CA$10,300 Main Event
Day 1b Started
CA$10,300 Main Event
Day 1b Started
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.
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.

Level: 1
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000 | |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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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 ![]()
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and the action checked around.
On the
turn card, Hall led out for 40,000. The big blind folded and Ahonen made the call. The river was the
and Hall bet another 160,000. Ahonen looked him up and Hall tabled ![]()
for a set of fours while Ahonen showed ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,250,000 | |
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780,000 |
Both the under the gun player and Kelly Minkin in the cutoff commit 25,000 each preflop to see the ![]()
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flop.
Minkin bets 55,000, and her opponent check-called as the turn landed the
.
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
completed the board on the river.
Minkin's opponent now bet out 310,000 and Minkin folded. Her opponent quickly tabled his ![]()
for a bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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830,000
170,000
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170,000 |
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 ![]()
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.
Adams continued for 20,000, and after Yarchever folded, Cowling called.
Both players checked the
on the turn as the
completed the board on the river.
Cowling tossed in 105,000, and Adams folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,075,000
1,075,000
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1,075,000 |
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995,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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975,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
|
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
|
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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Jeff Yarchever opened to 18,000 in the hijack and Yann Prevost-Dumont called on the button.
Both players checked the ![]()
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flop to see the
land on the turn.
Yarchever tossed in 20,000, and Prevost-Dumont folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,090,000
95,000
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95,000 |