Event #4 - Deerfoot Archives | MILLIONS North America 2018

5 Deerfoot players through to Day 3

2018/04/19 - 7:17 by

Our partners at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino ran the first Days 1 and 2 in the MILLIONS Main Event on Tuesday and Wednesday, and with those now complete, full attention shifts back to Playground Poker Club for the rest of the tournament.

Five players in Calgary managed to book their way into Day 3 (out of a total of 29 Day 1 and Day 2 entries), including Ashkan Razavi with an impressive 14.18M (89bb) in chips and Thomas Taylor, who accumulated over 6M (38bb) by the time level 17 came to an end. Click/Tap here for Full Day 2 Results.

Each of the 5 players has earned a $1,200 travel bonus (not taken from the prize pool) and will make their way to Montreal for Day 3. Meanwhile at Playground, attention focuses on Events #1, #2, and #3 – the Main Event (#4) will resume with Day 1A on Tuesday, April 24th.

Day 2 Deerfoot winds its way to a conclusion

2018/04/18 - 22:02 by

Today at the Deerfoot Poker Room, Day 2 in the MILLIONS Main Event has been underway since 12:00pm MDT. That means the field – which grew to 29 total entries today – is now through almost 7 levels of play and the day should wrap up after two more levels.

We’ll be publishing end of Day 2 results here on the MILLIONS Event Blog, but in the meantime, Lyle Bateman has been contributing updates to Facebook. The most recent report came at the beginning of level 15, and there were still 8 players in the action:

Thomas Taylor – 7,300,000
Braden Hall – 5,860,000
Ashkan Razavi – 5,150,000
Brant Taylor – 4,500,000
Ryan Godson – 1,755,000
Robert Cheung – 1,625,000
James Yang – 1,250,000
Chris Clayton – 935,000

Here’s a great review of the action so far from one of the players still in:

My 1st tourney in Canada in a few years @dficpkr for @playgroundpoker $10m The event host exhibits extreme care and courtesy for the players. Van bracelet holder @ashkdoit has chip lead going day 2. https://t.co/ZUZepo4gBy

— Robert Cheung (@rcwcanada) April 18, 2018

Main Event Deerfoot – Day 2 seating draw (with counts)

Level: 9
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 35K
Button Ante: 35K
Chip Average: 1.8M
Remaining: 15
Entries: 26

2018/04/18 - 1:17 by

Play in Day 1 of the $5,300 NL Hold’em Main Event wrapped up after 8 levels, leaving 15 entries out of the 26 that started the day. Play resumes in Day 2 at 12:00pm (MDT) and when it does, the players will be seated according to the following table.

When play resumes, the blinds will be 15K/35K with a 35K button ante. The chip average is 1,810,000 (52bb). Registration remains open in the event until the beginning of level 13.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège	Stack \| Tapis
James	Yang	Table 1 - Seat 1	1,680,000
Randy	Jennings	Table 1 - Seat 2	1,810,000
Wayne	Hoffert	Table 1 - Seat 3	2,260,000
Sebastien	Miazga	Table 1 - Seat 4	1,140,000
Chris	Clayton	Table 1 - Seat 5	2,640,000
Paul	Klann	Table 1 - Seat 6	1,900,000
Brant	Taylor	Table 1 - Seat 8	3,235,000
Julius	Roque	Table 2 - Seat 1	1,890,000
Geoffrey	Jung	Table 2 - Seat 2	615,000
Ashkan	Razavi	Table 2 - Seat 3	4,080,000
Thomas	Taylor	Table 2 - Seat 4	1,810,000
Harminder	Aujla	Table 2 - Seat 5	685,000
Benjamin	Cooper	Table 2 - Seat 6	640,000
Jean François	Bouchard	Table 2 - Seat 8	1,295,000
Robery	Cheung	Table 2 - Seat 9	1,460,000

The Main Event begins… at Deerfoot!

2018/04/17 - 16:43 by

One of the innovative elements in the 2018 MILLIONS Main Event is the partnership with Calgary’s Deerfoot Inn & Casino. Not only did Deerfoot run several satellites for the $5,300 Main Event, they’re also hosting a Day 1 and Day 2 in the tournament.

Day 1 kicked off today at 12:00pm (MDT) and will continue through 8 levels today, just like any other Day 1 in the tournament. Of course all of the rules and structure are identical at Deerfoot to those in place for the rest of the Main Event at Playground, which means that late registration continues throughout Day 1 and will remain open through the first 4 levels of play on Day 2.

So far, there are 20 entries with 19 currently remaining at the tables. Today’s field includes at least 1 Player to Watch – Thomas “Sandy” Taylor. Taylor has been one of the more prolific satellite qualifiers in the event – today he is using the first of 4 seats he has secured to date.

Taylor is a true “pro’s pro” who has 2 WSOP Circuit rings in his trophy case along with results all over the world over the past several years, including a final table at Playground Poker Club in the 2016 WPT Spring Championship.

Here are some photos from the action today.