Pablo Mariz is a local player who became more active on the major tours since he won last year’s Millionaire Maker at the WSOP 2017. He ran deep in this Main Event, but his day 3 was cut short.
A pre-flop raising was got him all-in with 
against Taylor Black’s 
. The flop took away all hopes of hanging around, and he stood immediately.
Board: 
When Jason Duval opened to 1.1M, 3 players joined him to the flop.
Jason continued with a 2.3M bet. Balakrish Patur called, and Ubaid Habib raised it to 6.1M. The big blind folded, and the action was now back on Jason Duval. He pondered for a while, and announced all-in.
Balakrish folded, and Ubaid asked for a count. He did not look too enthusiastic about his situation, but decided to make the call for 17,150,000 total.
Ubaid: 
Jason: 
Ubaid was drawing very slim, with only a few combinations to help him out. The 
turn brought the possibility of one of them to become reality, but the 
completed the board and Jason smiled, happy to have dodged a major upset.
Pfizer Bart Jordan checked the turn and called the 3.1M that Hagop Ketendjian put out. The dealer revealed the river:
Board: 
Jordan checked again, and Ketendjian paused. He was looking at the board, and back at Jordan. He finally checked, and Jordan showed the completed flush: .
We do not know what Ketendjian held, but it is permitted to imagine that he read Jordan right and checked back a very strong hand.
Photographs from level 23:
Brian Hastings was the chip leader coming out of dinner, and helpfully contributed this photo of his stack:
Kristen Bicknell is happy to have her first cash at a Playground event:
FINALLY!!! My first cash here at @PlaygroundPoker in the #MILLIONSNorthAmerica main event. Around 14 million in 200kbb right now. 1.4 million up top. Let's go! https://t.co/IZh1KxAsMg
— Kristen Bicknell (@krissyb24poker) April 30, 2018
And lastly our condolences to Vineet Pahuja, former major-event final tableist here at Playground and half of the very well-respected poker-playing Pahuja brothers:
Pretty painful to bubble #MILLIONSNorthAmerica but kudos to @PlaygroundPoker and @partypokerlive for such a fantastic tournament and big shout-out to my sponsor @BorgataPoker for sending me and 30 other hopefuls from NJ North of the border to play for $1.4mm CAD! #borgatapartner
— Vinny Pahuja (@vinpahuja) April 30, 2018
Play has resumed in the Main Event, but in 30-minute-delayed Stream-land, the action is just about to start with an all-new feature table following the dinner break the players recently enjoyed,
Here are some of the notable players on the feature table for this 3-level session – action will get underway in just a few seconds.
You can view the Live Stream in an interactive format at My partypoker Live, or just click on the Live tab in the menu right here on the MILLIONS Event blog.
