2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America

CA$10,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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

"We're Gonna Tangle All Day!"

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Ruben Perceval
Ruben Perceval

Will Givens raised it up to 400,000 on the button and Ruben Perceval called from the big blind. The flop came {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Perceval checked to Givens who continued for 315,000. Perceval check-raised to 1,050,000 and Givens called.

The turn was the {6-Spades} and Perceval put out a small bet of 675,000. Givens still called and the river was the {4-Spades}. Perceval used a time extension before tapping the table. Givens quickly checked back and Perceval rolled over {3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a straight.

"Damn!" Givens said in disappointment. "You wanna tangle eh? We're gonna tangle all day."

"It's gonna be a long day," Perceval said with a smile.

Player Chips Progress
Will Givens us
Will Givens
11,950,000
-995,000
-995,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ruben Perceval ca
Ruben Perceval
9,750,000
1,950,000
1,950,000

Tags: Ruben PercevalWill Givens

Rabichow Applies Bubble Pressure

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Alexandros Kolonias opened to 350,000 in middle position and Dietrich Fast called on the button. Kevin Rabichow three-bet to 1,400,000 in the small blind and both Kolonias and Fast called.

The flop came {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}{q-Hearts} and Rabichow led out for 1,600,000. Kolonias called and Fast instantly threw his cards away. The {5-Diamonds} landed on the turn and Rabichow counted out another bet of 3,600,000. Kolonias finally had enough and folded as well, allowing Rabichow to collect the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Rabichow us
Kevin Rabichow
38,350,000
5,250,000
5,250,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
16,690,000
-2,205,000
-2,205,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
11,400,000
-3,170,000
-3,170,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dietrich FastAlexandros KoloniasKevin Rabichow

Hand-for-Hand on the Money Bubble

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

With the recent elimination of Sandy Lam, the remaining 64 players will now be hand-for-hand on the money bubble. There will be two minutes taken off the clock at the end of every hand until the bubble bursts.

Player Chips Progress
Sandy Lam ca
Sandy Lam
Busted

Vijayaratnam Takes from Lafleur

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Senthuran Vijayaratnam opened to 350,000 in middle position and Sammy Lafleur called in the cutoff.

Both players checked the {9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{j-Spades} flop to reveal the {4-Spades} on the turn.

Vijayaratnam bet out 400,000 and Lafleur called as the {k-Hearts} landed on the river.

Vijayaratnam bet 900,000, and Lafleur now elected to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Senthuran Vijayaratnam ca
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
12,820,000
3,155,000
3,155,000
Sammy Lafleur ca
Sammy Lafleur
6,470,000
-3,890,000
-3,890,000

Tags: Sammy LafleurSenthuran Vijayaratnam

Angove-Bernier Eliminated on Money Bubble

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Money Bubble
Money Bubble

Cedrick Angove-Bernier found himself all in from the small blind for 2,750,000 against Olivier Rebello-Frechette in middle position.

Angove-Bernier: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Rebello-Frechette: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}

With Angove-Bernier at-risk, and the crowd gathered around the table, the dealer spread the {10-Spades}{3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} board to send Angove-Bernier out in 64th place as the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America Main Event bubble boy.

The remaining 63 players are all guaranteed a CA$20,000 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Rebello-Frechette ca
Olivier Rebello-Frechette
7,670,000
2,265,000
2,265,000
Cedrick Angove-Bernier ca
Cedrick Angove-Bernier
Busted

Tags: Cedrick Angove-BernierOlivier Rebello-Frechette

Lam Runs Into Aces

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Andrew Lam
Andrew Lam

Just moments after the bubble burst, Andrew Lam shipped all in for 1,565,000 in the hijack and David Cowling also pushed all in from the small blind. Lam was the short stack and found himself in need of some help.

Cowling: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Lam: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{2-Clubs} to give Lam a straight draw but the {2-Diamonds} on the turn and the {k-Hearts} on the river would not help his cause.

Player Chips Progress
David Cowling ca
David Cowling
4,900,000
1,360,000
1,360,000
Andrew Lam ca
Andrew Lam
Busted

Tags: Andrew LamDavid Cowling

Pignatelli Leaves De Silva on Crumbs

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The action folded to Ryan Pignatelli on the button who shipped all in for 2,530,000. Upeshka De Silva was in the big blind and just as his time was running out, he made the call.

Pignatelli: {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
De Silva: {a-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

The flop came {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} which favored De Silva with his ace-high. The turn was the {9-Spades} and Pignatelli made a pair on the {q-Diamonds} river. Pignatelli scored a full double up and De Silva was left with just two big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Pignatelli us
Ryan Pignatelli
5,300,000
1,415,000
1,415,000
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
275,000
-4,735,000
-4,735,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
Busted

Tags: Ryan PignatelliUpeshka De Silva

Loeser Eliminated by McDonald's Two-Outer

Level 21 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Manig Loeser
Manig Loeser

Action folded to Manig Loeser in the cutoff, and he raised to 320,000. Mike McDonald three-bet next to act from the button to 1,050,000.

Once the blinds passed, Loeser responded by cutting out a four-bet totaling 3,300,000.

McDonald stared at Loeser and was forced to use a time extension chip before announcing he was all in for 11,735,000. Loeser re-checked his hole cards, then called all in for 10,830,000.

Loeser: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
McDonald: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

The German was in great shape to double with his bigger pocket pair until the dealer spread the {9-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} flop to thrust McDonald into the lead.

Loeser now needed to find his own two-outer or a combination of runner-runner straight cards to stay alive.

The turn and river inevitably fell the {4-Diamonds} and {4-Spades} and Loeser was eliminated in 58th place for a CA$20,000 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
22,965,000
11,970,000
11,970,000
EPT 1X Winner
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Manig LoeserMike McDonald

Level: 22

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000