Players in Day 1B of the partypoker Million North America enjoyed a buffet offered by the house during their 45-minute dinner break, and have now returned to the felts to continue their day. The flight will end once 4 more levels have been completed, and the surviving players will then bag and tag their chips onto Day 2, which takes place tomorrow at 12pm.
Late registration is now closed for today, and 589 entries took place in this second and final flight (123 Phase 1 entries, 408 entries and 58 re-entries). Players will be allowed to buy-in or re-enter during the first 2 levels of play tomorrow, with the binds rolling back to level 7 at the restart.
Alexandre Blanc leads the Day 1B field at the dinner break with a stack of 4,255,000 after starting the day with 2,552,000, carried over from a Phase 1. Top counts entering level 7 are found in the table below.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandre | Blanc | 4,255,000 |
| Marc | Guerbilsky | 4,013,000 |
| Brady | Hinnegan | 3,945,000 |
| Tomas | Fara | 3,943,000 |
| Charles | La Boissonnière | 3,897,000 |
| Chanracy | Khun | 3,860,000 |
| Mike | Leah | 3,549,000 |
| Rayan | Chamas | 3,485,000 |
| Alexandre | Lavigne | 3,455,000 |
| Joe Joseph | Godbout | 3,450,000 |
| Ryan | Yu | 3,449,000 |
| Maxime | Flibotte-Blanchard | 3,440,000 |
| Karl David | Thorson | 3,321,000 |
| Poorya | Nazari | 3,245,000 |
| Jason | Koon | 3,212,000 |
| David | Eldridge | 3,200,000 |
| Ahmad | Baalbaki | 3,171,000 |
| Michael | Hahn | 3,145,000 |
| Steven | Dahrouge | 3,100,000 |
| Martin | Finger | 3,029,000 |
| Dimitri | Morcos | 3,012,000 |
Photographs from levels 5-6:
Some Twitter chatter during the dinner break:
3 million at dinner break @PlaygroundPoker @partypoker millions!!
— Wesley Hickey (@WesleyHickey2) May 6, 2017
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1.84 million on dinner break! Avg is 1.4 million. #SickoinCanada @PlaygroundPoker @ppLIVE_Canada #ChasingTheMillion
— Joe Sicko Jr (@Red_Sicko) May 6, 2017
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Made some strong calls with strong hands in the @partypokerlive Millions here in Montreal. 2.9MM.
— Patrick Serda (@SuperSerda) May 6, 2017