2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America

Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info

2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America

Final Results
Winner
Taylor Black
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
1,400,000 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,300 CAD
Prize Pool
10,000,000 CAD
Entries
1,954
Level Info
Level
45
Blinds
10,000,000 / 20,000,000
Ante
0

Deeb's Kicker Plays

Level 7 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The action folded around to Shaun Deeb in the cutoff who raised it up to 55,000. The button was sitting with around 450,000 and shoved all in. The blinds folded and the action was back on Deeb who made the call after a few moments.

Deeb turned over {a-Hearts}{9-Spades} and was dominating his opponent's {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. The board ran out {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades}{8-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} and Deeb's ace-high with a nine kicker was good enough to earn him the pot.

Tags: Shaun Deeb

Everyone Loves a Chop

Level 7 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The board showed {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades} and there was an all in from the cutoff position of 710,000. Michael Sklenicka waited a few moments before calling and both players showed their cards.

Michael Sklenicka: {k-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Opponent: {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Sklenicka yelled, "Come on ace!" The ace did not come but the {j-Spades} that came on the river was good enough and both players chopped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Sklenicka cz
Michael Sklenicka
7,255,000
-315,000
-315,000

Tags: Michael Sklenicka

Level: 7

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Aces are Good for O'shaughnessy

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ian O'Shaughnessy opened to 45,000 from under the gun and Parker Talbot called from the button. The flop came down {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and O'Shaughnessy check-called a bet of 40,000 from Talbot. The turn came the {3-Hearts} and both players checked.

The river came down the {j-Clubs} and O'Shaughnessy check-called a bet of 125,000 from Talbot. Talbot tabled {k-Clubs}{j-Spades} for a pair of jacks and O'Shaughnessy showed {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} for a pair of aces. O'Shaughnessy took down the pot a few moments before the last break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
2,675,000
225,000
225,000
StakeKings
Ian O'Shaughnessy ca
Ian O'Shaughnessy
1,540,000
1,540,000
1,540,000

Updated Counts

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jaime Staples has recently entered the field after making his return back to Canada. Staples has been traveling the world for the past several months, streaming live on Twitch from multiple countries. He also recently won a weight-loss prop bet with Bill Perkins where he and his brother won $150,000.

Heading into the last break of the night, Michael Sklenicka has made his way to the chip lead, currently sitting well over 7,000,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Sklenicka cz
Michael Sklenicka
7,570,000
Malcolm Bolger ca
Malcolm Bolger
3,970,000
2,970,000
2,970,000
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos ca
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos
3,600,000
1,550,000
1,550,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
3,100,000
1,250,000
1,250,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Pfizer Jordan us
Pfizer Jordan
2,950,000
1,950,000
1,950,000
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
2,940,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Sergei Gurin ca
Sergei Gurin
2,890,000
-730,000
-730,000
John Racener us
John Racener
2,850,000
1,850,000
1,850,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
2,800,000
650,000
650,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Jaime Staples ca
Jaime Staples
1,200,000

Tags: Michael SklenickaJaime Staples

Vijayar Gets the Bluff Through

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Vincent Tremblay opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Senthuran Vijayar made the call from late position. Michael Jaworski three-bet to 250,000 from the small blind and Tremblay folded to Vijayar who made the call. The flop came {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}{7-Spades} and Jaworski bet 200,000.

Vijayar called the bet and the {7-Diamonds} came on the turn. Both players checked and the river fell the {8-Spades}. Jaworski led for 300,000 and Vijayar then raised to 950,000.

Jaworski waited a few minutes before eventually making the fold. Vijayar quickly turned over {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and was only playing the board. Jaworski slammed a chip on the table and shook his head as he saw the bluff.

Player Chips Progress
Senthuran Vijayar
Senthuran Vijayar
4,455,000
Michael Jaworski ca
Michael Jaworski
1,955,000

No Flush for Comely

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

There was a raise to 50,000 from early position and Ryan Comely called from the hijack along with Andrei Gulko in the big blind. The flop fell {10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{4-Hearts} and Gelko checked to the preflop raiser who continued for 50,000. Comely quickly called and Gulko check-raised to 225,000. The player in early position folded and Comely pushed forward a stack of chips of 1,150,000. Gulko tanked for well over a minute and then shoved all in for 1,383,000 which Comely quickly called.

Andrei Gulko: {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Ryan Comely: {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

Comely was looking for a heart while Gulko had already flopped two pair. The turn brought the {10-Diamonds} giving Gulko a full house and Comely was left drawing dead to the {7-Clubs} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Andrei Gulko ca
Andrei Gulko
2,950,000
Ryan Comely ca
Ryan Comely
1,170,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Ryan ComelyAndrei Gulko

Talbot Shows No Mercy

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

There was a raise to 55,000 from middle position and the button three-bet to 103,000. Parker Talbot was in the big blind and tossed in a four-bet to 300,000. The initial raiser folded and the button instantly called to see the flop of {j-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}.

Talbot led out for 150,000 and his opponent quickly called again. The turn brought the {k-Spades} putting four spades on the board but Talbot continued to fire, this time for 250,000. His opponent took a little longer but still made the call. The river brought the {10-Clubs} and Talbot jammed all in. His opponent went into the tank for a couple of minutes, with around 730,000 remaining. He finally came to the conclusion of laying his hand down and Talbot raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
2,450,000
449,000
449,000
StakeKings

Tags: Parker Talbot

Level: 6

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000