Event #2 – Day 1 Archives | MILLIONS North America 2018

Darren Elias bags the lead

2018/04/21 - 21:46 by Jôle Simard

Day 1 of The High Roller Event, the 2nd of 6 in the MILLIONS North America has come to a close. The event saw many poker stars battle it out for the $1M guarantee. 59 players jumped in, 21 of which re-entered, for a total of 80 entries.

Kristen Bicknell and William Foxen, Viktor ”Isildur1” Blom, former world champion Jonathan Duhamel, and Niall Farrell took part, and many more.

Twenty-six players managed to survive the 12 levels of tough world-class poker today. They bagged their chips onto Day 2 and will come back tomorrow for the completion of the event.

Here are the best results:

Darren Elias – 6,290,000
Marc Macdonnell – 6,135,000
David Eldridge – 6,000,000
Victor Ramdin – 5,900,000
Kevin Hobbs – 5,890,000

The full results will be posted shortly in the results section.

Ten High Rollers will be in the profit

Level: 12
Small Blind: 30K
Big Blind: 60K
Button Ante: 60K
Chip Average: 2.9M
Remaining: 28
Entries: 80

2018/04/21 - 20:42 by Jôle Simard

The tournament staff published the payout numbers. The final number of entries is 80, 20 short of what was needed for the guarantee to be met. Ten places will get paid tomorrow. Here are the payouts:

Rank \| Pos	Prize \| Prix
1st	$300,000
2nd	$185,000
3rd	$125,000
4th	$95,000
5th	$75,000
6th	$60,000
7th	$45,000
8th	$35,000
9th	$27,500
10th	$22,500

The rich get richer

Level: 11
Small Blind: 25K
Big Blind: 50K
Button Ante: 50K
Chip Average: 2.6M
Remaining: 31
Entries: 80

2018/04/21 - 20:29 by Jôle Simard

Darren Elias, currently nursing a top 3 stack in the High Roller, just added a few chips to his belongings, to the expense of Victor Ramdin.

Elias opened the pot with a 150K raise. Only Ramdin tagged along, and they went to the flop, which was checked by both.

When Ramdin checked the turn, Elias threw in 175K. Ramdin contested by raising to 400K. Elias called. On the river, Ramdin checked once more, and folded to the sizable 750K bet that Elias pushed forward.

Elias, scooped in a 7-digit pot, adding to his already impressive stack. He is looking to bag a comfortable arsenal for tomorrow’s Day 2.

Foxen is out

Level: 11
Small Blind: 25K
Big Blind: 50K
Button Ante: 50K
Chip Average: 2.4M
Remaining: 32
Entries: 80

2018/04/21 - 19:56 by Jôle Simard

When we got to the table, the flop was out and Shaan Siddiqui had put out a 190K bet. Foxen called. On the turn, Siddiqui pressed with 260K, which were also called by Foxen.

The river came out, and this time Foxen faced an all-in bet. He shook his head. He decided that he was too invested to back down, and pushed his remaining 700K or so in the middle, hoping to see a bluff.

Siddiqui:

Board:

Foxen only showed an ace.

We’re going live!

Level: 10
Small Blind: 20K
Big Blind: 40K
Button Ante: 40K
Chip Average: 2.1M
Remaining: 38
Entries: 80

2018/04/21 - 19:25 by Jôle Simard

The registration period is now over. We do not have the final numbers or prize pool just yet, but we will publish them here as soon as they are made public. One thing is for sure, players in the High Roller will be enjoying an overlay of about 20%.

Marc Macdonnell is crushing the Event, and his 6,650,000 stack is now up on stage. His table, where Viktor Blom is also playing, is going on partypoker’s live stream. You can follow the action under the live tab of the blog, found here.

There are only 3 levels left to Day 1, after which the survivors will bag their chips. Here is the top 5 going into the last stretch:

First name	Last name	Stack
Marc	Macdonnell	6,650,000
Victor	Ramdin	4,650,000
David	Eldridge	4,615,000
Kevin	Hobbs	4,475,000
Darren	Elias	4,105,000

Viktor ”Isildur1” Blom makes his entrance

Level: 9
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 35K
Button Ante: 35K
Chip Average: 1.9M
Remaining: 39
Entries: 75

2018/04/21 - 18:34 by Jôle Simard

Isildur1, an iconic online poker figure, just made his entrance in the High Roller. Actually, since he took down the MILLIONS Germany Main Event in February, he is now also a live poker figure. We remember the unbelievable call that got him the crown, a hand that was soon called the Hand of the Century.

He is sitting on Marc Macdonnell’s table, our current chip leader.