The MILLIONS North America offers lots of way to qualify for the Main Event, and the first direct satellite of the series was held tonight.

Tonight’s satellite guaranteed 10 seats for the Main Event, which starts on Tuesday, May 21 with Day 1A at 12:00pm, followed by Day 1B on Wednesday, May 22 at 12:00pm. The Main Event follows a next-day re-entry format, which means that each player is only allowed two bullets, and not on the same flight.

In tonight’s satellite, it took no less than 27 levels of grueling action to reduce the 121 entries down to 12 players. In the end, with blinds at 50K / 100K, and the average stack at 10 bb’s, the players made a deal that allowed both Fernand Gaudreault and Nick Nickoletopoulos to receive a cash prize. This allowed the ten remaining players to secure one of the precious MILLIONS Main Event tickets up for grabs.

Congratulations are in order for the ten qualifiers:

• Aaron Roy Parsons
• Vladas Tamasauskas
• Sebastien Vezina
• Richard Christopher Singh
• Christopher Taylor
• Azim Popatia
• Ali Keshavarz
• Senthuran Vijayaratnam
• Ha Van Nguyen
• Arkadi Karakhanov

If you didn’t get a chance to get in on the satellite action tonight, don’t worry, there are six more satellites (each with a 10 seat guarantee) to choose from:

• Monday May 20 at 3:00pm – $515 + $50
• Monday May 20 at 7:00pm (Turbo) – $1,030 + $100
• Tuesday May 21 at 10:00am – $1,030 + $100
• Tuesday May 21 at 4:00pm (Turbo) – $1500 + $150
• Tuesday May 21 at 8:00pm – $515 + $50
• Wednesday May 22 at 10:00am – $1,030 + $100