Event #2 of the MILLIONS North America, the $1,000 + $100 Montreal Open, is now in full swing. Day 1E will be the fifth of seven starting flights for the Montreal Open, an event that boasts a massive prize pool guarantee! There will be at least $1,000,000 in cash awarded, as well as $10,000 + $300 seats to the Main Event given to the top 15 finishers when Day 3 play concludes on May 21. With four starting flights already in the books, there have been 754 Day 1 entries, and 209 players have advanced stacks to Day 2. To see the combined Day 1 results, click here.

Players start each Day 1 with a stack of 1,000,000 in tournament chips and play 16 30-minute levels before bagging chips for Day 2. This is a re-entry event with unlimited re-entries permitted until the end of the late registration period at the beginning of level 9 on each Day 1. A player may play additional Day 1s even if he/she has survived a previous Day 1 with chips. Players who qualify for Day 2 more than once will resume play on Day 2 with their largest qualifying stack; all other qualifying stacks will be forfeited.

This event showed its popularity even before the first card was pitched, as the $150 + $15 turbo re-entry satellites for this event consistently surpassed their guarantees. The final satellite was held last night and more than doubled its 15-seat guarantee to put 33 more qualifiers into the Montreal Open. In all, 142 players qualified via satellite.

Some of the Montreal Open satellite qualifiers:

Day 1E starts today at noon and will be followed by two more starting flights. Day 1F runs today at 5:00pm, and Day 1G, the turbo flight, will be held tomorrow morning at 10:00am. Day 2 will get underway tomorrow at 3:30pm.