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

Sinclair Back-Raise Shoves on Bain

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

Diego Palma raised to 33,000 from under the gun and Jack Sinclair called in the hijack.

From the big blind, Tristan Bain three-bet to 150,000 and Palma called.

Sinclair thought for several minutes before electing to shove all in for 887,000.

Bain and Palma fold, and Sinclair collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tristan Bain au
Tristan Bain
3,680,000
235,000
235,000
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
1,211,000
431,000
431,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Ortiz Eliminated by Rezaei; Soars into the Chip Lead

Level 8 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Armin Rezaei and Jose Ortiz
Armin Rezaei and Jose Ortiz

On a board of {3-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{4-Spades} with roughly 500,000 in the middle, Armin Rezaei pushed forward a stack amounting to 2,000,000.

Jose Ortiz sat with roughly 650,000 in chips, and after a few minutes of deliberation, he called all in.

Ortiz: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Rezaei: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

The river landed the {10-Spades} and Ortiz was eliminated while Rezaei soared into the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Armin Rezaei at
Armin Rezaei
5,860,000
2,770,000
2,770,000
Jose Ortiz gb
Jose Ortiz
Busted

Tags: Armin RezaeiJose Ortiz

Gross Eliminated by Lima

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

On a flop of {k-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}, partypoker Pro Jeff Gross found himself all in for his last 465,000 against Carlos Hey De Lima.

Gross: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}
Lima: {5-Hearts}{5-Spades}

The turn was the sweat-tastic {k-Diamonds} that gave Gross outs to a king, queen, or three, but when the {a-Hearts} filled the board on the river, he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Hey De Lima br
Carlos Hey De Lima
1,150,000
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
Busted

Tags: Carlos Hey De LimaJeff Gross

Geilich Doubles Through Ruane

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

Maria Ho opened to 35,000 in early position before partypoker Pro Ludovic Geilich shoved all in from late position for 343,000. Michael Ruane iso-shoved next to act for 1,058,000, and after the blinds and Ho folded, the cards were tabled.

Geilich: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Ruane: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and Geilich secured the double.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
1,130,000
105,000
105,000
$25K Fantasy
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
761,000
111,000
111,000
Michael Ruane us
Michael Ruane
715,000
-285,000
-285,000

Tags: Ludovic GeilichMaria HoMichael Ruane

Chien Rivers a Straight

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

Peter Chien raised to 32,000 from under the gun and was called by Mike McDonald, James Romero, and Ben Wilinofsky in the big blind. The flop came {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and the action checked to McDonald who bet 65,000. Romero and Wilinofsky quickly folded but Chien called.

The turn was the {2-Hearts} and both players checked to the {7-Clubs} on the river. Chien led out for 110,000 and McDonald hesitated before making the call. Chien tabled {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for a straight and McDonald looked skyward with a grimace on his face.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Chien ca
Peter Chien
1,345,000
185,000
185,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
1,260,000
-170,000
-170,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Peter ChienMike McDonaldJames RomeroBen Wilinofsky

Level: 9

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Karlic Continues to Rise

Level 9 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Sandy Lam opened with a raise in the hijack and Gerald Karlic defended his big blind.

The flop landed {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Karlic checked to Lam who continued for 100,000.

Karlic check-raised to 350,000, and Lam folded.

Player Chips Progress
Gerald Karlic at
Gerald Karlic
5,145,000
215,000
215,000
Sandy Lam ca
Sandy Lam
3,510,000
3,510,000
3,510,000

Tags: Gerald KarlicSandy Lam