With all of the preliminary days now over, the partypoker Million North America moves on to Day 2 with 422 entries as of late last night including 405 Day 1 qualifiers and another 17 new entries – a number that has already been augmented by 9 this morning and should continue to grow throughout the first 2 levels of play.
Play today will feature 75 minute long blind levels and will continue through 8 levels of play. The table draw was made 9-handed and an open seat was left on a lot of the starting tables to accommodate new Day 2 entries, but keep in mind that if demand is high, the 10th seat will have to be used. Nevertheless, the goal is to keep play 9-way to the greatest extent possible, and to move to 8-handed play soon after registration closes. There is limited space in the Tournament Hall, so unfortunately there is no choice – in Playground tournaments, we do everything possible within the rules to accommodate every player that wants to join.
Action to start the day is certain to be fierce as some of the small stacks make a huge effort to grow their holdings and set up a deep run, while the large stacks are SO deep that it’s possible some players may “splash around” a little while the day is young. Table 40 looks to be one of the places to find early action, as it includes 3 players with over 5,000,000 in chips and two players – Dilovan Hussein and Julian Milliard-Feral, who will start with over 7M in chips. In addition, Table 40 includes 3 very talented local players (Ami Alibay, Charles-Eric Benoit, and WPT Montreal Champion Jonathan Roy) plus at least one top-flight travelling pro, Keven Stammen.
Chips are sure to be flying throughout the Tournament Hall on all of the tables though when action gets underway in about 45 minutes. And we’ll be covering it all right here on the Playground Poker Live Events Blog.
See you on the felts!
