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The MILLIONS North America has has brought players from all around the world to Playground in droves, leading to a huge volume of cash games running around the clock. The unrelenting action has produced lots of exciting moments over the course of the first week of the festival, but some lucky players on table 13 just took things to another level. Celebrations erupted moments ago when the poker gods smiled on that particular table and delivered the third Bad Beat Jackpot of the week! Here is how the big hand played out: It started with a straddle, followed by a double straddle on a 5/5 Pot Limit Omaha table, one of four that was running at the time. There was an opening raise to $75 that picked up four callers, creating a juicy five-way pot. The flop fell , and the action promptly checked around, …

Event #1, the Playground 200, was a $200 + 20 NL Hold’em tournament featuring four starting flights with unlimited re-entries available to the players. Players started with 25,000 chips and played through 14 levels of 30 minutes on Day 1, and 10 levels of 40 minutes on Day 2. Day 3 played down to a winner. There was a guaranteed $100,000 prize pool that was blown out of the water with the 1,102 total entries (and re-entries), creating $213,788 in total prizes, with 138 places being paid. The top prize was $36,128, and, the min-cash in places 136-138 paid out $290. Shijaudin Daud Sha was the Day 1 chip leader, and Carlos Gerones ended Day 2 in the top spot. Play resumed on Friday night at 7:00pm, with 37 players battling it out for the top prize along with the champion bragging rights. The bustouts …

  With MILLIONS North America in town, we are witnessing a huge spike in Jackpots. So far this week, two poker Jackpots and countless EGD Jackpots were hit, sending legions of players back home with unalterable smiles. Last year during MILLIONS, 6 poker Jackpots were hit… in 6 days! Of course there is no way to know when the next one will burst, but being here sure increases your odds!   A $13,604.31 EGD Jackpot! Since the beginning of the week, the biggest EGD Jackpot was hit by a gentleman called Roch. He was playing 5 Treasures, a title featuring 6 Free Games that can be endlessly re-triggered. The game features outstanding Chinese artwork, but the best part is the 4 progressive Jackpot levels. You can watch the amounts grow as you play! Roch was betting $1.76 per spin and got into Free Game mode, …

We’re almost there! Our STEP qualifiers are closing in to the poker tournament they’ve long been waiting for: MILLIONS North America. Today, as they prepare to level up, we present another mashup from their interviews. Cake or pie? Netflix or YouTube? Work hard or play hard? Learn who they are! To view previous episodes, click here.    

The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America festival got off to a rousing start, and as the $1,100 Montreal Open progresses in the Tournament Hall, players are already eyeing up the $10,300 Main Event. It was a truly long wait for some qualifiers; satellites to the $5,000,000 guaranteed event started back in December 2018! Well, the big one is finally here: on Tuesday, May 21, the first of 2 starting flights is held at Playground. If you are not one of 72 online qualifiers, or one of 49 live qualifiers, you should know that Direct Satellites start Sunday and 70 seats are guaranteed across 7 tournaments. Main Event satellites offer three different price points and two different level lengths, so make sure to choose the ones that match the equity you’re looking for. If you prefer to take a shot online, there is one Final Phase …