The MILLIONS Finale is back from the first break of the night, and play is currently hand-for-hand as only one elimination separates players from being in-the-money. Anatolly Filatov has taken over as the chip leader, however his stack is closely rivalled by Timothy Reilly and Chance Kornuth.

Local hero Samuel Chartier is the player at risk, with under 10BB left to his name, although Louis Boutin and Aaron Mermelstein also have their work cut out for them. Blinds will remain at 70K/140K/a140K until play has reached in-the-money.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Anatolly	Filatov	17,085,000
Timothy	Reilly	16,135,000
Chance	Kornuth	16,115,000
Jonathan	Vanfleet	14,415,000
Philippe	D'Auteuil	12,965,000
Jonathan	Duhamel	9,855,000
Nik	Khan	6,630,000
Manig	Loeser	6,385,000
Joey	Weissman	6,240,000
Michael	Sklenicka	5,960,000
Josue	Sauvageau	3,500,000
David	Lopez	2,980,000
Victor	Ramdin	2,520,000
Louis	Boutin	1,930,000
Aaron	Mermelstein	1,890,000
Samuel	Chartier	1,355,000

Arkadiy Tsinis was down to his last few chips and rolled the dice at the wrong time. He ended up facing Timothy Reilly who was holding a pretty good hand:

Reilly:
Tsinis:

Board:

Tsinis’ elimination allowed the Finale to merge on its last 2 tables. Here is the seating chart:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Manig	Loeser	Table 32 - Seat 1
Joey	Weissman	Table 32 - Seat 2
Jonathan	Vanfleet	Table 32 - Seat 3
Michael	Sklenicka	Table 32 - Seat 4
Samuel	Chartier	Table 32 - Seat 5
Chance	Kornuth	Table 32 - Seat 6
Timothy	Reilly	Table 32 - Seat 7
Jonathan	Duhamel	Table 32 - Seat 8
Aaron	Mermelstein	Table 36 - Seat 1
Anatolly	Filatov	Table 36 - Seat 2
David	Lopez	Table 36 - Seat 3
Louis	Boutin	Table 36 - Seat 4
Josue	Sauvageau	Table 36 - Seat 5
Victor	Ramdin	Table 36 - Seat 6
Philippe	D'Auteuil	Table 36 - Seat 7
Nik	Khan	Table 36 - Seat 8

Jonathan Vanfleet, Chance Kornuth and Timothy Really are table 32’s bosses, while Anatolly Filatov and Philippe D’Auteuil lead table 36.

The money will be reached in just one elimination, with $25,000 as the smallest pay.

Chance Kornuth opened to 275K, and Manig Loeser made it 910K to go. When the action came back on Kornuth, he simply went all-in, comfortably covering his opponent. Loeser called right away, and Kornuth, although he probably knew he was in a bad spot when the call was made, had the confirmation:

Kornuth:
Loeser:

Board:

Manig Loeser stacks up about 11M in chips.

Jonathan Vanfleet had just showed up after missing the first few hands, and opened to 375K. Chance Kornuth looked at him, seemingly thinking: ”Relax, friend!”. He 3bet to 1.4M, and Matas Cimbolas invested his stack, all-in for slightly less.

Vanfleet threw his cards away, and cards were tabled:

Cimbolas:
Kornuth:

Board:

The Finale now plays 17-way, one elimination from the final 2 tables and two from the prizes.

 

Day 3 of the Finale rounds 18 players. The field is an unbelievable body of top pros, and promises to provide great entertainment. Chance Kornuth, Philippe D’Auteuil, Jonathan Duhamel, Manig Loeser and Samuel Chartier will battle it out for the $325,000 first prize.

Cards are in the air!

Today is the final day of tournaments here at Playground Poker Club for the MILLIONS North America, and there are three events on tap for today – the final table of the Main Event starts at 12:00pm with coverage coming along with the stream at 12:30; Day 2 of the Turbo with several tables remaining, also at 12:00pm; and at 1:00pm, the end of this event – the Finale!

There are just 18 players left on 3 tables, but as an 8-handed tournament, it will take just two eliminations before a redraw occurs to randomly re-seat the players. The field in this event is amazingly strong and deep, so it’s hard to handicap a winner – but chips are powerful, so until we learn more, Chance Kornuth (14,960,000), Jonathan Vanfleet (14,470,000), and Timothy Reilly (13,345,000) have to be considered to have the inside edge.

Good luck to everyone today!

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Louis	Boutin	Table 32 - Seat 1	4,055,000
Philippe	D'Auteuil	Table 32 - Seat 2	11,250,000
Josue	Sauvageau	Table 32 - Seat 3	6,145,000
Jonathan	Duhamel	Table 32 - Seat 4	7,270,000
Anatolly	Filatov	Table 32 - Seat 5	9,200,000
Aaron	Mermelstein	Table 32 - Seat 7	5,470,000
Nik	Khan	Table 35 - Seat 2	2,725,000
Joey	Weissman	Table 35 - Seat 4	4,310,000
Timothy	Reilly	Table 35 - Seat 5	13,345,000
David	Lopez	Table 35 - Seat 6	8,030,000
Michael	Sklenicka	Table 35 - Seat 7	6,430,000
Arkadiy	Tsinis	Table 35 - Seat 8	3,190,000
Samuel	Chartier	Table 36 - Seat 1	1,895,000
Matas	Cimbolas	Table 36 - Seat 2	1,110,000
Victor	Ramdin	Table 36 - Seat 3	3,875,000
Jonathan	Vanfleet	Table 36 - Seat 5	14,470,000
Chance	Kornuth	Table 36 - Seat 6	14,960,000
Manig	Loeser	Table 36 - Seat 8	6,250,000