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Black leads at the last break of Day 4

Level: 35
Small Blind: 1.5M
Big Blind: 3.5M
Button Ante: 3.5M
Chip Average: 148M
Remaining: 13
Entries: 1954

2018/05/01 - 21:53 by Playground Poker

The last break of Day 4 has just concluded, and 13 players are back in action for the final stint of the day. Once two more levels are completed, the surviving players will bag their chips onto tomorrow’s conclusion, where our next MILLIONS North America Champion will be crowned!

Here are the full counts in play to start level 35:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Taylor	Black	336,500,000
Markus	Prinz	278,500,000
Charles	La Boissonniere	215,000,000
Tommy	Nguyen	179,000,000
Gregory	Roberts	149,000,000
Anthony	Ruberto	148,000,000
Guillaume	Nolet	127,500,000
Daniel	Strelitz	127,000,000
George	Lagos	81,500,000
Wayne	Obrien	76,500,000
Darryll	Fish	76,000,000
Demo	Kiriopoulos	74,000,000
Joseph	Cheong	68,500,000

A few losses

Level: 34
Small Blind: 1.5M
Big Blind: 3M
Button Ante: 3M
Chip Average: 149M
Remaining: 13
Entries: 1954

2018/05/01 - 21:25 by Jôle Simard

With unbelievable pay jumps ahead, play has tightened up in the MILLIONS Main Event, but the field inevitably shrinks. The minimum payout for the remaining players is $85,000, but all of them have their eye of the hefty 7-figure top 3 prizes.

Here are some recent eliminations:

16th – James Gilbert
15th – Chi Tsun Chan
14th – Ubaid Habib

16-player redraw

Level: 33
Small Blind: 1M
Big Blind: 2.5M
Button Ante: 2.5M
Chip Average: 122M
Remaining: 16
Entries: 1954

2018/05/01 - 20:08 by Jôle Simard

From a starting field of 1954 entries, only 16 remain. These players have been reshuffled and seated randomly on the last 2 tables.

Here are the eliminations that lead to the redraw:

20th – Marc-André Ladouceur
19th – Kevin Rivest
18th – Will Failla
17th – Lucas Drolet

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège
Taylor	Black	Table 37 - Seat 1
Gregory	Roberts	Table 37 - Seat 2
Demo	Kiriopoulos	Table 37 - Seat 3
Charles	La Boissonniere	Table 37 - Seat 4
Markus	Prinz	Table 37 - Seat 5
Anthony	Ruberto	Table 37 - Seat 6
Joseph	Cheong	Table 37 - Seat 7
Chi	Chan	Table 37 - Seat 8
Ubaid	Habib	Table 38 - Seat 1
George	Lagos	Table 38 - Seat 2
Darryll	Fish	Table 38 - Seat 3
Tommy	Nguyen	Table 38 - Seat 4
Guillaume	Nolet	Table 38 - Seat 5
Wayne	Obrien	Table 38 - Seat 6
James	Gilbert	Table 38 - Seat 7
Daniel	Strelitz	Table 38 - Seat 8

La Boissonniere tops the final 20 at the dinner break

Level: 33
Small Blind: 1M
Big Blind: 2.5M
Button Ante: 2.5M
Chip Average: 97M
Remaining: 20
Entries: 1954

2018/05/01 - 19:14 by Playground Poker

Only 20 players remain in the running to become the next MILLIONS North America champion, collecting a huge $1,400,000 along with the prestigious title. Charles La Boissoniere has taken over the top spot on the leaderboard after a successful 2 levels on the feature table. He returns to the felts with 233,500,000 chips after the dinner break.

Below are the full counts of the 20 finalists heading into level 33. Another 4 levels of play remain in Day 4, unless the field gets reduced to the final table, in which case the tournament will pause until tomorrow.

First name \| Prénom	Last name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Charles	La Boissonniere	233,500,000
Taylor	Black	192,000,000
Anthony	Ruberto	155,000,000
Markus	Prinz	148,500,000
Guillaume	Nolet	133,000,000
Demo	Kiriopoulos	115,000,000
Joseph	Cheong	114,500,000
Tommy	Nguyen	108,500,000
Gregory	Roberts	100,500,000
Wayne	Obrien	99,500,000
Ubaid	Habib	93,000,000
Darryll	Fish	78,500,000
James	Gilbert	74,000,000
George	Lagos	71,000,000
Chi	Chan	54,000,000
Will	Failla	52,500,000
Daniel	Strelitz	48,000,000
Marc-Andre	Ladouceur	39,000,000
Kevin	Rivest	21,500,000
Lucas	Drolet	9,500,000

Dinner break

Level: 33
Small Blind: 1M
Big Blind: 2.5M
Button Ante: 2.5M
Chip Average: 96M
Remaining: 20
Entries: 1954

2018/05/01 - 18:48 by Playground Poker

The MILLIONS Main Event players are now on a 30-minute dinner break, where they can enjoy a buffet offered by the house. Currently 20 players remain, and in a few moments we will publish the full list of chip counts heading into level 33.

Recent eliminations include Ema Zajmovic, Matthew Volosevich, Jason Duval and Brian Yoon.

Photographs from level 32:

Comeback of the year in the works

Level: 32
Small Blind: 1M
Big Blind: 2M
Button Ante: 2M
Chip Average: 84.1M
Remaining: 23
Entries: 1954

2018/05/01 - 18:19 by Jôle Simard

The MILLIONS Main Event now plays on 3 tables. One, of course, in on the stage and the other 2 are nearby, with camera gear around them to help create the best live stream, which you can follow here, with a 30-minute delay.

The story of the minute is WPT winner Ema Zajmovic, who had less than a big blind not long ago. After surviving a first all-in, she invested her less-tan-two-big-blind stack against Joseph Cheong.

Zajmovic:
Cheong:

Ema hit a on the flop and remained ahead, for a 10M pot! She then paid the blinds, and got it in from the button with 7.4M.

Her matched pretty well with the . Both Kevin Rivest and Joseph Cheong had checked all post-flop streets, and Ema slammed her hand open victoriously.

She went on to buy a few blinds and win a few small pots, and is now flirting with the 50-million mark! Some players at the tables are joking that the deck is rigged for the benefit of the ratings. One player even asked the dealer to give the deck a good wash – as a joke of course; very few high-profile players are superstitious as it undermines analysis.

Good luck Ema!