2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America

CA$10,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
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
Entries
521
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Ante
6,000,000

Middleton Four-Bets Smith

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

Tom Middleton opened to 35,000 in late position before Rick Beer called in the hijack.

From the button, Elliot Smith three-bet to 150,000, and the action folded back to Middleton.

Middleton responded by four-betting to 350,000, and after Beer folded, Smith folded as well.

Player Chips Progress
Rick Beer ca
Rick Beer
3,960,000 -100,000
Elliot Smith ca
Elliot Smith
2,540,000 840,000
Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
1,345,000 777,000

Tags: Elliot SmithRick BeerTom Middleton

Nguyen Doubles through Bain

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

On a board of {9-Spades}{k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} with roughly 230,000 in the middle, Truyen Nguyen checked from under the gun to Tristan Bain in late position.

Bain bet 90,000 before Nguyen check-raised all in for 307,000. Bain thought for a few minutes, and then called.

Bain: {a-Spades}{5-Spades}
Nguyen: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The river landed the {2-Clubs}, and Nguyen doubled through.

Player Chips Progress
Tristan Bain au
Tristan Bain
3,445,000 -325,000
Truyen Nguyen us
Truyen Nguyen
850,000 275,000

Tags: Tristan BainTruyen Nguyen

Level: 7

Blinds: 7,000/14,000

Ante: 14,000

Dinner Break

Level 6 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Six levels have been completed on Day 1A and the players are now heading on a 60-minute dinner break. The action will resume at approximately 7:35 p.m. EST with the blinds at 7,000/14,000 and a 14,000 big blind ante.

Trophy
Trophy

Xuan Liu Falls, Five partypoker Online Qualifiers Remain at Dinner Break

Level 6 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Xuan Liu
Xuan Liu

Partypoker Online Qualifier Xuan Liu was eliminated during this level leaving just five partypoker Online Qualifiers heading to dinner break.

Samuel Gagnon is still in the lead with over 1.2 million, while Urban recently played a big pot against Tristan Bain with top pair versus top set to see him sink to a chip stack worth around half the average stack.

Player Chips Progress
Samuel Gagnon ca
Samuel Gagnon
1,240,000 -270,000
Daniel Dubeau ca
Daniel Dubeau
995,000 122,000
Leo Liberal br
Leo Liberal
591,000 -619,000
David Cowling ca
David Cowling
545,000 171,000
Matthew Urban ca
Matthew Urban
530,000 40,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
Busted

Tags: Xuan Liu

Lynskey Runs Into Aces

Level 6 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Alex Lynskey
Alex Lynskey

Alex Lynskey raised to 26,000 from under the gun and was called by the hijack and the button. Armin Rezaei three-bet to 180,000 in the small blind and Lynskey four-bet shoved all in for around 600,000. That forced the other two players out but Rezaei quickly called.

Armin Rezaei: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Alex Lynskey: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Lynskey would need to catch one of two remaining jacks in the deck in order to stay alive. The board ran out {q-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and Rezaei's aces held up to eliminate Lynskey for today.

Player Chips Progress
Armin Rezaei at
Armin Rezaei
3,045,000
Alex Lynskey au
Alex Lynskey
Busted

Tags: Armin RezaeiAlex Lynskey

Wilkerson Finds a Double Through Place

Level 6 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

A completed board of {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{4-Clubs} was spread across the felt with a little over 500,000 in the pot already. Eric Place bet 175,000 in middle position and Dylan Wilkerson went into the tank before shoving all in for 565,000 in the cutoff.

The action was back on Place who used up plenty of time as well. The clock was eventually called but Place then made the call. Wilkerson turned over {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for a full house to score a double up through Place.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Place ca
Eric Place
2,225,000
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
WPT 1X Winner
1,640,000 200,000

Tags: Eric PlaceDylan Wilkerson

Rollercoaster Ride Ends Bad for Nguyen

Level 6 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With around 190,000 in the pot, Andreas Klatt and Tommy Nguyen were heads-up and the flop read {j-Clubs}{10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Klatt checked from the hijack and Nguyen bet 100,000 on the button. Klatt check-raised all in for 347,000 and Nguyen tanked for a couple of minutes before calling.

Andreas Klatt: {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Tommy Nguyen: {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Klatt held the better kicker but Nguyen made two pair on the {k-Hearts} turn card. However, the {q-Hearts} on the river gave Klatt a straight and he doubled through Nguyen.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
890,000
Tommy Nguyen ca
Tommy Nguyen
WSOP 1X Winner
273,000

Tags: Tommy NguyenAndreas Klatt

Ruberto Wins on the Flop

Level 6 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America Main Event second-place finisher Darryll Fish opened to 25,000 in early position and was met with a call from 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America third-place finisher Tony Ruberto, along with the player in the small blind.

The flop landed {7-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and both the small blind and Fish checked to Ruberto.

Ruberto tossed in 55,000, and both the small blind and Fish quickly mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Ruberto us
Tony Ruberto
1,710,000 90,000
Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
WPT 1X Winner
1,220,000 220,000

Tags: Tony RubertoDarryll Fish

Vijayaratnam Doubles Through Harder

Level 6 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Following a raise to 28,000, and a call from Senthuran Vijayaratnam on the button, Christian Harder three-bet the big blind to 125,000.

The original raiser folded, but Vijayaratnam moved all in for 523,000 total and Harder called.

Harder: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Vijayaratnam: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

With Vijayaratnam at-risk, the window card was the {q-Diamonds}, but when the remainder of the board filled out {q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades}{6-Clubs}{j-Clubs}, Vijayaratnam scooped the double with his flopped set.

Player Chips Progress
Senthuran Vijayaratnam ca
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
1,092,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
340,000 -650,000

Tags: Christian HarderSenthuran Vijayaratnam