2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America

CA$10,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Cowling Wins with River Bet

Level 1 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Victor Adams opened to 12,000 from middle position and Jeff Yarchever called next to act.

David Cowling defended his big blind as the flop landed {4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

Adams continued for 20,000, and after Yarchever folded, Cowling called.

Both players checked the {a-Spades} on the turn as the {9-Spades} completed the board on the river.

Cowling tossed in 105,000, and Adams folded.

Player Chips Progress
David Cowling ca
David Cowling
1,075,000 1,075,000
Jeff Yarchever us
Jeff Yarchever
995,000 -5,000
Victor Adams ca
Victor Adams
975,000

Tags: David CowlingJeff YarcheverVictor Adams

Minkin Shown the Bluff

Level 1 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kelly Minkin
Kelly Minkin

Both the under the gun player and Kelly Minkin in the cutoff commit 25,000 each preflop to see the {3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{10-Hearts} flop.

Minkin bets 55,000, and her opponent check-called as the turn landed the {10-Spades}.

The under the gun player checked, Minkin bet 90,000, and now her opponent attempted to check-raise to 125,000.

The dealer ruled his raise as just a call as the {7-Diamonds} completed the board on the river.

Minkin's opponent now bet out 310,000 and Minkin folded. Her opponent quickly tabled his {k-Spades}{j-Clubs} for a bluff.

Player Chips Progress
Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
830,000 -170,000

Tags: Kelly Minkin

Hall Turns a Set

Level 1 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The action folded to Scott Ahonen on the button who raised it up to 12,000. Tom Hall called from the small blind and the big blind came along as well. The flop came {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and the action checked around.

On the {4-Spades} turn card, Hall led out for 40,000. The big blind folded and Ahonen made the call. The river was the {2-Spades} and Hall bet another 160,000. Ahonen looked him up and Hall tabled {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs} for a set of fours while Ahonen showed {8-Spades}{7-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
1,250,000
Scott Ahonen ca
Scott Ahonen
780,000

Tags: Tom HallScott Ahonen

First Round of Players

Level 1 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
1,000,000 1,000,000
Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein
WPT 2X Winner
1,000,000
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
1,000,000 1,000,000
Patrick Serda ca
Patrick Serda
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Alan Schein us
Alan Schein
1,000,000 1,000,000
Ryan Van Sanford us
Ryan Van Sanford
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000
Jeff Yarchever us
Jeff Yarchever
1,000,000
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
WSOP 2X Winner
1,000,000
Will Molson ca
Will Molson
1,000,000
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
WPT 3X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
WPT 3X Winner
1,000,000
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
1,000,000 1,000,000
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
1,000,000
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
1,000,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Day 1B: Shuffle Up and Deal

Level 1 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Cards are now in the air for Day 1B of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America Main event.

Registration is open until the start of level five; approximately 4:30 p.m. (EDT). Players start with 1,000,000 in chips and will be playing ten levels with a 60-minute dinner break following level six.

partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Chips
partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Chips

Welcome to Day 1B of the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Main Event

Welcome back to the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America, and the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada, for Day 1B of the CA$10,300 Main Event that features a CA$5,000,000 guarantee.

Tuesday hosted Day 1A, and with it saw a total of 304 players take to the felt, and after ten grueling levels of tournament poker, only 151 players would survive into Day 1. Leading those players is Sandy Lam who finished the day with 6,840,000 in chips after edging out Manig Loeser who bagged 6,620,000. Only six players would finish with over five million in chips, and they included Armin Rezaei, Jonathan Concepcion, Georgiy Filippovich, Philippe D'auteuil, Josh Kay, and Ryan Pignatelli. Also surviving into Day 2 include partypoker Online Qualifiers Leo Liberal, Daniel Dubeau, Matthew Urban and Samuel Gagnon.

The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America Main Event has increased the buy-in to CA$10,300 to go along with the CA$5,000,000 guarantee. This is the second of two Day 1 starting flights and registration closes at the start of level five (approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT). Players will begin with 1,000,000 in starting chips and there will be ten levels on Day 1 with play ending at approximately 11:45 p.m. (EDT) with a 60-minute dinner break following the completion of level six. Players are only allowed one entry per flight.

As is the case with all partypoker LIVE MILLIONS stops, it comes with the partypoker LIVE structure that includes the big blind ante format. The ante will be the same price as the big blind and be in from the start of play as blinds begin at 2,000-5,000 and a 5,000-big blind ante.

The stage is now set for the Day 1B of the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America CA$10,300 Main Event beginning at 12 p.m. (EDT). So stay tuned to PokerNews.com as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team provide continuous live updates of all the CA$10,300 Main Event action, along with extensive coverage of the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America from the Playground Poker Club.

CA$10,300 Main Event

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