Mingzhe Zhang was eliminated off of the feature table in 14th place for a $40,000 prize.

Ari Engel opened to action to 4,500,000 from the cutoff, and Mingzhe 3bet all-in from the button. Ari asked for a count, and then went into the tank as he had a decision to make for roughly half of his own stack. He eventually made the call for a total of 38,700,000, and hands were tabled.

Ari:
Mingzhe:

Ari was a big favourite pre-flop, and remained so until the end as the board read , sending his opponent to the rail.

With just over 28 million left, Kevin Rivest open-shoved from the cutoff, finding a call from Philippe D’Auteuil on the button. Kevin tabled , and was in a dominated spot as Philippe tabled  .

Kevin found no help on the board and was eliminated in 15th place, good for a payout of $40,000.

The partypoker North America is down to just 2 final tables, and one of the tables has been moved up onto the stage for live streaming here at Playground Poker Club. The stream, which features cards-up action, is on a 30-minute delay and set to start just before 7:10pm.

Day 4 will continue until the official 8-handed final table has been reached – you can follow the action through our Playground Poker Blog, or by visiting the Poker Night in America Twitch channel to view the live stream.

Play returns from dinner break with 15 players remaining in level 31, with blinds set at 1M/2M/a200K. Dinner break chip counts can be found here.

Some photographs from yesterday’s features tabled on stream:

Day 4 of the partypoker Million North America is on a 45-minute dinner break, and the remaining players are enjoying a delicious meal from The Rail Coal Fire Bistro.

Jean-Pascal Savard has taken over the chip lead after winning a big pot just before dinner break that saw Scott Montgomery fall to the short stack. Full counts to start level 31 are found below.

When action resumes, one of the two tables will be turned into the feature table, and will be on live stream (30 minutes delay) on the Poker Night in America Twitch channel. Play will continue today until the 8-handed final table has been reached, at which point the day will go on break until tomorrow’s final, where we will crown our millionaire!

In the last hand of play before dinner break, Niall Farrel opened to 3,500,000 from under the gun and Demo Kiriopoulos 3bet all-in for 20,700,000 from middle position. Jonathan Bussieres made the call from the cutoff, and Niall let go of his cards.

Demo:
Jonathan:

Jonathan flopped a set on the , and Demo caught up with a turned flush on the river before finally losing to a full-house, as the river paired the board. Demo was awarded a $40,000 prize for his 16th place finish.

Rayan Chamas opened from the button to 3,500,000, and Qi Hu 3bet all-in from the big blind for 30,400,000. Rayan tanked for a moment before convincing himself to call, and the cards were opened.

Rayan:
Qi:

Qi, who has seen a few lucky rivers so far today, fell victim to a river beat himself as Rayan scored the knockout on a board.

Qi’s earned $35,000 for his 17th place finish, and a redraw took place for the final 16 as the tournament is down to two final tables.

Final two tables: