichow and Joni Jouhkimainen

Hand #210: Joni Jouhkimainen limped in from the small blind and Francois Billard opted to see a flop. The flop came {k-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Jouhkimainen checked to Billard who bet 6 million. Jouhkimainen called and the {9-Clubs} paired the board on the turn.

Both players checked and the {4-Diamonds} completed the board. Jouhkimainen led out for 7 million and Billard instantly called. Jouhkimainen showed {5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} while Billard held {k-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for the best hand.

Hand #211: Jouhkimainen opened to 7.5 million on the button and Billard three-bet to 25 million in the small blind. Kevin Rabichow folded his big blind and Jouhkimainen also let his hand go.

Hand #212: Rabichow limped in from the small blind and Jouhkimainen checked to see a flop of {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades}. Rabichow led out for 3.5 million and Jouhkimainen called.

The turn was the {2-Hearts} and both players checked to the {6-Hearts} on the river. Two more checks and Jouhkimainen won the pot with {j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

Tags: Francois BillardJoni JouhkimainenKevin Rabichow